New York Coin Silver Tea Set

Mark of Shepherd and Boyd (Albany, active 1806–30); four pieces including a teapot (9.5 in.), sugar bowl with cover, creamer, and open waste bowl. Each with lobed body and acorn and oak leaf border to waist, Greek key band to rim of each piece excepting the waste bowl, teapot with period engraving "C_A_Wendell.," each piece marked "Shepherd & Boyd" within a serrated punch.

66.6 total troy oz.

Private Collection, Eastern North Carolina

Good estate condition.

$800 - 1,200