ASSORTED PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER SETS, LOT OF EIGHT, including one hand-painted example with iron red and gilt decorations featuring a floral and bird motif, and three mustache examples with floral motifs including a thistle-decorated example and a four-leaf clover example. Marks to underside include printed "ELITE WORKS / LIMOGES / FR", "CH. FIELD HAVILAND / LIMOGES", red hand-brushed crown with wings mark, and impressed "CT". Elite Works, Limoges; Charles Field Haviland, Limoges, France; Carl Tielsch, Altwasser, Germany; and others. Second half 19th/early 20th century. 3 3/8" HOA.
Provenance: Deaccessioned by the Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA to benefit collections care, preservations, and future acquisitions.
Eleven pieces undamaged, except some having scattered wear to gilt decorations; one gilt-decorated saucer having very faint radial hairline to underside; clover cup with hairline crack; magenta and gilt cup with some minor scattered rim flakes and chips; gilt swag and arrow saucer with three minor scattered rim chips and cup with old stapled handle repair.