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WILLIAM FORBES Coin Silver Tea Set NEW YORK
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Click Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! This is a fantastic large Coin Silver tea set by William Forbes (1798-1888) of New York City. The set includes the tea pot, the creamer, and the lidded sugar. The impressive weight is approximatly 87.05 troy ounces. The Forbes family had a long and distinguished career as master silversmiths. The Forbes brothers William Garret (1751-1840) and Abraham Gerritze 1764-1833) were the founders of a prominent New York City silversmithing family.William Forbes (1791-1888) was the grandson of William Garret Forbes and the son of Colin Van Gelder Forbes. He was active in New York City from 1826 to 1864, first working with his father (1826-1833) in the firm of Colin V. G. Forbes and Son and then continuing alone. The Forbes' family provided silver to Marquand & Co. and to its successors Ball, Tompkins & Black (active 1839-51) and Ball, Black & Co. (active 1852-74). In addition William also worked with the New York City silver manufacturer/retailer J&I Cox (1817-1853). The teapot is of bulbous form on a stepped circular foot, the body with exquisite hand chased and engraved foliate scroll work enclosing a vacant central cartouche. Decorated with applied die-rolled foliate borders. The applied handles with acanthus leaf scrolls still have their ivory insulators. Marked: "W. FORBES" in a rectangle above the center point flanked by two eagles, each in a circle above "J.& I. COX" The pieces are in excellent estate condition. SpecificsHeight: Tea Pot 10 3/4" Sugar 10 1/4" Creamer 8 7/8" Weight: 87.05 Troy Ounces Condition: Excellent Album Payment Back to TopI accept the following forms of payment: PayPal Direct Offline Credit Card Payment: Visa/Master Card Money Order Personal Check Preferred Checkout Back to Top If you are the winning bidder, please use my Vendio Checkout for fastest processing of your order! Click the Checkout button in the item listing to go directly to my checkout page. You can also click on the link in the email that I will send you after the auction closes. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS please note specific instructions on winning bidder notification. Shipping & Handling Back to Top Any international shipping rates given in our listing are estimates only. You will be invoiced separately for International shipping. Please contact us if you need further information. $65.00 USPS Priority Mail®US Insurance required, prices calculated at checkout Terms Back to Top Please contact us within 72 hours of an auction s end to confirm your address and payment details. DO NOT place your bid unless you are willing to pay for the item. We reserve the right to re-list items not paid for after 7 days. We reserve the right to NOT accept payments from Unconfirmed Pay Pal addresses If paying by check or money order please include a copy of the invoice with the EBay auction number. Please be reminded that we do not send Second Chance Offers. Shipping, Handling, & Insurance Back to Top We ship USPS Priority Mail when possible. All shipments will be insured. If you prefer a certain carrier or shipping service please contact us. In case of very large or irregularly shaped items the shipping costs quoted are to be considered an estimate and may have to be adjusted after packing. For international orders we will ship by Global Prior... 
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