Astier de Villatte Faience Partial Dinner Service

French, the handmade service with a white glaze on a black terracotta body, including nine simple dinner plates, dia. 11-1/2", eleven simple soup bowls, h. 2-3/4", dia. 6", eight small simple soup bowls, h. 2-3/4", dia. 5-1/2", nine simple luncheon plates, dia. 9-1/4", nine simple dessert plates, dia. 7-1/2", eight simple ramekins, dia. 4-1/4", a simple salad bowl, h. 4-1/4", dia. 8-1/2", a simple oval platter, d. 12-1/4", l. 16", a masque-molded bulb pot, h. 5-1/4", w. 17", d. 7-1/4", a large simple salad bowl, h. 4-3/4", dia. 9-1/2", a pair of star-form shell-molded vases, h. 6", dia. 10", a Regence sauce boat, h. 3-3/4", dia. 8", a Marguerite bowl, h. 3", dia. 7-1/4", ten pineapple-molded Etoile cream jugs, h. 5-1/2", w. 3-1/2", six simple chocolate cups, h. 3-1/2", and ten Regence tea cups, h. 2-1/2".


Provenance: Estate of Nancy R. Morrison, Houston, Texas.

**Chic lot in overall good condition, with all exhibiting the appealing irregularities and glaze anomalies typical of Astier de Villate faience. NINE (NOT ten) large "Simple" dinner plates: Good condition Both sizes "Simple" soup bowls: Overall good condition One of EIGHT (NOT seven) 5-1/2" tall footed bowls with a very small rim chip to one and a small chip to foot of another "Simple" luncheon plates: One with several faint glaze hairlines on top surface, the rest in good condition "Simple" dessert plates: Good condition "Simple" ramekins: Good condition Both sizes "Simple" salad bowls: Good condition "Simple" platter: Good condition Masque-molded footed bulb pot/planter: Good condition "Regence" sauce boat: Good condition "Marguerite" bowl: Overall good with a 1/8" negligible loss to the foot edge "GIDEON" (NOT "Etoile") cream jugs: Good condition "Simple" chocolate cups: Good condition "Regence" tea cups: Good condition