#7215 • Vizavi “T. Limoges” Porcelain Coffee Service with Floral Reserves and Gilt Bordering

Part of $15 Million | Part 2 | McLean Mansion on the Potomac | Online Estate Auction (live auction by Prime Auction Solutions)

High bid $105.00

Status: Sold

A Continental porcelain coffee service, marked “Porcellana Finemente Decorata / VIZAVI / T. LIMOGES,” comprising a lidded coffee pot, a creamer, and four cups with matching saucers. The service is executed in a bright white, high-gloss porcelain body with molded, softly faceted and scroll-relief panels that frame polychrome floral bouquets, centered by a prominent rose and companion blossoms. The forms show a gently bulbous pot with a tall, tapering spout and an elongated loop handle; the creamer echoes the same profile in miniature. Each piece is enriched with an ornate border program: a Greek-key style band at the rim, a cobalt-accented scrolling frieze, and generous burnished gilt, continuing to the saucers in concentric rings. The decorative scheme aligns with mid- to late-20th-century revival taste, referencing earlier French and Continental gilt-and-cobalt services while remaining firmly in the realm of decorative Limoges-associated wares. Expanded description: The mark “Porcellana Finemente Decorata” is encountered on Vizavi items circulating in European and U.S. secondary markets, often paired with heavy gilding and transfer-applied floral decoration, sometimes described as “hand decoration.” Comparable Vizavi T. Limoges decorated plates and smallwares typically trade in the entry-to-mid decorative-porcelain range; complete, matched coffee services command a premium over single pieces due to display and entertaining appeal.