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AN AMERICAN SILVER FIVE PIECE MARTELE TEA SERVICE

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Silver Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
AN AMERICAN SILVER FIVE PIECE MARTELE TEA SERVICE
<B>AN AMERICAN SILVER FIVE PIECE MARTELE TEA SERVICE</B></I><BR>Mark of Gorham, Providence, Rhode Island, c.1905<BR><BR>The service comprises a coffee pot, tea pot, creamer, covered sugar and waste bowl, organic form with chased foliage, flowers and flowing lines, the pots with hinged lids, ivory insulators and blossom finials, hammer marks evident throughout, each engraved with script "WCN" monogram, the underside of the coffee pot engraved "Willis Cecil Nield June 29, 1910". Production records indicate two hundred and forty-two hours making time and two hundred and six hours chasing time. The records also indicate the maker was either Lars or Peter Monsen, and the chaser was William E. Jordan. Marks include the trademark Martele eagle, .9584 standard, H/WY production code, <I>marked under bases</B></I><BR>9.6in. high, the coffee pot, 115oz gross weight 6 Items <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 25% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid. </span></font>