AN AMERICAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

AN AMERICAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF S. KIRK AND CO., BALTIMORE, 1880-1890
In the Chinoiserie taste, comprising: a kettle-on-stand, coffee pot, teapot, cream jug, covered sugar bowl and waste bowl; each shaped square on four scroll feet, the body repoussé with foliate decoration against a matte ground, the covers with seated Chinaman finials, the angular handles with engraved foliate decoration, the kettle-on-stand, coffee pot and teapot with ivory insulators, each marked under base, the waste bowl and sugar bowl marked 11 oz. only
The kettle-on-stand 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 195 oz. (6,072 gr.) gross weight (6)