AN ITALIAN FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE

AN ITALIAN FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA SERVICE
Maker's mark of Buccellati
Comprising teapot, coffee pot, two-handled covered sugar bowl and large broad spouted, milk jug, each with lightly hammered finish, lobed baluster, on molded base, with rocaille chased border, the pots with partly matted foliate scroll and fluted spout, with matted leaf capped multi-scroll handle, the side hinged molded domed cover topped by cast openwork foliate scroll finial, the coffee pot--12in. (50.8cm.) high, gross weight 110oz., together with an American silver-plated two- handled tray--length over handles 23½in. (59.6cm.) (5)