A FINE NINE-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE ON TRAY, maker's mark of Gorham Mfg. Co., 1885, no. 1580, the tray no. 140, the casters, 1886, no. 2195, comprising tea-kettle, stand and lamp, teapot, coffee-pot, two-handled covered sugar-bowl, hot-water jug, cream-jug, waste-bowl and a pair of casters, each rounded square, on rim foot, the lower part of the body chased with plain fluted flat-chased with anthemion on stem, chased above with broad flowerheads and foliage on matted ground, with applied basket-weave rim, with vine-clad C-scroll rusticated handles, the raised hinged cover with facet-hammer finish and topped by fluted conical finial, the pots with spout matching the handle, the hot-water jug with acanthus clad squat spout, the cover partly covering spout, the cream-jug with conforming spout, the coffee-pot, hot-water jug and casters with facet hammer finish neck, twice chased with floral sprig, the casters with raised pierced cover, the tea-kettle with conforming overhead fixed handle, on rounded square base with basketweave rim, on four floral bracket feet, issuing two foliate clad bifurcated scroll supports headed by stylized shell--the tea-kettle on stand over handle 12½in. (31.7cm.) high; the shaped oval tray with scalloped ends, the center engraved with monogram, the everted border conformingly chased to the sides, with applied basketweave rim--26in. (66cm.) long, gross weight 295.4oz. All in two tier, fitted, two brass handled, wood chest--34in. (86.3cm.) long