September 2014 Auction Ends Thursday, September 25th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/25/2014
Lot of decorative plates and other china personally owned by Ray Bradbury. Comprises: (1) small white butterfly-shaped dish in white; (2) lidded gravy tureen on an attached saucer with gilt trim and Duval Denis, Paris stamp; (3) large cup with handle and all interiors gilt, with European pictorial scene to exterior, maker's mark of ''G'' to verso; (4) off-white bowl with blue rim and light green interior signed by the potter. Crazing; (5) plate from the Grazia line by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. White plate features graphite color floral design. Labeled to verso, ''Gustavsberg (old anchor) DM Grazia 1510 Sweden E.''; (6) china plate with purple rim, gilt and floral border and gilt design to center, with blue Austria stamp to underside; (7) Granada pattern plate by Thomas Sevres Bavaria; (8) green plate with 3 white flowers and gilt rim. With RS Germany stamp and ''Handpainted'' mark; (9-12) hand-painted French plates by J. Siquier, part of his hot air balloon scene line. Each plate depicts a large, colorful hot air balloon and basket suspended in mid-air over the rooftops of a town. Siquier plates all feature lobed rims, gilt laurel borders and French captions at the top. Each measures 9.25'' in diameter; (13) Norman Rockwell limited edition plate by Knowles with plate number to verso; (14) ''Wizard of Oz'' collectors' plate by Knowles featuring Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion on the Yellow Brick Road with limited edition number on verso; (15) ''Wizard of Oz'' collectors' plate by Knowles featuring just Dorothy, Toto and Scarecrow on the Yellow Brick Road, with limited edition number on verso. Cracking to built-in saucer on the gravy tureen, else lot is near fine. With a COA from the Ray Bradbury estate.
Ray Bradbury Personally Owned Lot of 14 Decorative Plates -- With Four J. Siquier Hand-Painted Ballooning Scene Plates
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