ID 1122282
Lot 342 | AN AMERICAN SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND ASSOCIATED SILVER-PLATED TRAY
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 8 000
MARK OF S. KIRK & SON CO., BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, CIRCA 1885 (2), AND CIRCA 1905 (3)
Comprising a teapot, coffee pot, kettle on lamp stand, creamer, and two-handled sugar bowl and cover, all baluster form, chased and engraved with pastoral landscapes and buildings within dense flowers and foliage, with grape form finials, the teapot, coffee pot, and kettle with squared handles engraved with flowers and headed by rams heads, the stand raised on four goat feet headed by flowers, the creamer and sugar bowl with loop handles and engraved with monogram C.C.C., the tray oval with pierced undulating border and raised on four scrolled bracket feet, the center engraved with borders of scrolling foliage, flowers, and C-scrolls, marked on undersides, the teapot, coffee pot, and kettle on stand marked S. KIRK & SON CO., the creamer and sugar bowl marked S. KIRK & SON, the tray unmarked
13 in. (33 cm.) high, over handle, the kettle on lampstand; 24 ½ in. (62.2 cm.) long, the tray
156 oz. 8 dwt. (4,864 gr.) gross weighable silver
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 January 1999, lot 18C.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Services |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Tea & Coffee pots |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Services |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Tea & Coffee pots |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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