Collection of Chinese Export porcelain tableware 18th/19th centuries
two footed cups, interior rim with iron red design, exterior decorated with Batavia brown glaze with reserves including puce, green and iron red flowers alternating with peach design, see literature, H1 1/2" and 2";
footed cup, decorated in famille rose palette with floral swag design around interior rim, exterior with floral designs, H2";
saucer, molded form decorated in famille rose palette with scrolling floral design centering floral sprigs, H1 1/8" Dia.5 1/8";
footed cup, exterior decorated with domestic scenes in the Mandarin palette including puce, violet, iron red, blue and green on violet diaper ground alternating with iron red/sepia scenes, H1 3/4";
cup and saucer, decorated in brown with gilt accents, scalloped forms, swag with dot borders and floral sprays, cup with molded form and handle, H1 7/8", saucer, H1 1/4" Dia.5";
pair of famille rose cups with handles, decorated with peony motif, H2 5/8";
famille rose cup with handle, decorated with floral motif, H2 7/8";
famille rose cup with handle, decorated with spearhead frieze around rim and floral sprays on sides, H2 1/2";
famille rose saucer with shaped rim painted with polychrome floral design and cornucopia, H1 1/8" Dia.5";
famille rose saucer painted with floral design, H1" Dia.5 1/2;
cup with saucer, iron red decoration with undulating dotted border and floral sprigs, cup, H1 3/4", saucer, H1 1/4" Dia.5 5/8";
cup, interior rim decorated with gilt diaper border with puce reserves and iron red banding, exterior rim with blue and gilt dotted border and gilt cartouche with floral sprig, H1 3/4";
cup, interior decorated with undulating puce and floral border, iron red sprig in well, exterior with iron red and puce undulating dotted border and puce and green floral sprigs, H1 3/4";
cup decorated with puce line around rim, blue floral sprig in well and polychrome floral designs on exterior, H2".
footed bowl decorated in famille rose palette with floral swags on interior rim and polychrome floral decoration on exterior, H2 1/2" Dia.5 1/2";
footed bowl decorated in sepia with simple dot and line interior rim decoration and undulating line and dot border on the exterior rim and floral sprigs on sides, H2 5/8" Dia.5 1/2";
teapot, cylindrical form, cover with fruit-form knop, painted in polychrome with chickens in landscape, marked: underside with pseudo reign mark, H4". (21pcs)

Provenance : Property from the estate of a Southern gentleman.

Literature: Nadler, Daniel. CHINA TO ORDER, Paris: Vilo International, 2001, p.78. Mudge, Jean McClure. CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN IN NORTH AMERICA, New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1986, p.153.

Other Notes: Latter cup and saucer bear label on underside indicating they were an engagement gift from Mary Washington Speer in 1926. It also refers to them as Lowestoft, a common misnomer for Chinese Export porcelain.