Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The four piece set includes: coffeepot with Sheffield (1828) hallmarks (8 in.); teapot with Sheffield (1828) hallmarks (5.75 in.); creamer with Sheffield (1822) hallmarks; and sugar bowl with Sheffield (1822) hallmarks. Each piece ornately hand-worked with floral Rococo style floral and scrollwork; both pots with dolphin form spouts and eagle form finials, each piece hand-engraved with a family crest featuring a turreted castle beneath the motto "Tout Pour L'Eglise," the opposite sides with shield. Each with period bright-cut engraved presentation to the underside, various monograms, but each dated 1829.
72.75 total troy oz.
The 50 year collection of the late Drs. Arnold & Helene Gerall of New Orleans, LA & Chapel Hill, NC Purchased at Neiman-Marcus, Dallas, TX
Accompanied by a 1954 newspaper advertisement featuring this set and incorrectly listing the maker as Robert Garrard.
Dent to body of teapot below decoration; else fine.
$1,000 - 3,000