PROPERTY OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
A THREE PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE, teapot unmarked, the two handled covered sugar bowl and cream jug maker's mark of Wm. Forbes, New York, circa 1830, each compressed urn form with bowed engraved shoulder, two sides with paired cornucopiae enclosed cartouche, one initialled, the teapot with wood loop handle, swan's neck spout, the hinged waisted domed cover topped by urn finial--7¼in. (18.4cm.) high, gross weight 35.5oz. (3)
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A THREE PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE, teapot unmarked, the two handled covered sugar bowl and cream jug maker's mark of Wm. Forbes, New York, circa 1830, each compressed urn form with bowed engraved shoulder, two sides with paired cornucopiae enclosed cartouche, one initialled, the teapot with wood loop handle, swan's neck spout, the hinged waisted domed cover topped by urn finial--7¼in. (18.4cm.) high, gross weight 35.5oz. (3)