Assembled Three-piece American Silver Tea Service

Description:

Assembled Three-piece American Silver Tea Service, mid-19th/early 20th century, each decorated with chased leaf tips to handles, and repousse flowers to body surrounding circular cartouches with engraved monograms, raised on a stepped circular foot, comprised of a Gorham coin silver covered sugar bowl with a flower finial, c. 1859, ht. 7 3/4; a James & Samuel Woolley sterling silver teapot with a floral finial and ivory heat stops, ht. 9 5/8; and an unmarked silver creamer, ht. 7 3/4 in., approx. 48.1 troy oz. total.
Estimate $500-700

Creamer with very minor usage wear, foot slightly off kilter. Teapot with minor usage wear, pin exposed to ivory heat stop, heat stop with shrinkage cracks. Covered suagr with only minor usage wear.


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