A SILVER THREE PIECE TEA SERVICE, maker's mark of John Crawford, apparently Philadelphia, circa 1835, comprising teapot, two handled covered sugar basin and cream jug, each lobed urn form, on stepped oval short pedestal base, with molded C-scroll handle, with applied die rolled band to shoulder and collar, the teapot with partly panelled swan's neck spout, the hinged raised cover calyx quartered by chased wheat-sheaves and topped by grape-cluster bulbous finial--the teapot 9¼in. (23.4cm.) high, gross weight 60.5oz. (3)

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A SILVER THREE PIECE TEA SERVICE, maker's mark of John Crawford, apparently Philadelphia, circa 1835, comprising teapot, two handled covered sugar basin and cream jug, each lobed urn form, on stepped oval short pedestal base, with molded C-scroll handle, with applied die rolled band to shoulder and collar, the teapot with partly panelled swan's neck spout, the hinged raised cover calyx quartered by chased wheat-sheaves and topped by grape-cluster bulbous finial--the teapot 9¼in. (23.4cm.) high, gross weight 60.5oz. (3)

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