1850-1900, designed and created by this prestigious Paris firm, the scalloped rose-pink border transfer printed with running ivy foliate design, each plate centered with the scrolled gilt initials "CA."

8.5 in.

By descent from the John Jacob Astor IV family of Rhinebeck, New York, through William Astor Drayton, the father of Countess Margaret (Peggy) Reventlow, philanthropist and patron of services for the blind

Caroline Astor was the socialite mother of John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (1864-1912), American businessman, real estate developer, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. Astor died in the sinking of RMS Titanic during the early hours of April 15, 1912.

Ten of the plates with edge chips; several others with losses to gilt along the edge.