AN AMERICAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA SET, VAN VOORHIS & SCHANCK, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1790-1800

AN AMERICAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA SET, VAN VOORHIS & SCHANCK, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1790-1800

with pineapple finials and beaded borders, each engraved with a bright-cut shield hung from a drapery swag and monogrammed DH or SH, the creamer with a floral swag, comprising:

Teapot, DH, marked V.V. & S. in serrated rectangle and with eagle and shield mark

Teapot Stand, SH, apparently unmarked

Creamer, DH, marked G. SCHANCK in rectangle

Covered Sugar Box, SH, marked J. SCHANCK in rectangle

Covered Sugar Urn, DH, marked V&S in serrated rectangle and with eagle and shield mark

Waste Bowl, SH, marked J. SCHANCK in rectangle

Together with a similar Covered Sugar Urn by Daniel Van Voorhis, monogrammed OMP in bright-cut shield in a drapery mantle, marked twice D.V.V. in rectangle and with eagle and shield mark, 7 pieces

86 oz gross

2675 g

height of sugar urn 9½ in.

24 cm