MAKER'S MARK OF BALL, THOMPKINS & BLACK, NEW YORK, AND WM. FORBES, 1839-1851
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AN AMERICAN FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
Maker's mark of Ball, Thompkins & Black, New York, and Wm. Forbes, 1839-1851
Comprising tea kettle, stand and lamp, baluster coffee pot, two-handled covered sugar bowl and cream jug; each pear shaped, on four tapering foliate scroll supports, chased and engraved with broad frieze of flowering foliage including roses, twice enclosing cartouche, one initialed S, the pots with decorated scroll spout and handle, the hinged, molded low domed cover with rocaille rim and topped by twisted foliate finial, the twice chained stand kettle on four legged circular stand, tea kettle on stand over swing handle--16in. high (41.9 cm.), gross weight 154oz. (4)
Maker's mark of Ball, Thompkins & Black, New York, and Wm. Forbes, 1839-1851
Comprising tea kettle, stand and lamp, baluster coffee pot, two-handled covered sugar bowl and cream jug; each pear shaped, on four tapering foliate scroll supports, chased and engraved with broad frieze of flowering foliage including roses, twice enclosing cartouche, one initialed S, the pots with decorated scroll spout and handle, the hinged, molded low domed cover with rocaille rim and topped by twisted foliate finial, the twice chained stand kettle on four legged circular stand, tea kettle on stand over swing handle--16in. high (41.9 cm.), gross weight 154oz. (4)