Enchanting Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set - for sale at 30% off.

Oct. 31, 2012 - PRLog -- Repoussé sterling silver tea and coffee service. Made by Kirk & Son, C 1925. This service comprises 1 tea kettle with hinged cover on stand, 1 teapot with hinged cover, 1 coffeepot with hinged cover, 1 sugar with cover, 1 creamer, 1 waste bowl, and 1 rectangular tray.

The service is decorated with a profusion of flowers and foliage in repoussé. It rests on a tray with contrasting unornamented well. Sculptural and tactile. Characteristic of Baltimore metalwork.

Coffee pot has baluster body and curved vertical spout. Tea kettle and teapot are squat and curved with curved horizontal spout. Creamer, sugar, and waste bowl are curved and squat, and creamer has lip spout. All pieces have reeded rim and foot except stand, which rests on 4 foliate scroll feet. All pieces have foliate scroll handles except waste bowl, which has no handles, and tray, which has bracket handles. All finials are blossom form.

All pieces hallmarked “S. Kirk & Son” except tray, which is hallmarked “S Stieff.”

Excellent condition with nuanced period patina.

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