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A SILVER EXPOSITION SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TRAY
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, CIRCA 1904; MADE FOR THE SAINT LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR, 1904
Comprising hot-water kettle on stand with burner, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each oblong on spreading oblong foot with reeded moldings at the rim and footrim, the domed covers with urn-form finials and the handles with ivory insulators, the tray oblong with a molded border and two open handles with stylized foliate decoration, all pieces engraved with initial S, marked under bases with sample mark, also with conjoined SL mark for the Saint Louis Fair--tray 31 1/2in. length over handles
(gross weight 335 oz.) (8)
MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, CIRCA 1904; MADE FOR THE SAINT LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR, 1904
Comprising hot-water kettle on stand with burner, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each oblong on spreading oblong foot with reeded moldings at the rim and footrim, the domed covers with urn-form finials and the handles with ivory insulators, the tray oblong with a molded border and two open handles with stylized foliate decoration, all pieces engraved with initial S, marked under bases with sample mark, also with conjoined SL mark for the Saint Louis Fair--tray 31 1/2in. length over handles
(gross weight 335 oz.) (8)