1870 5 Pc French Sterling Silver Tea Coffee Set Service

A total of 80 ounces.

Makers mark of Henin Fres & Co. incuse retailer mark Bointaburet A Paris. Later cancelled Minervas heads.

Teapot is pear form with applied reed and ribbon girdle. Cover with seed pod finials on leaf and berry calayx. Fluted spout is embelished with husk festoons.Beautifully carved wood handle.

Coffee pot with wood side handle, same cover and fluted spout.

Sugar also pear form with same seed pod finial cover and carved leaf embellished scroll handles.

Creamer with woode handle reed and ribbon detail and festoon spout.

Waste bowl has reed detail.

Sugar, creamer and waste have a gold vermeil interior.

Selling as is with no additional cleaning polishing or restoration.

Patina is lovely and I see no dings on gouges, Only flaw is the lid to the teapot has come unhinged.

Pieces are monogrammed, though I cannot make it out. Which will also match yours.

Hard to find and quite stunning.

With the falling dollar and the rising euro, will probably be the last one I will find in a long time.

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