Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Art and Prints

Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Art and Prints

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An American Silver Six-Piece Tea and Coffee Set in Kirk Style, Jenkins & Jenkins, Baltimore, 1908-c. 1915

Lot Closed

January 20, 05:56 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

chased with elaborate architectural scenes, comprising: Teapot, Coffee Pot, Creamer, covered Sugar Bowl, Waste Bowl, and Kettle on Lampstand, the oval bodies with frames of flowers and foliage, foliate finials, enclosing castles, turreted villas, rustic gateways, and bridges, marked on bases and monogrammed HF, numbered 365-369, the kettle unnumbered


132 oz. 10 dwt., 4121 g

Height of kettle on lampstand: 12 3/4 in., 32.4 cm

The firm of Jenkins & Jenkins was originally founded by A. Jacobi in Baltimore in 1879, becoming Jacobi & Co. in 1890, Jacobi and Jenkins in 1894, and Jenkins & Jenkins in 1908. About 1915 their tools and dies were bought by the Schofield Company of Baltimore.