Four-piece Gorham Sterling Silver Coffee Service

Description:

Four-piece Gorham Sterling Silver Coffee Service, Providence, c. 1891, the elongated forms with allover floral repousse, coffeepot with Persian-style tall neck and domed lid, covered sugar, waste bowl, and creamer, coffeepot ht. 10 in., approx. 61.7 troy oz.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Covered sugar lid with internal rim bent out of round. Waste bowl foot rim pushed into body slightly, unobtrusive, (wobbles a little and sits slightly crooked). Coffeepot with small dent to upper shoulder, slight wobble (footrim does not sit perfectly flush, no visible dents or damages). Otherwise all with slight surface wear consistent with age.


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