$2,400
Three-piece Federal Silver Tea Service, William B. Heyer, New York, c. 1815, comprising a teapot with hinged cover, cream jug and a two-handled sugar bowl and cover, each with oblong body on stepped pedestal base with ball feet, with applied foliate bands around finials, neck and base on teapot and sugar bowl, the covers with reeded finials, with ebony insulators on the teapot handle, each piece with impressed "W.B. Heyer" and "H&N" maker's marks on the bottoms, and with engraved "MVM" monogram on the side, ht. 6 1/4-10 3/4 in., total approx. 48 troy oz. Note: A set of similar design by the same maker is in the Garvan Collection at Yale University. Minor age wear.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
