Salesman's Sample Tea for Two

HAVILAND LIMOGES SALESMANS SAMPLE. MARKED WITH HAVILAND NUMBER 16859 AND IS SCHLEIGER 656A. A Rare Table Accessory and a Rare Mark.

This is a rare Haviland Limoges Salesman's Sample. It is a rare Marseille shape. I listed it first as a sugar bowl and was emailed from Haviland International members that it is fact a waste bowl for a Tea Set. So this is really a sale for a rare Salesman's Sample.

Salesman's Samples are interesting. When Theodore Haviland started selling to America, he was a complete hit. He discovered American's liked variation. So the Sample's not only displayed the beautiful botanical quality of the art, but the variations of shape, color of the flowers, and the hand painted gold, but it fed the curiosity of the buyers for the variations.

This item is really a Saleman's Sample and currently the Salesman's Samples bring $500 retail for a usual table item - like a plate or cup.

This waste bowl is a rare table item. Meaning it is not the usual plate or cup.

Marks: The items in this sale represent an ensemble of variation. Two tea cups Marked H&Co L France - Mark H c. 1888 year. The 2nd mark is a decorator mark and indicates it was manufactured for S.R. James. The cups are on the Schleiger blank I.C.S. - B, from Book V of Arlene Schleiger, page 8. The cup's gold trim is Schleiger Gold Trim 26.

And the small tray is marked with two marks. It is also Mark H. Mark C from 1889. Indicating the cups and tray are 122 years old. The gold trim on the tray is very elaborate and hand painted. The closest mark to the gold trim was Schleiger 833, please see the close-up of the trim on the tray. It is beautiful.

The Salesman's Sample is clearly photographed. Mark I - 1894. 117 years. With a Rare Mark as well, imprinted by Number 4 indicating it has some hand painting. When Haviland stamps a number into the clay, a Haviland Factory Artist was used on the piece. It indicates the Marseille shape of the piece as well, with the imprinted swirls. The piece uses more gray shadowing, more brown in the outlines - shows more variation than the other pieces. The gold trim is Schleiger 20.

The Condition of the Items: Very, Very Good Antique Condition. There is only very, very minimal wear to the gold. I'd give the condition an A grade.

Price of this collection, displaying the sales power of Haviland variation - $410 USD.

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