Sterling Holloware: Tea Sets

Fairfax sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Durgin (part of Gorham) in Concord, ca 1930. This set comprises 5 pieces: Coffeepot, teapot, creamer, sugar, and waste bowl.

Each: Straight and tapering body with chamfered corners, on straight and chamfered foot. Handles scroll bracket (coffeepot and teapot handles stained wood). Covers gently raised with soft faceting, finials chamfered with bead, and spouts faceted except for creamer, which has u-form spout. Creamer and waste bowl interior... Click for details

George IV sterling silver tea set. Made by Edward Farrell in London in 1822-3. This set comprises 3 pieces: Teapot, creamer, and sugar.

Teapot has squat baluster body. Cover hinged, domed, and overhanging. S-scroll spout in form of shaggy, horned beast. Handle double-scroll in stained wood. Creamer and sugar have same body and gilt-washed interiors. Decoration in style of Teniers, the dynasty of Dutch painters, who are famous for their scenes of popular life. Shown here toping, smoking,... Click for details

Four-piece sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Georg Jensen in Denmark. This set comprises coffeepot, teapot, creamer, and sugar. Coffeepot ovoid and teapot globular; both have stumpy upturned spout, raised cover with ebony finial, and ebony side handle. Creamer ovoid with discreet lip spout and same handle. Sugar round and squat with same cover and finial. Spare voluptuous forms with beading around ebony mounts, and subtle hand-hammered shimmer. This design illustrated in Janet... Click for details

Turn-of-the-century sterling silver tea set. Made by Shiebler in New York. This set comprises 6 pieces: Hot water kettle on stand, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, sugar, and waste bowl.

Globular and oval bodies. Covers domed (kettle and pot covers hinged). Handles c-scroll except kettle handle, which is shaped trefoil. Kettle stand has solid and waisted supports and domed heating element with chained cap. Creamer and waste bowl have gilt washed interior. Interlaced script monogram engraved to... Click for details

Finest quality repousse sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. This set comprises 7 pieces: kettle on stand, coffeepot, teapot, hot water pot, creamer, sugar, and waste bowl.

Oval bodies with leaf-capped handles and leaf-mounted paw supports. Repousse flowers, tooled wavy lines, leaf-and-dart rims, and berry finials. Elegant forms and refined ornament. Gorgeous in a popular turn-of-the-century style.

All pieces fully marked with director’s letter T... Click for details

Hampton sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. This set comprises 5 pieces: coffeepot, teapot, creamer, sugar, and waste bowl.

Rectilinear with curved sides, concave corners, and stepped rim. Covers stepped and concave with finial (pot covers hinged). Handles scrolled bracket. Pot spouts faceted and s-form. Creamer has small lip spout. Creamer and waste bowl have reeded rim. A Modern pattern that also works on a traditional table.

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French Art Deco 950 silver coffee and tea set, ca 1930. This set comprises 4 pieces: coffeepot, teapot, creamer, and sugar. Each: faceted body and raised and spread foot. Sugar has horizontal side handles inset with stained wood. All other handles silver-mounted stained-wood scroll bracket. Covers gently raised with stained-wood finial; coffeepot and teapot covers hinged. Creamer and sugar interior gilt. Chic geometric style for a traditional social ritual. Fully marked including Minerva head... Click for details

English Georgian sterling silver coffee and tea set, 1918-9. This set comprises tea kettle on stand, coffeepot, teapot, hot water pot, creamer, sugar, and waste bowl.

Traditional with gadrooned bodies and squashed ball supports. Covers domed and hinged with stained-wood finial. Kettle handle fixed and scrolled; all other handles scroll bracket. Engraved single letter monogram (D).

Fully marked with Sheffield assay stamp, Mappin & Webb stamp, and date letters for 1918 and 1919. Maker’s... Click for details

American Colonial Revival sterling silver 3-piece coffee set. Retailed by Georg Jensen USA in New York, ca 1950. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, and sugar. Coffeepot: Truncated cone body, molded and double-domed hinged cover with stained-wood finial, and molded base. Capped stained-wood handle with scrolled silver mounts, and faceted gently-scrolled spout with scalloped mount. Creamer: Baluster with faceted lip spout, capped double-scroll handle, and spread and reeded foot. Sugar: Curved... Click for details

Blossom hand-hammered sterling silver coffee set on tray. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, large sugar, and sugar on tray. Coffeepot ovoid with fat and tapering s-spout. Creamer bellied with prominent v-spout. Sugars inverted double-dome bowl. All have 3 leaf-mounted paw supports. Coffeepot and creamer have silver-mounted carved handles. Coffeepot and sugars have domed cover with pod spilling seeds. Tray oval with same in open c-scroll end handles.

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Modern sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Spratling in Taxco. Each: Ovoid body and stained-wood scroll handle and flat cover with tooled finial in form of seated jaguar– an exotic touch to a spare form. A smart design by the famed Mexican maker. 1940s hallmark and eagle stamp (1948-ca 1955). Very good condition.

Dimensions: Coffeepot: H 9 X W 10 3/8 x D 3 3/4 in. Teapot: 6 1/2 x W 8 1/4 x D 3 1/8 in. Creamer: H 4 1/4 x W 6 1/8 x D 3 in. Sugar: H 3 3/4 x W 6 3/8 x D 3 in. Total... Click for details

Midcentury Modern sterling silver coffee set. Made by Spratling in Taxco, Mexico. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, and sugar.

Coffeepot: Gently upward tapering sides, straight diagonal spout, and hinged and domed cover with cabochon stained-wood finial. Side handle also stained wood. Creamer and sugar: Tapering base and inset top with stained-wood “boomerang” handles.

Fully marked with maker’s stamp (ca 1964-7) and no. 30 eagle stamp, which was in use by maker until early 1966.... Click for details