WHAT YOU ARE BUYING/BIDDING ON

#34576

"12 piece Antique Haviland & Co Limoges tea / coffee / chocolate set for E. Offner of New Orleans LA.  Features a hand painted pink, turquoise and gilded gold pattern with ornate flowers / Chrysanthemums.  Includes scalloped teapot with lid, four cups and six saucers.

E. Offner & Co. (1872–1912)
In 1872 New York–born Ephraim Offner, a crockery salesman in New Orleans, partnered with other experienced ceramics dealers to sell china, glassware, crockery, and other “house furnishings” at low prices under the firm name E. Offner & Co.  By the late 1870s, Offner was an agent for Haviland & Co., the largest exporter of French porcelain to the American market in the South. In 1885 the store had a special display of china in the window, showcasing a porcelain dinner service decorated specifically for the king of Carnival and an elaborate game service bearing the pattern Haviland custom designed for President Rutherford B. Hayes. 

CONDITION

Good antique condition, wear and distressing commensurate with age and use, paint wear / wear to gilding, hairline to teapot.

DIMENSIONS

Teapot- 7.5" x 5" x 9"
4 Teacups - 2.5" x 2.75"
6 Saucers - 5" x 0.75" (Width x Depth x Height)

PAYMENT

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