Important Gorham Coin Silver Tea Set

An Important Gorham Coin Silver Tea Set

ret. James E. Spear, Charleston, SC, c.1859, wc. 1846-71, "JAMES E. SPEAR", "COIN", and "30" on the bottom of each piece, consisting of teapot, creamer, covered sugar, and waste bowl, early Renaissance revival with elements of Greek design in the ovoid shaped, bodies on circular feet, engine-turned and chased surface decoration, beaded borders, inscribed: "To S.Y. Tupper Esq. From the Officers & Members of the Vigilant Fire
Engine Company Feb 1st 1859" Teapot height 9 3/4 in., combined weight 74.70 troy ozs.

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