A FIVE PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH TEA STRAINER, maker's mark of Gorham, 1900, comprising teapot, slightly waisted necked coffee pot, two handled covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl, each compressed spherical, on plain short spreading base, the sides chased with broad frieze of bold flowers and coiling foliate scrolls, with gadrooned rim, the pots with decorated loop handle, and scroll spout, the hinged slightly raised, decorated, cover topped by acanthus bud finial, the decorated globular strainer with swing handle (unmarked)--the coffee pot 8¼in. (20.9cm.) high, gross weight 73oz. (6)