MAKER'S MARK OF WHITING MFG. CO., CIRCA 1880
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AN AMERICAN FIVE-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE
Maker's mark of Whiting Mfg. Co., circa 1880
Comprising tea kettle, stand and replaced lamp, teapot, two-handled covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl, each pear-shaped, on spreading circular base, all chased with continuous flowering foliage on matted ground, with lion's mask headed foliate loop handle, the teapot with swan's neck spout, the hinged low domed cover topped by foliate conical finial, the two handled tea kettle with openwork anthemion shaped loop handle to the part decorated tap, on four footed, twice chained circular stand, with pendant anthemion at intervals, tea kettle on stand--17in. (43.1cm.) high, gross weight 150oz. (5)
Maker's mark of Whiting Mfg. Co., circa 1880
Comprising tea kettle, stand and replaced lamp, teapot, two-handled covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl, each pear-shaped, on spreading circular base, all chased with continuous flowering foliage on matted ground, with lion's mask headed foliate loop handle, the teapot with swan's neck spout, the hinged low domed cover topped by foliate conical finial, the two handled tea kettle with openwork anthemion shaped loop handle to the part decorated tap, on four footed, twice chained circular stand, with pendant anthemion at intervals, tea kettle on stand--17in. (43.1cm.) high, gross weight 150oz. (5)