A SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION COFFEE SET
Lot 203A PRESIDENTIAL GIFT

A SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION COFFEE SET

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1930

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A SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION COFFEE SET
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1930
Comprising: thirteen coffee spoons decorated with swallows and flowers, a sugar bowl applied with a medallion of the Seal of the President of the United States, and a plain pair of sugar tongs, all within a fitted black leatherette case embossed with the Presidential Seal, each spoon marked on the stem, the sugar bowl marked underneath ‘Tiffany & Co Sterling 565’, and the sugar tongs marked inside one arm; together with a note on headed paper printed 'From the desk of/ Margaret Thatcher', inscribed in pencil 'Silver Gilt - Coffee Spoons - Reagan'
The case: 14 ½ in. (26.8 cm.) wide
11 oz. 12 dwt. (361 gr.)

Given to Margaret Thatcher by President Ronald Reagan, according to note in Margaret Thatcher's hand.