Lot Essay
The work of Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner has been examined by Fennimore and Wagner in Silversmiths to the Nation Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner 1808-1842, 2007.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELIZABETH BROOKE BLAKE
AN AMERICAN SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF THOMAS FLETCHER, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1820
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF THOMAS FLETCHER, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1820
Comprising: a teapot, coffee pot, open sugar bowl and creamer, each engraved MB 1820, each marked under base
10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) high, the coffee pot; 145 oz. (4,518 gr.) gross weight
MARK OF THOMAS FLETCHER, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1820
Comprising: a teapot, coffee pot, open sugar bowl and creamer, each engraved MB 1820, each marked under base
10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) high, the coffee pot; 145 oz. (4,518 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Engraved for a member of the Brooke/Barde/Baldwin family, and thence by direct descent to;
Elizabeth Brooke Blake (1916-2016).
Elizabeth Brooke Blake (1916-2016).