Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2426Location: BostonDate / Time: October 03, 2008 4:00PM
Description:
Five Piece American Art Nouveau Sterling Tea and Coffee Service, c.1900-10, comprising ovoid teapot, coffeepot, creamer, covered sugar, and open sugar, chased and embossed with lappets of fruiting hops vines, teapot ht. 10 1/4 in., monogrammed, together with an associated Whiting open sugar, (6 pieces total),approx. 93 troy oz.
Estimate $600-800
teapot lid not fitting flush into body; pinpoint to monogrammed side.
creamer: light dings to both sides of body.
open sugar: three thumbsized dents.
covered sugar: a few light pinpoints to lid.
coffeepot: approx. 3 thumbsized dents to body, and a few pinpoints.