Theodore Haviland Limoges Belfort Porcelain Dinner Service for 10 with Serving Pieces, Hand-Painted Rose Cameo & Garland, Circa 1915-1925

A genuinely complete antique Theodore Haviland Limoges service in the Belfort pattern (Schleiger 345), dated by Replacements Ltd.'s pattern records to circa 1915 as the starting year for this pattern, and the old red underlined Theodore Haviland Limoges mark caps the age of this set at 1925— this, this set definitively clears a century of age. Eighty pieces in total:

• 10 luncheon plates (8½")
• 12 salad plates (7⅜")
• 12 bread plates (6⅜")
• 11 dessert bowls (5")
• 11 saucers (5¾")
• 12 cups (3½")
• 9 butter pats (3⅛")
• 1 oval vegetable bowl (9¼" x 7⅛")
• 1 gravy boat with attached underplate (7⅛")
• 1 handled cake plate (10⅝" handle-to-handle)

The pattern's rose-cameo-and-garland border is confirmed hand-painted, with raised, hand-tooled paste gilding verified through direct physical examination — visible surface texture to the touch, and genuine piece-to-piece variation between the repeating rose cartouches, the clearest signature of a decorator's hand rather than a transfer press.

Condition, disclosed piece by piece: the large majority of this service — including all 12 salad plates, all 9 butter pats, and the handled cake plate — presents in excellent condition with no issues. Seven individual pieces carry noted wear or repair, each confirmed sound and none structural:

• 1 of 12 bread plates: minor ping at the edge
• 1 of 11 dessert bowls: minor ping at the edge
• 1 of 12 cups: very minor ping at the foot ring, low visibility
• 1 of 11 saucers: small chip at the foot ring, low visibility
• 1 of 10 luncheon plates: professionally repaired ping at the foot ring, confirmed smooth and stable to the touch
• The oval vegetable bowl: light age-consistent crazing throughout, plus two professionally repaired rim chips, both confirmed smooth and structurally sound; discoloration at the repair sites is cosmetic only
• The gravy boat: a fine hairline mark on the underside of the base, confirmed a cosmetic glaze-only crack rather than a structural break, verified by direct physical testing

No other pieces in the service show any condition issues.

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