Important Americana: Silver, Chinese Export, and Prints
Important Americana: Silver, Chinese Export, and Prints
A Rare American Southern Silver Six-Piece Tea Set, S&B Brower, New Orleans, 1834-1842
Lot Closed
January 22, 06:12 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Rare American Southern Silver Six-Piece Tea Set, S&B Brower, New Orleans, 1834-1842
comprising a coffee pot, two tea pots, a covered sugar bowl, creamer, and waste bowl, with lobed bodies and bases, acanthus scrolling handles, the coffee and teapots with flower spray finals, all with monogram EPL, and all but creamer inscribed Shalle
marked on base S. & B. Brower, 17 Camp St. New Orleans
181 oz
5653 g
coffee pot height 10 1/2 in.
26.67 cm
According to the consignor, the tea set has been in the her family for generations, residing in the Northern Kentucky area. It belonged to her great grandmother (likely from her mother) who then gifted the set to her son’s new wife, Emily Powell Laffoon, upon their wedding. It was engraved with monogram EPL for the occasion.