An American Silver Eight-Piece Tea and Coffee Set and Matching Tray,
reed & barton, taunton, ma, 1956-57,
Francis I pattern, comprising teapot, coffee pot, kettle on lampstand, large creamer, large covered sugar bowl, small creamer, small sugar bowl, and waste bowl and two-handled tray, of urn form chased with scroll cartouches flanked by cornucopias of fruit, marked on bases and with date symbols; 407 ozt gross.
Length of tray over handles 30 3/4 inches. Height of kettle on lampstand 14 inches.
Estimate $ 18,000-22,000
this set has been in a private collection for many decades without use.
waste bowl, creamers, and small open sugar bowl with gilt interiors.
waste bowl - light scratches to interior
large sugar bowl - very good condition, vertually no wear to interior
small sugar bowl - very light scratches, interior lower body with tiny ding, not through or visible from exterior, and one tiny dimple to center of cartouche at widest point
small creamer - virtually no wear
large creamer - with some faint scratches to cartouche at widest point and tiny nick to side of handle, not through or very noticable
teapot - very good, few tiny faint scratches at widest points
kettle - small scratch to side near handle and one very faint ding to back, barely noticable
tray - appears to be only piece ever used, three small salt stains and some light scuffs and scratches to center from use, border decoration very good, few scratches to underside