An Important Gorham Coin Silver Tea Set
ret. James E. Spear, Charleston, SC,
c.1859, wc. 1846-71,
"JAMES E. SPEAR", "COIN", and "30" on
the bottom of each piece, consisting
of teapot, creamer, covered sugar, and
waste bowl, early Renaissance revival
with elements of Greek design in the ovoid
shaped, bodies on circular feet, engine-turned and chased surface decoration,
beaded borders, inscribed:
"To S.Y. Tupper Esq. From the Officers & Members of the Vigilant Fire
Engine Company Feby 1st 1859"
Teapot height 9 3/4 in., combined weight 74.70 troy ozs.
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