A SIX-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY

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A SIX-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY
THE SIX PIECES MAKER'S MARK OF A.E. WARNER, BALTIMORE, MID 19TH CENTURY

Comprising hot water urn, two coffee or teapots, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each baluster form on circular base, elaborately repousse and chased with trailing leaves and flowers on a matted ground, with scroll spout and acanthus-clad handles with ivory insulators, the urn with bird finial on spigot, the hinged domed covers similarly chased with heraldic rampant lion finials, each with vacant cartouche on side; the tray circa 1900 with repousse borders and applied foliate rim, with chased foliate handles, the field engraved with trelliswork centering a vacant cartouche of tulips, marked under bases--height of urn 15in., the tray marked Balto-Floral Hand-Chased, Sterling
(304oz.) (9)

Lot Essay

The figural crest finial is that of Wetherill of Baltimore. A coffeepot with the identical finial by J&R Monteith of Baltimore, circa 1825, from the collection of James H. Halpin, was sold in these Rooms, January 22, lot 1993, lot 62.