Lot 110

French Brass-Mounted Mahogany Cased Silver and Paris (Schoelcher) Porcelain Traveling Tea and Luncheon Service

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Comprising:

A copper hot water kettle and cover

A copper hot chocolate canister and cover with detachable wood handle

A wood hot chocolate stirrer 

A porcelain teapot and cover

A porcelain coffee pot and cover

A porcelain milk jug

A porcelain sugar bowl and cover

A pair of porcelain egg cups

A pair of porcelain coffee cans and saucers

A pair of porcelain plates

Four silver tablespoons, marked '.950'

Four silver teaspoons, marked '.950'

Four knives with composition handles

Four forks with composition handles

A toasting fork with ebonized handle

A pair of glass decanters and metal stoppers

A pair square bottles with glass stoppers and silver caps, indistinctly marked

A wood caster in two parts

Two mahogany tea caddies

A tole tray

The plates 7 5/8 in. diam., the case 8 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 23 1/2 in., 10 oz. approx. weighable, (37 pcs).

 

Condition

Lacking key. Wear consistent with age and use. The coffee pot cover has a reglued rim chip. One plate has been in half and reglued. Some composition handles with cracks. The stirrer with minor cracks. The wood caster also with minor cracks. Cracks to both tea caddy covers.  A few elements lacking. The case with some abrasions, some bruises to the brass, case does not stay closed completely. Otherwise in good condition.

Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.

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Sold Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, March 4, 1981, Lot 761.

Mallett & Son Ltd., London, July 28, 1981.

The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty.