SILVER PLATED WARES
AN AMERICAN FIVE PIECE SILVER PLATED TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE ON TRAY, maker's mark of Gorham, circa 1888, comprising tea kettle, stand and lamp, square necked coffee pot, teapot, two handled covered sugar bowl and cream jug, each rounded cube form, initialed, each side chased and engraved with foliate scroll spray, with plain loop handle, dentilated rim, conforming raised hinged cover topped by fluted button finial, the tea kettle on rounded square stand issuing two bifurcated part foliate supports, the kettle with fixed overhead handle--tea kettle on stand over handle 12in. (30.4cm.) high, the rounded rectangular tray with molded border chased with bold varying flowers with applied broad conforming rim--24in. (60.9cm.) long (6)
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AN AMERICAN FIVE PIECE SILVER PLATED TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE ON TRAY, maker's mark of Gorham, circa 1888, comprising tea kettle, stand and lamp, square necked coffee pot, teapot, two handled covered sugar bowl and cream jug, each rounded cube form, initialed, each side chased and engraved with foliate scroll spray, with plain loop handle, dentilated rim, conforming raised hinged cover topped by fluted button finial, the tea kettle on rounded square stand issuing two bifurcated part foliate supports, the kettle with fixed overhead handle--tea kettle on stand over handle 12in. (30.4cm.) high, the rounded rectangular tray with molded border chased with bold varying flowers with applied broad conforming rim--24in. (60.9cm.) long (6)