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Lydia Fisher, Philadelpia
Lydia Fisher, Philadelpia
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A FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE
MAKER'S MARK OF HARVEY LEWIS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1815
Comprising a coffeepot, a teapot, a covered sugar bowl, and a cream-jug; each rounded rectangular, the shoulder with a die-rolled band of roses, over a square base, on four lion's-paw feet, the domed covers each with a cast lion-couchant finial, the insulated pot handles with dolphin's-head and acanthus joins, the rim and base with die-rolled shell and leaf borders, one side engraved "LF" in script, the other with the crest of Fisher, the base later-engraved "Lydia Fisher 1814," each marked--10½in. high
(Gross weight 127 oz.) (4)
MAKER'S MARK OF HARVEY LEWIS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1815
Comprising a coffeepot, a teapot, a covered sugar bowl, and a cream-jug; each rounded rectangular, the shoulder with a die-rolled band of roses, over a square base, on four lion's-paw feet, the domed covers each with a cast lion-couchant finial, the insulated pot handles with dolphin's-head and acanthus joins, the rim and base with die-rolled shell and leaf borders, one side engraved "LF" in script, the other with the crest of Fisher, the base later-engraved "Lydia Fisher 1814," each marked--10½in. high
(Gross weight 127 oz.) (4)