French Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Mark of Claude Doutre Roussel

1st standard silver indicated by a Minerva mark; Paris, circa 1895 or after, includes a coffee pot (9 in.); teapot (7 in.); and creamer; ornately decorated in the rocaille fashion with shell and cartouche motifs allover a swirled body, the covered pieces with shell form finials; not monogrammed.

45 total troy oz.

From the Collection of Josephine Chapman Borthwick, Pinehurst, North Carolina

Minor denting to the undersides, the teapot with dent to the lid.