Setting the Sensational Table

Late 19th century American hand blown glass cake stand, probably from the Ohio River Valley region

Set of twelve French Belle Epoque plated silver cake forks in the Napoleon III taste

Mid 19th century French porcelain dessert service in the Vieux Paris taste with magenta and gilt decoration: 10 plates, cake plate, cream bowl, corbeille, petit-fours stand, coffee pot, creamer, sugar bowl, 10 cups and 10 saucers

Late 19th century French plated silver tart server with shell ornament

Set of eight 19th century French Vieux Paris porcelain “pots de creme” with blue and gilt decoration

19th century French Vieux Paris porcelain partial dinner service with blue and gilt decoration and monogram “EP,” twelve dinner plates and two large platters, retailed by Prudent Mallard, Royal Street, New Orleans (1838-74)

Boxed set of 19th century French Napoleon III plated silver flatware in the Louis XV taste: twelve place forks and twelve place spoons

Assembled set of eight early 20th century American silver dinner knives in the Francis I pattern by Reed & Barton, circa 1915

Set of twelve large French Belle Epoque dinner napkins with embroidered monogram “TG”

Boxed set of English Edwardian plated silver napkin rings with engine-turned decoration, stamped “Plato” in interior

Late 19th century French faience plate with floral decoration and blue filets

Late 19th century French faience plate with floral bouquet tied with ribbon, and blue, black and yellow filets

Late 19th century French faience plate with floral decoration and feathered blue rim

Late 19th century French faience plate with floral arrangement in vase and blue filets

Late 19th century French faience plate with floral decoration and blue scalloped rim

Late 19th century French faience plate with floral arrangement in black urn, and blue border

Late 19th century French faience plate with floral decoration, and blue, black and yellow filets

French Belle Epoque porcelain dinner service by Limoges with pink and grey filets, and monogram “FP” or “PF”

Set of late 19th century French first standard (.950) silver flatware in the “violin” pattern, maker Emile Puiforcat, Paris: 12 forks and 12 spoons

Boxed late 19th century French “service a decouper” with plated silver handles, Thiers: pair of horn salad servers, carving set, 12 dinner knives and 12 cheese/dessert knives with blades stamped “inoxydable”

19th century French Napoleon III period plated silver bread tray

Early 20th century French porcelain dinner service with blue and yellow decoration in the Arts & Crafts taste: tureen, 18 dinner plates, 12 soup plates, 3 small plates, large round serving plate, salad bowl, sauceboat, 2 relish dishes, 2 tazzas (cake stands)

Boxed set of twelve 19th century French Napoleon III dinner knives with ebony handles, blades marked “Merrmillod Freres a Chatellerault”

Set of twelve French Art Moderne marble “porte-couteaux” knife rests

Pair of large 19th century French opaline vases with hand-painted floral decoration

(can be accompanied by custom mounts to make into lamps)

19th century English plated silver centerpiece basket with quatrefoil piercing, engraved floor and rusticated oak leaf and acorn decoration at rim and handles, “JMC” mark untraced

Early 19th century French Vieux Paris porcelain “confiturier” double jam pot on stand, with hand-painted floral decoration, circa 1800

Assembled set of twelve French Belle Epoque plated silver dinner knives

Pair of early 19th century French Charles X period brass candlesticks

Exceptional English Georgian gilded solid silver dessert service with armorial device: 16 forks, spoons and knives with hallmarks for various makers: knives by John Thompson, London 1818; forks by Sydenham William Peppin, London 1816 and Richard Crossley, London 1801; spoons by William Eley, William Fearn & William Chawner, London 1808 and Richard Crossley & George Smith, London 1808 and Moses William Brent & Sydenham William Peppin, London 1815

Boxed late 19th century French plated silver carving set, blade marked “Paris”

19th century French first standard silver grape shears, and 19th century American sterling silver grape shears with “vintage” decoration

Boxed set of French Belle Epoque first standard silver salad servers, Minerva “poincon”

French Empire period cut crystal condiment service, comprising a pair of “moutardiers” mustard pots and a pair of “salieres” for salt, circa 1810-1820

Boxed pair of French Art Deco horn salad servers with plated silver handles, circa 1930