Extensive Assembled Herend "Rothschild Bird" Partial Dinner Service, various dates from the early period, 1939-48, to 1991, Hungary, including five dinner plates, dia. 10-3/4", nine bread-and-butter plates, dia. 6", four crescent salad plates, dia. 7-1/2", four dessert/fruit/sauce dishes, dia. 7-3/4", a pair of covered muffin dishes, h. 4", dia. 8", an oval open vegetable dish, h. 2-1/2", w. 10", a scalloped tray, w. 12", d. 9-1/2", a cake plate, w. 11", d. 9-3/4", three cream soup bowls, dia. 5-3/4", three matching underplates, dia. 7", two double egg cups, h. 3-3/4", one flat cup, h. 2", a matching saucer, dia. 5-3/4", three footed cups, h. 2", five matching saucers, dia. 4", two leaf dishes, w. 8", d. 7" and w. 3-3/4", d. 3-1/8", a small coffeepot, h. 6-1/2", two small teapots, one with a cover, h. 4", two sugar bowls, one with a bird knop and the other a flower knop, dia. 3-1/2", a milk jug, h. 5", w. 6", a small chocolate/hot milk jug, h. 6-1/4", w. 4-1/4", a small vase, h. 2-1/2", a dinner bell, h. 2-3/4", a cream/mayonnaise ladle, l. 5-1/2", a round open weave basket, dia. 6", a pierced plate, dia. 9-3/8", a chop plate, dia. 12", and a lid, possibly to a jam pot, dia. 2-3/4". Provenance: Estate of Carolyn G. Fay, Houston, Texas.

DINNER PLATES: Scattered rubbing to gilt rim edges. Two examples with "fading" and wear to the avian reserves. All with scattered small worn areas to the insects on the top surface consistent with stacking and use. BREAD & BUTTER and CRESCENTS: Generally good condition with scattered rubbing to gilt rim edges. DESSERTS: Center avian reserves with scattered wear and rubbing to the gilt rim edges consistent with use. MUFFINS: One cover with restoration, the other with tail of bird knop lacking. One underplate with rubbed losses to the avian reserve, rubbing to the gilt rim edge along with a tiny chip to the edge. OPEN VEGETABLE: Avian reserve and several insects exhibit scattered wear to the enamels but no evidence of actual use. SCALLOPED TRAY: Generally good with rubbing to the gilt edge at either end consistent with use. CAKE PLATE: Good condition. CREAM SOUPS: Rubbing to gilt rim edges. One example with a flake chip to foot edge. UNDERPLATES: Gilt rim edges generally rubbed along with the enamels of two avian reserves (there are FOUR of these plates). EGG CUPS: Good condition. FLAT CUP: TINY enamel anomaly to tip of one feather (there is NO SAUCER). FOOTED CUPS: Generally good condition. One example with rubbed area to gilt edge consistent with use. SAUCERS: Very scattered rubbing to gilt rim edges, along with a shallow flake chip on top of one rim edge (approx. 1/4" x 1/4"). LARGE LEAF DISH: Overall very good condition with a TINY enamel anomaly to tip of one feather. SMALL LEAF DISH: Lacking handle. Enamels rubbed underneath at the high points. SMALL COFFEEPOT: Good condition (correct height: 6"). TWO SMALL TEAPOTS: Good condition, although one lacking a lid, as noted in the description. TWO SUGAR BOWLS: Good condition. MILK JUG: Good condition. SMALL JUG: Lacking lid. Otherwise, good condition (correct height: 4-1/2"). SMALL VASE: Good condition. BELL: Good condition. LADLE: Slight surface wear and rubbing to gilt edge around the bowl consistent with use. BASKET: Losses to tips of eleven leaves, otherwise, good condition. PLATE: Good condition. Foot drilled for wall display. CHOP PLATE: Overall good condition with one TINY enamel anomaly to tip of one wing.