Servizio da tavola “Rothschild” Herend, seconda... Lot n° 29

Polychrome porcelain. Brand: coat of arms, "Herend Hungary", "Handpainted", "RO", different letters and numbers in blue; "Herend" and imprinted numbers. Perfect state of preservation, new and never used Since 1860 certainly one of the most famous and well-known services of Herend whose name is due to its promoter Baron Rothschild. The decoration is carried out with twelve different species of birds perched on a branch that comes out of a grassy sod. Almost always on the tree we find a necklace, this is the necklace that Baroness Rotschild believed lost and that was later found in the garden guarded by two birds on the branch of a tree. A Herend Rothschild service was used for the ceremony at the wedding of Prince Charles with Lady Diana in 1981. The princess used it daily and now it is in the possession of her son William Consisting of 45 pieces is composed as follows: 12 soup plates (diam. cm 25); 12 flat plates (diam. cm 26); 12 fruit plates (diam. cm 25). 21 cm); 1 soup tureen (height 26.5 cm; 38.5 x 24.5 cm); 1 salad bowl (25 x 25 cm); 1 saucer with ladle (height 8.3 cm; 26.5 x 21 cm); 1 round serving plate (size 35.5 cm); 3 oval serving plates (46.5 x 37.5 cm; 38.5 x 28.5 cm; 38 x 28 cm); 2 leaf shaped trays (23.5 x 19.5 cm)