Property from
The Estate of Lucienne de Dampierre
AN AMERICAN FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE
MAKER'S MARK OF SHREVE & CO., SAN FRANCISCO
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AN AMERICAN FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE
Maker's mark of Shreve & Co., San Francisco
Comprising baluster teapot, hot-milk jug, pear shaped two-handled covered sugar bowl, and cream jug, each with matted scalework finish, on four maiden's mask headed paw supports, with flowering foliate chased mid-band, acanthus shoulder, gallery collar, the pots with silver leaf-capped wood handle, teapot with bird's head spout, the raised detachable cover topped by crowned lion finial, the last two with putto headed handles--the teapot 8¾in. (22.2cm.) high, gross weight 59oz., together with, a silver oval photograph frame--Shreve & Co.--7in. (17.7cm.) high (5)
Maker's mark of Shreve & Co., San Francisco
Comprising baluster teapot, hot-milk jug, pear shaped two-handled covered sugar bowl, and cream jug, each with matted scalework finish, on four maiden's mask headed paw supports, with flowering foliate chased mid-band, acanthus shoulder, gallery collar, the pots with silver leaf-capped wood handle, teapot with bird's head spout, the raised detachable cover topped by crowned lion finial, the last two with putto headed handles--the teapot 8¾in. (22.2cm.) high, gross weight 59oz., together with, a silver oval photograph frame--Shreve & Co.--7in. (17.7cm.) high (5)