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MARK OF WILLIAM G. FORBES, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1790
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A THREE-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE
Mark of William G. Forbes, New York, circa 1790
Comprising a teapot, cream jug, sugar urn and cover, each with bright-cut floral swags centering a cartouche with drapery mantling, the cartouche engraved ES, with beaded borders, the teapot with straight spout and wooden handle, the helmet-form jug and sugar urn with square pedestal bases, each engraved with block initials E*S, marked under base of teapot and foot of cream jug, the sugar urn apparently unmarked
The teapot 12½in. long over handle; 43oz. gross weight (3)
Mark of William G. Forbes, New York, circa 1790
Comprising a teapot, cream jug, sugar urn and cover, each with bright-cut floral swags centering a cartouche with drapery mantling, the cartouche engraved ES, with beaded borders, the teapot with straight spout and wooden handle, the helmet-form jug and sugar urn with square pedestal bases, each engraved with block initials E*S, marked under base of teapot and foot of cream jug, the sugar urn apparently unmarked
The teapot 12½in. long over handle; 43oz. gross weight (3)
Provenance
Philip H. Hammerslough
Literature
American Silver Collected by Philip H. Hammerslough, Volume III, 1965, pp. 62-63
