Live Auction 11985American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver
A SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
Lot 274 PROPERTY FROM THE ROSEBROOK COLLECTION

A SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

MARK OF ROBERT AND WILLIAM WILSON, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1835

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A SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF ROBERT AND WILLIAM WILSON, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1835
Comprising two teapots on stands with burners, a coffee pot-on-stand with burner, a cream jug, a covered sugar bowl and a waste bowl; each circular, chased with flowers and foliage, four finials in the form of a seated Chinese figure, one finial in the form of a bird, the teapots, coffee pot and cream jug engraved with monogram RSR, the teapots and coffee pot with replaced insulators, the teapots, coffee pot, cream jug, sugar bowl and waste bowl marked under base
The coffee pot on stand 16 in. (40.5 cm.) high; 214 oz. 10 dwt. (6,682 gr.) gross weight

Richard Stockton Rush (1780-1859), thence by descent, sold
Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 1986, lot 363

Specialist note

The monogram RSR is that of Richard Stockton Rush (1780-1859), son of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Richard Rush is well known for his involvement in the creation of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. While U.S. minister to Great Britain between 1817-1825, Rush worked to acquire James Smithson's bequest for the United States. He later served on the Smithsonian's board.