Description:
Silver Lusterware Tea Set, early 19th century, seventeen pieces including a teapot, creamer, waste bowl, dish, four saucers, and nine teacups, decorated with red and silver flowers and a red lion inside a blue and silver luster medallion, ht. to 6 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-350
Teapot has evidence of repair on the handle and spout. Plate has a repaired crack in the rim. One saucer with 1/4 in hairline crack in the rim, one with a repaired rim chip. One Straight sided cup with a crack in the handle. Five teacups have evidence of repaired cracks or chips.
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Stephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224