A Three-Piece Coin Silver Tea Service
Haddock, Lincoln & Foss (1859-1868), Boston, Massachusetts, Dated, "1862"
of small scale, comprising a teapot, a covered sugar dish, and a creamer, each engraved with foliate motifs and ivy wreaths and garlands, the teapot engraved to cartouche with stylized monogram, "I", the teapot and covered sugar dish with pineapple-form finials, the underside of teapot engraved with date, "1862", and each marked to undersides.
Height 5 x width 7 1/2 x depth 3 1/4 inches (teapot), Total weight: 21.675 oz. t.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance:
Jonathan Trace, Putnam Valley, New York,
Art Institute of Chicago, 1983 (acquired directly from above).
