a-chinese-export-silver-tea-coffee-service-circa-1890
Lot 485
A Chinese Export Silver Tea & Coffee Service, circa 1890
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The four piece service including a coffee pot (9.5 in.), teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl (missing cover); each finely hand-chased with chrysanthemums against a stippled ground, the handles and finials in the form of bamboo, each marked to base.

53.6 total troy oz.

The marks appear to be those of Guang Li, active in Shanghai circa 1890-1920.

Lacking cover for sugar bowl; cover of teapot detached; spout of coffee pot pressed into body.

$1,000 - 3,000