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MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1881
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A SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**
Maker's mark of Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, 1881
In the Persian taste, comprising kettle on stand with burner, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each shaped square, on circular foot, the lower body lobed, each lobe chased with a shell, the upper body repouss and chased all over with flowers and foliage on a textured ground, the handles with ivory insulators and spouts realistically formed as bamboo entwined with leaves, the hinged flat-domed covers spot-hammered and with braid border, surmounted by a lobed finial, the bases engraved with monogram MLB, marked under bases
The kettle on stand 12in. high; gross weight 144oz.
Gorham Mfg. Co. (6)
Maker's mark of Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, 1881
In the Persian taste, comprising kettle on stand with burner, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each shaped square, on circular foot, the lower body lobed, each lobe chased with a shell, the upper body repouss and chased all over with flowers and foliage on a textured ground, the handles with ivory insulators and spouts realistically formed as bamboo entwined with leaves, the hinged flat-domed covers spot-hammered and with braid border, surmounted by a lobed finial, the bases engraved with monogram MLB, marked under bases
The kettle on stand 12in. high; gross weight 144oz.
Gorham Mfg. Co. (6)