AN AMERICAN SILVER SIX PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

Retailed by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia ca. 1880-1890

Comprising a hot water kettle on stand, a coffee pot, teapot, cream jug , covered sugar bowl and waste bowl, each of circular bombe form chased with flower heads amid scrolls and monogrammed scroll reserves, the pots and covered sugar with domed lids similarly chased below cast bud finials, the kettle over a domed base with burner and held by four scroll-chased uprights, all on four cast and chased leafage-capped feet. Marked under bases THE BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE/ COMPANY 1110 STERLING. H. of kettle: 10 in.; total wt.: 166 oz.