Assembled Set of Twenty-Six Limoges (Giraud & Brosseau or Singer) Porcelain Dinner Plates Designed by Jean Cocteau
Circa 1958
Most decorated with facial designs, each signed and stamped. Diameter of largest 10 inches.

Provenance:
Christies, New York, July 26-27, 2016, lot 247.

C The Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Collection

Slight variations to diameters; some with wear and rubbing to decorated surface; various stamps marks to the underside; some plates with light short scratches to their centers, not of great consequence; a few plates do have slightly deeper scratch marks; there are some repeats to the various subjects; no apparent rim chips, stain discoloration, etc.; 14 plates have Giraud & Brosseau stamp marks; 12 plates have Singer stamp marks.

Sampling of variation to diameter size: smallest diameter: 9 5/8 inches (approximately five such plates)(red stamp mark) largest diameter: 10 1/8 inches (red stamp mark) one plate as sample size: 10 1/8 inches (red stamp mark) one plate as sample size: 9 7/8 inches (red stamp mark) one plate as sample size: 10 inches (red stamp mark) two plate as sample size: 9 7/8 inches (green stamp mark) etc.

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