AN AMERICAN SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SET, FLETCHER & GARDINER, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1820-30 |

comprising a Teapot, Coffee Pot, Creamer and covered Sugar Bowl, applied with bands of beaded shells linked by foliage, the shoulders chased with lobe-and-dart bands, with leaf and berry bud finials above leafy pateraes 

Dr. Larry McCallister, sold
Sotheby's New York, January 26, 2013, lot 535

all with some minor dings throughout and shallow denting to foot rims, the sugar bowl with a small dent to shell of applied band, otherwise set in good condition
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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A matching five-piece tea set (with wood handles) by Fletcher & Gardiner is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and is illustrated in Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner, Silversmiths to the Nation Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner 1808-1842, 2007, No. 41, p. 169.