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A silver tea and coffee service in a baluster shape, with tw…
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Estimate €600 - €800
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Description
A silver tea and coffee service in a baluster shape, with twisted, scalloped ribs, edged with rocaille motifs that are echoed on the hinged, removable lids of the sugar bowl and on the spout of the teapot, the coffee pot’s spout adorned with a rocaille shell cartouche. Handle with coiled design and blackened wooden thumb rest, riveted to two foliage-decorated discs at the top; set on a small moulded base; the set, bearing a hallmark, comprises a teapot, a coffee pot and a sugar bowl. Minerve 1st class, Master Silversmith: Hénin & Cie. Height of teapot: 16 cm, Height of coffee pot: 19 cm. Gross weight: 1,231 g. Teapot: small dent on the body, knocks to the base and a crack at the base of the wooden handle. Coffee pot: knocks to the base of the body and the handle, handle broken at the base; both rivets are missing. Sugar bowl: knocks to the lid.
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Auction time 11/18/2026 at 2:30 PM
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