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RARE MARY GREGORY WATER SET WITH MATCHING SILVER TRAY
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this is an another antique from my mother's estate. my parents were antique collectors from 1940-1970. every summer for 20 years, my parents took me on great car trip vacations all over the united states. we always traveled to historical sites. all of the antiques i am selling have history behind them and are from those vacations we took. my sisters and i have inherited all of our parents antique collection. t is enough to fill three homes. my house looks like a mausoleum and t is no room to move around anymore. so i am going to sell off most of the antique estate i inherited. this is a rare Mary Gregory water set complete with the matching silver tray. itis rare because not many water sets came with a silver serving tray. this collection belonged to my great aunt betty, who's grandmother brought it with her when she settled from boston, in the late 1800's. it was passed down through the generations of our family. t are 3 water glasses, but t may have been four at one time. the glasses and the pitcher are so fragile, light, and gorgeous condition. no one in my family used it since my great aunt's grandmother. she used it for company on Sunday. the three glasses each have a child on the front of the glass, with a flower painted on the back. t are two girls and one boy. t is a tiny flaw or knick on the top of each glass. you have to run your fingers over it to feel it. the water pitcher is quite large and you can see the hand blown bubbles in the glass. it has very beautiful intricate flowers on it as do the three glasses. two of the faces and a skirt have little swirls thru them and some paint is missing. they are very tiny. it looks like something that happened when the glass was painted. the little swirls are all the same shape and size. the intricate white flowers flow around the neck of the pitcher while the bottom of the pitcher has a scenic outdoors with bushes, butterflies, birds, more flowers, and a pathway the ladies on the pitcher are walking on. the silver tray has an emblem on the back. it says " James W. Tupts, Boston, Mass., Warranteed Quadruple Plate, 1416. the tray is in wonderful condition but it needs silver polish. it is very heavy. it has a little mary gregory girl in her bonnet, sitting on a fence etched into it. t are many flowers that match the flowers on the water pitcher. it has a design etched in all over the rim of the tray. this is an authentic mary gregory water set it is not a reproduction. it was appraised at 750. in 1998 for my mother's antique estate. the painted faces and arms really add to this collection. the painted faces and arms show detail and the figures look so real. it is so beautiful with these colors compared to my other mary gregory, with the all white. compare this set to any other mary gregory on eBay. you will see t is more detail and more painting on these pieces. the pitcher is heavier than most mary gregory. the flowers are embossed on the glass due to different areas of the flowers being painted with a heavier hand. the bottom of the pitcher has the pontil mark. the top rim of the pitcher still has some gold gilt that was painted on it. the size of the pitcher is 9"x 9". that includes the handle. the glasses are 4" tall and the tray is 13" across and 1" deep. more mary gregory pieces will be coming up soon in my auctions, along with my mother's normandy flo blue plates. some of my photos may show some blurring. the pictures are the ones that show two figures not the set itself. i am getting accquainted with my new digital camera so blame the photographer for the bad photos! the pitcher and glasses are clear and the paint is white and flesh tone. please email me if you want to me to see you more photos. words just don't describe this water set. please contact me with any questions you may have about the set. it will be an asset to any collection. feel free to check my feedback to see that i describe my auction items to the best of my ability and i sell quality vintage antiques. feel free to contact any of the...
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