A Five-Piece Gorham Mfg. Co. Bright-Cut Partial Gilt Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 1876 Marks: (lion-anchor-G), STERLING, I, GORHAM & CO, UNION SQUARE N.Y., (heart), 1290 8-1/2 x 9-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches (21.6 x 24.8 x 9.5 cm) 111.47 troy ounces PROPERTY FROM A SOUTHERN COLLECTION The five-piece coffee and tea service of squared form, three pieces with rectangular lids having bright-cut stele-form finials and decorated with bright-cut boarder, atop convex neck with applied rosettes, cuboid bodies with dense bright-cut geometric and foliate decoration centering cartouches with engraved monogram SMA, with cast and applied handles, some with exuberantly carved anthemion-form insulators and intricate openwork, and three - coffeepot, teapot, and creamer - with spouts featuring applied beaded garland, conforming base with spiraling applied rope above four bracket feet repeating rosettes motif. The coffee and tea service comprising: 1 coffee pot; 1 teapot; 1 covered sugar bowl; 1 creamer with gilt washed interior; 1 waste bowl with gilt washed interior. 5 Total HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved