Arthur Stone Eight-piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service

Description:

Arthur Stone Eight-piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Massachusetts, c. 1930, various craftsman's marks (Taylor, Underwood, and Hartwell),each with an engraved inscription to underside, comprised of a coffeepot, teapot, hot milk jug, creamer, covered sugar, lemon dish, waste bowl, and tray, coffeepot ht. 8 3/4, tray lg. 26 7/8 in., approx. 225.0 troy oz.; together with a hand-hammered dish with maker's mark "EWM."

Note: Stone was born, trained, and worked in Sheffield, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland. He immigrated to the United States in 1884 and opened his workshop in Gardner, Massachusetts in 1901, which operated until 1937. Following the Arts and Crafts tradition, he was one of the last master silversmiths in America to train apprentices to carry out designs in hand-wrought silver.
Estimate $3,000-4,000

In good overall condition with only light surface wear.


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