Live Auction 2729Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission
A PORCELAIN COFFEE, TEA AND DESSERT SERVICE
Lot 89 PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY

A PORCELAIN COFFEE, TEA AND DESSERT SERVICE

TUCKER AND HEMPHILL CHINA FACTORY (ACTIVE 1826-1838), PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1830

Closed25 September 2013

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A PORCELAIN COFFEE, TEA AND DESSERT SERVICE
TUCKER AND HEMPHILL CHINA FACTORY (ACTIVE 1826-1838), PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1830
bearing gilt script initials MCM for Mary Carpenter Mayer (1784-1853) of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, comprising:
A coffee pot, 7¼ in. high
Two teapots and covers, 5 1/8 in. high
A creamer, 4¾ in. high
A sugar bowl and cover, 5¾ in. high
A waste bowl, 6¼ in. diameter
Two sweetmeat dishes, 10 5/8 in. diameter
Eleven tea cups, 2¾ in. high
Twelve saucers, 5 3/8 in. diameter
Twelve dessert plates, 6 1/8 in. diameter (47)

Mary Carpenter Smith Mayer (Mrs. George Mayer), Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Thence by descent to Mr. and Mrs. J.W.B. Bausman, Jr., Exton, Pennsylvania
Sold, Christie's, New York, 2 June 1990, lots 108-111 and 114-115
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1991