DESCRIPTION: Antique Coin Silver "Bayley and Co" "Philad" JCM Silver Tea Set. This is a beautifully designed and crafted late 19th century Bailey & Co. (1848-1878) Philad silver tea service with floral repousse design throughout, scrolled handle with grapes leaves. Marked "Bayley and Co" "Philad" JCM 22. With original wooden case with owners last name "Vroom". Peter D. Vroom was the Governor of New Jersey from 1829 to 1832 and from 1833 to 1836.

Crafted with ornate design, the seven-piece tea set is complete; the set stands on a beautiful grape cluster decorated footed tray and includes a coffee pot, a teapot, a third teapot, a covered sugar bowl with detached lid, a creamer, a matching bowl. Each piece is heavily decorated with embossed grape cluste and leaves motifs, and each item is stamped on the bottom with the "Bayley and Co" "Philad" logo for further authentication. The wooden case is marked " Vroom" on lid. Set includes:

(1) Silverplated"Bayley and Co" "Philad" Tray- L: 33" W: 20".
(1) Silver "Bayley and Co" "Philad" Coffee Pot- H: 12 1/4" W: 9".
(1) Silver "Bayley and Co" "Philad" Teapot- H: 12" W: 9 1/2".
(1) Silver "Bayley and Co" "Philad" Teapot- H: 12" W: 9 1/2".
(1) Silver "Bayley and Co" "Philad" Creamer- H: 8" W: 5".
(1) Silver "Bayley and Co" "Philad" Lidded Sugar Bowl- H: 9 1/2" W: 8".
(1) Silver "Bayley and Co" "Philad" Bowl- H: 5 1/2" W: 6".

Coin silver is a 19th-century American term referring to silver goblets, bowls, trays, and flatware containing roughly 900 parts silver and 100 parts copper. While the term has its roots in the silver content found in British and Spanish coins of that period, most objects that were made out of coin silver were not made exclusively from melted coins, although that certainly did occur. Instead, an object stamped "Coin" or "Pure Coin" or "C" was simply understood to contain roughly 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper, regardless of the source of the component metals. The exact percentage of silver in coin-silver objects, especially those made from coins, varied quite a bit. Coins minted in the United States after the Revolutionary War only contained 892 parts per 1,000 of silver. The silver content in U.S. coins was increased to 900 in 1837, and in 1869, the United States embraced the British sterling standard of .925. That gave further definition to the coin standard of .900, which was made official in 1906 after the passage of the National Stamping Act.

CIRCA: 19th Century.
ORIGIN: Philadelphia, USA.
DIMENSIONS: See lot description for details. Wooden Case is W:23" D: 15 3/4" H:14". Set weight: 4738 grs.
CONDITION: Good condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.