A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER SEVEN-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TWO-HANDLED TRAY

A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER SEVEN-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TWO-HANDLED TRAY
MARK OF TUCK CHANG & CO., SHANGHAI, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a teapot, two coffee pots in sizes, creamer, two-handled sugar bowl and cover, waste bowl, tea strainer, and two-handled tray, all cylindrical and modeled as bamboo with bamboo-form handles and spouts, the bodies applied with leaves and bees, the larger coffee pot with counter-weighted hinged cover, the tray rectangular with bamboo-form handles and raised on four bun feet, the border applied with leaves and bees, engraved on the center with bamboo stalks against a matte ground, marked on undersides
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, the larger coffee pot; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) long, over handles, the tray
201 oz. 14 dwt. (6,273 gr.) gross weight