A GERMAN FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TRAY

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A GERMAN FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TRAY
KIEL, CIRCA 1907, MAKER'S MARK OF MARTEN HEINRICH HANSEN

IN THE CLASSICAL STYLE, COMPRISING COFFEE POT, TEAPOT, SUGAR BOWL AND CREAM JUG; EACH OF OVAL FORM, THE BODY CHASED WITH DRAPERY SWAGS BELOW AN APPLIED BAND OF LAUREL, WITH REEDED ANGULAR HANDLE AND STRAIGHT SPOUT, THE HINGED DOMED COVER SURMOUNTED BY A BUD FINIAL, THE CIRCULAR TRAY WITH SWIRLING FLUTE BORDER, ENGRAVED UNDER BASES WITH THE ROYAL MONOGRAM WR AND CROWN AND 1907, FULLY MARKED--HEIGHT OF COFFEE POT 8 1/4IN. (21CM.), DIAM. OF TRAY 13 3/8IN. (34CM.); TOGETHER WITH A GERMAN SILVER WASTE BOWL, BERLIN, MAKER'S MARK OF D. VOLLGOLD & SOHN, ENGRAVED UNDER THE BASE WITH THE SAME MONOGRAM AND CROWN AND 1897, THE SIDE ENGRAVED WITH THE MONOGRAM WIR AND CROWN, ALSO ENGRAVED WITH SCRATCH WEIGHT KILO 0,151
(GROSS WEIGHT 80 OZ.) (6)

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THE FIRM OF HANSEN WAS FOUNDED IN 1814 AND IN 1888 MARTEN HEINRICH HANSEN WAS AWARDED THE TITLE "KONIGLICHER UND KAISERLICHER HOFLIEFERANT" BY PRINCE HEINRICH VON PREUSSEN, THE BROTHER OF WILHELM II. WORKS BY HANSEN STILL IN THE IMPERIAL COLLECTION INCLUDE SEVERAL MONUMENTAL TANKARDS PRESENTED AS YACHTING PRIZES (KAISERLICHES GOLD UND SILBER, OP. CIT., P. 115). THE FIRM OF VOLLGOLD WAS FOUNDED IN 1838 IN BERLIN AND SUPPLIED THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD WITH A NUMBER OF DOMESTIC ARTICLES INCLUDING TEA SERVICES.