$22,800
Six-piece Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, New York, 1873-85, most pattern 5960, kettle on stand pattern 6176, each with undulating rim above squat body decorated with lobes and stylized flower petals, one side with applied heraldic crest, the other with applied "SAB" monogram, on paw feet, inscribed "A Wedding Gift to Sophia Augusta Brown From her Mother October 7th 1885" to underside, a kettle on stand with burner, ht. 13, coffeepot, teapot, covered sugar, and creamer and waste bowl with gold-washed interiors, approx. 284.9 troy oz. Provenance: By family decent from Sophia Augusta Brown Sherman (1867-1947), daughter of John Carter Brown II (1797-1874) and Sophia Augusta Browne Brown (1825-1909) and the wife of William Watts Sherman (1842-1912), to the present owner.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-01-11
