Porcelain dinner service
"Paris Gold Medal 1878"

Description

A monochrome and gold porcelain dinner service. France, Vierzon, 1878. Marked "AD. HACHE PEPIN LEHALLEUR 1878 Gold Medal PARIS II".
Vierzon, 1878. Marked “AD. HACHE PEPIN LEHALLEUR 1878 Gold Medal PARIS Vierzon – Paris” and “H&PL/V.” under all pieces.

The service received the gold medal to the famous World Exhibition from Paris to 1878.

There are 92 items in this service weighing 44 kg:
35 dinner plates (24,5 cm diameter),
15 soup plates (diameter 24,5 cm, height 4 cm),
26 dessert plates (diameter 21,5 cm),
1 large tureen with lid (diameter 22,5 cm, height 24 cm),
1 vegetable dish (diameter 20 cm, height 9 cm),
1 mounted bowl (diameter 22 cm, height 9 cm),
1 round dish (diameter 32 cm),
3 oval dishes of different sizes (length 46 cm, 41 cm, 34 cm),
1 gravy boat with lid (length 24 cm),
2 gravy boats for cold sauce (length 23 cm),
1 fruit bowl (diameter 23 cm, height 15 cm),
1 Mounted plate (diameter 21.5 cm, height 14 cm).
The service is in perfect condition because it was kept in its cabinet for 140 years.

Hutzler family porcelain dishes, circa 1878

Universal Exhibition of 1878