| 397. An Extensive Bernardaud Vendome Bleu Dinner Service
Comprising; twenty dinner plates, eighteen dessert plates, eighteen bouillon cups and saucers, eighteen bread plates, twenty tea cups, and saucers, and a covered vegetable dish, each decorated with a cobalt band applied with gilt scrolling foliage, enclosed by two heavily gilt and tooled bands of leaves, the reverse stamped "Bernardaud Limoges China Vendome." Dinner 10-1/4" d.
10,000/15,000 SOLD: $8,050.00
Note: The intricate gold incrustation process executed by the artists of Bernardaud takes several months to complete. This pattern currently lists a retail value of $1,900 per place setting. The sale of this service will benefit The Cleveland Orchestra.
Condition: excellent.
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