Description:
Four-piece Edward VII Scottish Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Service, Glasgow, 1903-04, Smith & Rait, maker, monogrammed, each decorated with foliate arabesques, shells, and flowerheads, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, and sugar, coffeepot ht. 9 1/4 in., approx. 56.3 troy oz.
Estimate $1,200-1,800
Sugar with scattered minor dents to body, teapot handle slightly loose and a pin-prick dent to body, coffeepot with minor dents to body, foot off-kilter, creamer in good overall condition.
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