Lot 75
  • 75

An assembled Georgian silver coffee set, Anthony Nelme, Benjamin Godfrey, and Edward Feline, London

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • silver
  • height of coffee pot 9 in.
  • 22.8 cm
comprising a baluster creamer, engraved with arms and initials, Anthony Nelme, maker's mark only struck four times on base, c. 1720, a tapered cylindrical coffee pot, engraved with later crests, marked on base and cover, Benjamin Godfrey 1736, a covered sugar bowl, fully marked on base and cover, Edward Feline, 1745. Together with an American silver circular tray, monogrammed, Shreve & Co., San Francisco. 4 pieces.

Provenance

Argentum, San Francisco

Condition

creamer with dents, later arms and initials; coffee pot good, sugar bowl good, tray with a few dings
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