A SIX PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE, maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., 1870-1875, comprising compressed spherical tea kettle, square two handled stand and replaced English lamp, teapot, two handled covered sugar bowl, long necked covered hot milk jug, cream jug and waste bowl, the applications on vermicelli ground, each tapering circular on circular base applied four times with ivy leaf on strapwork, the bodies applied with undulating ivy and beads, further applied with fully modelled birds, and centering one side nesting birds considering their eggs, the other with vacant tear drop cartouche, the pots with plain scroll handle, part decorated spout, the hinged raised cover with conforming applications and topped by wing fluttering bird, the kettle with part decorated swing handle--kettle on stand over handle 13½in. (34.2cm.) high, gross weight 208oz. (6)

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A SIX PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE, maker's mark of Tiffany & Co., 1870-1875, comprising compressed spherical tea kettle, square two handled stand and replaced English lamp, teapot, two handled covered sugar bowl, long necked covered hot milk jug, cream jug and waste bowl, the applications on vermicelli ground, each tapering circular on circular base applied four times with ivy leaf on strapwork, the bodies applied with undulating ivy and beads, further applied with fully modelled birds, and centering one side nesting birds considering their eggs, the other with vacant tear drop cartouche, the pots with plain scroll handle, part decorated spout, the hinged raised cover with conforming applications and topped by wing fluttering bird, the kettle with part decorated swing handle--kettle on stand over handle 13½in. (34.2cm.) high, gross weight 208oz. (6)