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A Nine-Piece George Falkenberg Partial Gilt Silver Tea & Coffee Set, Paris, circa 1900 Marks: (Mercury in hexagon)...
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Consign your material to be auctioned alongside these items on Friday, May 22, 2026 in Dallas, TX. Consignment Deadline for this auction is Thursday, March 12, 2026.
Description
A Nine-Piece George Falkenberg Partial Gilt Silver Tea & Coffee Set, Paris, circa 1900Marks: (Mercury in hexagon), G (falcon) F
18-1/4 x 6-3/4 x 9-1/4 inches (46.4 x 17.1 x 23.5 cm) (tallest, kettle-on-stand)
10806 grams (gross)
Monogram: CLB
The extensive tea & coffee service of baluster form with fluted domed lids with raspberry finial on swooping neck, ribbon and foliate band to shoulder, fluted belly to splayed stepped base, hot water kettle on integral base having four gadrooned feet and related side handles to urn and turned handle to burner, banded reeded shaped handles in silver to sugar bowl and in bone to tea & coffee pots and creamer, chocolate pot side handle at slight diagonal with turned terminal end to fluted shaft, tray (28" wide x 17-3/4' deep) with related foliate and berry rim and turned bone handles.
The set comprising:
1 tea pot
1 coffee pot;
1 hot water on stand, with burner;
1 hot chocolate pot
1 covered sugar, with gilt interior;
1 creamer;
1 waste bowl, with gilt interior;
1 castor;
1 tray.
9 Total
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000.
Condition Report*:
The service in the 1st Standard present very well with minor issues to note: Kettle with push to fluted on lid, broken hinge to burner lid and push to shoulder opposite handle, to tea pot pin dent left of handle, chocolate pot is particularly heavy in hand (1022 grams), sugar bowl with significant push to decorated shoulder, waste bowl with unevenness to concave band below rim, castor with push to finial resulting in a lean and multiple dents above the monogram, tray with push below monogram where the side swings upward, and other minor dents and scuffs to the well. This may seem a long list, but the issues are minor so rest assured that in person the set presents well.
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2026 May 22 Silver & Vertu Signature® Auction #8253 (go to Auction Home page)
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22nd
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126 Days
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