A Five-Piece S. Kirk & Sons Co. Grand Tour Silver Tea & Coffee Set, Baltimore, Maryland, 1903-1924. Marks: S. Kirk & Sons ... (Total: 5 )

Description

A Five-Piece S. Kirk & Sons Co. Grand Tour Silver Tea & Coffee Set, Baltimore, Maryland, 1903-1924
Marks: S. Kirk & Sons Co., 925/1000
12 x 3-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches (30.5 x 8.9 x 21.6 cm) (tallest, coffee pot)
3352 grams (107.78 troy ounces)

The tea and coffee service of bulbous-form with grape and leaf finials to chased floral covers, with floral and foliate decorated angular handles with applied ram's heads, each piece decorated with relief of various Grand Tour stops framed by chased floral and foliate boarder, each terminating at pedestal foot with floral chasing. The largest coffee pot bears a coat of arms.

The set comprising:
1 coffee pot (Bridge of Sighs, Venice) ;
1 tea pot (Colosseum, Rome);
1 creamer (Royal Palace, Bangkok)
1 covered sugar (Taj Mahal, Agra) ;
1 waste bowl (Sphinx, Giza).
5 Total

Property from the Collection of a Southern Gentleman



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