Dutch, ca 1875-1909. An .833 silver five-piece tea and chocolate service by Alte de Groot Boersma including a teapot, chocolate pot, a hot water pot, a lidded sugar and creamer. All with grotesque decoration throughout including mask spouts, foliate arabesques, and dancing nudes, each on claw and ball feet or round bases and with ribbed collars. Each piece with Dutch second standard mark and maker's mark, along with various export and possible pseudomarks; largest oah. 9.25 in., total silver wt. 54.24ozt (1687g).