01-11-201401-11-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2698BBoston
January 11, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Three-piece Coin Silver Tea Service

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$2,160$1,800
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2698BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 11, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Three-piece Coin Silver Tea Service, Philadelphia, teapot and covered sugar: second quarter 19th century, Robert & William Wilson, makers, each vasiform with a bulbous baluster body with a berry finial on a swirled acanthus ground to cover, monogram, a grapevine register to the shoulder, and an acanthus-decorated scrolled handle, all on a stepped circular foot with a leaftip register, teapot ht. 11 in.; together with an unmarked, similarly decorated creamer with the same monogram, approx. 74.6 troy oz. total.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

Creamer with dent to body. Teapot lid does not close all the way, scattered minor dents to foot, foot slightly off kilter.


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Keywords

Coin Silver Tea Service, Robert & William Wilson, Philadelphia