A SILVER THREE-PIECE COFFEE SERVICE

MARK OF WC, POSSIBLY FOR WILLIAM CODMAN, JR., CHICAGO, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A SILVER THREE-PIECE COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF WC, POSSIBLY FOR WILLIAM CODMAN, JR., CHICAGO, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a coffeepot, sugar bowl and creamer, each engraved with monogram KMR, each marked under base, the sugar bowl engraved WC under base, the coffeepot engraved W, each also stamped B.S.C., the creamer and sugar bowl with retailer's mark for Marcus & Co.
The coffee pot 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high; 32 oz. 10 dwt. (1,011 gr.)

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Lot Essay

The mark WC is likely that of William Codman, Jr., son of famed Martelé designer, William Christmas Codman. William Jr. moved to Chicago in 1895 to design for Spaulding & Co. He produced a wholesale line of hand raised and chased silver retailed by various Chicago-based jewelry firms. For a bowl also marked WC and with retail mark BSC see D. Evon, Hand Wrought Arts & Crafts Metalwork & Jewelry 1890-1940, 2013, pp. 144 and 270.

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