American Silver Tea Set c1850 Jones Ball & Black

AMERICAN SILVER TEA SET c1840 HAND CRAFTED - 70 OUNCES. An elegant, mid-19th century American silver three piece tea service.

The interior and under the base of each part of the set with thousands of spot hand hammer marks. This illustrates the 19th century, hand crafting of the tea set. The design much like that of Jones, Ball & Black of Boston and other silver work shops of the day.

Raised inverted pear shape, smooth finish. The shoulder and skirt with satin finish scrolling leaf decoration.

The well hinged cover retains the original satin surface leaf framed bud finial. Tapering arched swan's neck spout, smooth finish. Rolled tip vine crown C shape handle.

This mid-19th century American silver teapot is 11 1/2 inches handle. To spout and just under 10 inches tall and the set weighs 70 standard ounces. Tests silver coin purity (900) or higher. Interior clean as if little, if ever used. Retains the original, rich silver patina.

The item "American Silver Tea Set c1850 Jones Ball & Black" is in sale since Sunday, February 2, 2020. This item is in the category "Antiques\Silver\Coin Silver (. The seller is "supershrink" and is located in Supply, North Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Indonesia, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Jordan, Sri lanka, Maldives, Viet nam, Uruguay.

Age: 1800-1849
Type: tea set