Large “rambouillet” Dinner Service For 18 - Jean Bertholle For Gien

An extensive Gien faience dinner service in the “Rambouillet” pattern, designed by Jean Bertholle in the 1950s.

Inspired by hunting and woodland wildlife, the decoration depicts stags, roe deer, wild boar, woodcock, pheasants, ducks and other game in a rich palette of autumnal colours.

• 18 dinner plates decorated with animals and birds, three of each design
• 18 soup plates decorated with animals and birds, three of each design
• 4 serving dishes decorated with wild boar, a stag and a roe deer
• 2 covered vegetable dishes decorated with woodcock
• 2 partridge-shaped sauce boats
  
• 2 trivets decorated with dogs

Created in the 1950s, the Rambouillet pattern is closely associated with the presidential hunts at Rambouillet and remains one of the manufactory’s most sought-after historic designs.

Very good overall condition.
A few tiny chips are present on the reverse edges of one duck soup plate and two serving dishes, one decorated with a roe deer and the other with a wild boar. Detailed photographs are available upon request.

Dimensions:
Dinner plates: 26 cm diameter
Soup plates: 26 cm diameter
Round platters with stag and wild boar decoration: 34.5 cm diameter
Oval platter with deer decoration: 45 cm long
Tureens: 20.5 cm diameter
Partridge-shaped sauce boats: 25 cm long × 14.5 cm high
Dog-decorated trivets: 15 cm long