AN AMERICAN FOUR PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE, maker's mark of Howard & Co., George I style, comprising tea kettle, stand and lamp, teapot, two handled covered sugar bowl and cream jug, each bullet shaped on molded short circular base, engraved with stylized crest, the teapot with shell joined wood scroll handle, each pot with hinged flat cover topped by wood finial (teapot lacking wood), the tea kettle on circular stand raised on three multi scroll supports on shell feet--tea kettle on stand over swing handle 13in. (33cm.) high, gross weight 109oz. (4)