Comprising a teapot, a coffee pot, a kettle on lamp stand, a hot milk jug, a creamer, a two-handled sugar bowl and cover, and four waste bowls in sizes, all baluster form on a circular foot, applied with cut-card arches to the lower bodies, all engraved to one side with a coat-of-arms, crest, and motto, with wooden loop handles and disc finials, the tray rectangular with cut corners and loop handles, engraved to the center with the same coat-of-arms, marked on undersides;
Together with an Italian rounded rectangular silver-plated two-handled tray, mark of Sambonet, Turin, second half 20th century
13⁷⁄₈ in. (35.3 cm.) high, over handle, the kettle on lamp stand; 29¹⁄₄ in. (74.2 cm.) long, over handles, the tray
347 oz. 8 dwt. (10,804 gr.) gross weighable silver

Property of the Estate of the Late Mrs. Walter C. Baker; Christie's, New York, 22 February 1980, lot 154.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17 October 2002, lot 139.

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Overall with some minor scuffs and scratches consistent with age and use, including to the surface of the tray, the engravings worn throughout, the tray and lamp stand with felt pads to undersides, the wooden handles and finials throughout with some wear, scuffs, and minor nicks, the teapot, coffee pot, and hot milk jug all with the finial slightly loose, though secure, due to replaced nuts to the underside that do not allow the finial to be screwed tightly, the teapot and coffee pot also with the handle slightly loose, though secure, the finial of the coffee pot previously cracked, now repaired with some minor glue residue, The lower flange of the kettle where it rests on the stand very slightly bent, the handle also with a repaired crack with some minor glue reside and with some minor glue residue to one end of the handle, the hot milk jug with a bend with a crease to the spout, the sugar bowl with the finial currently off as the nut is bent and unable to be screwed on, finial, screw, and nut all retained though, the waste bowls with three one size and one slightly smaller, the smaller one with a very shallow bruise to one side and wobbles slightly on a flat surface, the silver-plated tray with some minor scuffs and scratches such as to the surface, as well as some wear to the plating revealing base metal.

Please note the listed weight does not include the silver-plated tray, but does include the weight of the wooden handles and finials.

The teapot: Dated 1928, 5³⁄₄ in. (14.6 cm.) high, 10 in. (25.4 cm.) long, over handle and spout, 5⁵⁄₈ in. (14.3 cm.) wide, 26 oz. 12 dwt. (827 gr.) gross weight
The coffee pot: Dated 1928, 8³⁄₄ in. (12.2 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, over handle and spout, 4¹⁄₂ in. (11.4 cm.) wide, 25 oz. 2 dwt. (781 gr.) gross weight
The kettle on lamp stand: Dated 1928, 13⁷⁄₈ in. (35.3 cm.) high, over handle, 9¹⁄₂ in. (24.1 cm.) long, over spout, 6³⁄₄ in. (17.1 cm.) wide, 64 oz. (1,990 gr.) gross weight
The hot milk jug: Dated 1929, 8¹⁄₂ in. (21.6 cm.) high, 6¹⁄₂ in. (16.5 cm.) long, over handle, 4¹⁄₂ in. (11.4 cm.) wide, 23 oz. 10 dwt. (731 gr.) gross weight
The creamer: Dated 1928, 4¹⁄₂ in. (11.4 cm.) high, 4⁵⁄₈ in. (11.7 cm.) long, over handle and spout, 3¹⁄₈ in. (8 cm.) wide, 9 oz. 18 dwt. (308 gr.)
The sugar bowl: Dated 1928, 4 in. (10.1 cm.) high, 6³⁄₈ in. (16.2 cm.) long, over handles, 4¹⁄₂ in. (11.4 cm.) wide, 13 oz. 14 dwt. (426 gr.)
The three larger waste bowls: One dated 1927, the other two dated 1932, 2⁷⁄₈ in. (7.4 cm.) high, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diameter, 27 oz. 8 dwt. (852 gr.)
The smaller waste bowl: Dated 1928, 2³⁄₄ in. (7 cm.) high, 4³⁄₈ in. (11.1 cm.) diameter, 7 oz. 18 dwt. (246 gr.)
The tray: Dated 1928, 29¹⁄₄ in. (74.2 cm.) long, over handles, 18 in. (45.7 cm.) wide, 149 oz. 4 dwt. (4,640 gr.) gross weight
The silver-plated tray: 23¹⁄₂ in. (59.7 cm.) long, over handles, 15¹⁄₄ in. (38.7 cm.) wide

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