American Aesthetic Movement silver five-piece tea and coffee set with matching tray, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1877 and 1880

Property from the Descendants of Ulysses S. Grant

American Aesthetic Movement silver five-piece tea and coffee set with matching tray

Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI

1877 and 1880

comprising a Teapot, Coffee Pot, Kettle on bamboo-form Lampstand lacking burner, Creamer, Sugar Bowl, and two-handled Tray; the tea and coffee set densely chased with bands of geometric patterns, bamboo, prunus, and chrysanthemums, some also chased with cranes, swallows, spiders, and butterflies; the tray engraved with a scene of fishermen in a harbor with mountains and a volcano in the distance, each engraved underneath Fannie from Father

marked on bases and most numbered 1360, tray numbered C14, kettle without number, lampstand apparently unmarked, all with date letter J for 1877 except kettle and tray with date letter M for 1880

271 oz 15 dwt gross

8453 g

height of kettle on lampstand 12 3/8 in.; length of tray over handles 27 in.

31.5 cm; 68.6 cm