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Lot 3019

Collection of Meissen Porcelain Gold Painted White Porcelain Tableware

Estimate: $700 - $900
Starting Bid
$350

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Collection of Meissen Porcelain Gold Painted White Porcelain Tableware, various molded designs, comprising: centerpiece bowl, scalloped entwined floral design, two scroll and foliate sprig dishes, with bright gold enamel, three ribbon banded coffee cups and saucers, with mat gold enamel, three dessert plates, three bread and butter plates, three coffee cups and saucers and three demitasses cups and saucers, all with decorated rococo undulrated bands of bright and matte gold combines, six lobed demitasse cups and saucers with outlined lobes and band of decoration to rim, in bright and matte gold, and two oval scallop molded dishes with gilt decoration. To underside of each, underglaze blue crossed swords, various incised and impressed marks to undersides. (41 items, total.).

{Approximate dimensions:  Round plates 6 1/16" - 7 15/16" diameter, oval dish 6 1/4" wide x 4 1/2" deep, serving dish 2 5/8" high x 11 1/4" diameter, saucers 4 3/4" - 6 1/2" diameter, smallest cup 2 1/16" high x 3 5/8" wide with handle x 3 1/8" deep, widest cup 2 9/16" high x 4 11/16" wide with handle x 4 1/8" deep.}. 

In very good condition overall.  Light scratches, minuscule gilt loss, wear to some bases.  Some dishes with residue, most noticeable to an oval dish, some with sticker tags.   

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Property from the Collection of Frances and Ronald Dutro. San Francisco. Ronald Dutro was born in Oakland and began his lifelong opera career as a teenager with the San Francisco Opera. Frances Thanash was born in Fresno, and was a highly regarded singer in her right. After Ronald Dutro won the American Opera Auditions in 1959, he made his European debut at La Scala, Milan, Italy. The Dutros ended up staying in Europe for twenty-five years, where Ron sang baritone roles. The last fifteen years of their Continental sojourn, the Dutros lived in Berlin, Germany. There, they entertained a large variety of singers, including David Bowie.

 

The Dutros returned to San Francisco in the 1980s, where they re-installed their notable Salon room, filled with Meissen and other Continental Porcelains, Art Nouveau and later cameo glass, and their large collection of artwork by German Artist Richard Muller. Ron Dutro died in in 2006, Frances died in 2020.

 

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