An Extensive Chinese Export Porcelain Dinner Service

Late 18th Century

most decorated with blue enamel bands and gilt stars and a central floral basket, comprising two covered soup tureens and stands, four covered vegetable tureens, a covered warming dish, a pair of sauce tureens and stands, a covered two-handled round tureen, two reticulated chestnut / fruit baskets and stands, a pair of sauce boats, two teapots, an armorial coffeepot bearing monogram "SEE" in be-ribboned shield-form reserve, an armorial covered sugar dish with crest in the form of love birds, a tea bowl and teacup bearing be-ribboned oval reserve containing floral spray, a pair of armorial salts bearing monogram, "JEM" in be-ribboned shield-form reserve, two lobed bowls, four leaf-form dishes, four spoon rests or stands, one hundred and two dishes or plates of various sizes, four ovoid / kidney-form serving dishes, nine oval serving platters / dishes of various sizes, a notched square bowl, and a footed compote. (approximately 155 items total).

Height 10 1/2 x width 14 x depth 10 inches (largest soup tureen).

Property from the Estate of Helen Elliot Scott (1928-2024)

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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Born in Boston in 1928, Helen (Gay) Scott, nee Elliot, was a pianist, piano teacher, mother of three and grandmother of seven. She studied piano at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, 1969-1973, while living in London where her husband was special assistant to Walter Annenberg, the American ambassador to the Court of St. James. Married for 42 years to Robert Montgomery Scott (1929-2005), President and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1982-1996, Helen served on the board of the Curtis Institute of Music, taught piano at the Settlement Music School, and privately into her nineties. She was an alumna of the Shady Hill School, the Foxcroft School and Radcliffe College.

In fine condition overall and ready for placement. A few pieces display a yellow tint, indicating past restoration. Most notably to the coffee pot, armorial covered sugar dish, one leaf-form dish, one lobed bowl, one dinner plate, and one small oval dish. One covered twin-handle dish has a hairline crack along the body and evidence of repainting to one handle. At least one dinner plate noted with water marks or stains from prior use. Minor, scattered occasional loss, rubbing, and chipping to the gilding and blue enamel throughout, consistent with age and use. Scattered pitting, kiln grit, and other firing flaws throughout commensurate with manufacturing.

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