MARK OF ARTHUR STONE, GARDENER, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1932

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AN AMERICAN SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA SERVICE AND MATCHING TRAY
MARK OF ARTHUR STONE, GARDENER, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1932
comprising: a teapot, a kettle-on-lampstand, a creamer, a two-handled sugar bowl, a waste bowl, and a two-handled oval tray,of swollen oval form, the domed covers with wood knop finials, undersides engraved JANE A. FOSTER OCTOBER 14. 1932, marked on undersides
The kettle-on-lampstand 11 ¾ in. (30.3 cm.) high, the tray over handle 25 ½ in. (64.8 cm.); 198 oz. 16 dwt. (6,183 gr.) gross weight

Lot Essay

Arthur J. Stone was a leading silversmith from Gardner, MA. In 1901, Stone set up shop in Gardener, which operated under his name until its sale in 1937 to Henry Heywood. He was trained and worked in Sheffield, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland prior to coming to the U.S. in 1884. He was one of the last silversmiths in America to train apprentices to carry out designs in handwrought silver.

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