An American matched silver tea and coffee service and water jug, S. Kirk & Son/S. Kirk Son, & Co., Baltimore, second half of the 19th Century/early 20th Century

richly chased with flowers and foliage, mostly variously initialled, one item with a crest, comprising: teapot, coffee pot, hot-water jug (all with ivory fillets to the handles), milk jug, cream jug, sugar basin with swing handle, tea caddy and cover and slop bowl and cover; the water jug with gilt interior

condition and marks mostly good/fair, with a few minor dents, the slop basin legs are bent
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