Description: Three piece Irish Tea Set by Irish silversmiths Samuel Beere & James Moore.The set consists of a (1) large tea pot, (2) a sugar bowl and (3) creamer. (br) The teapot has several proof marks on the underside besides the makers mark.

History: Because different alloys of silver contain different percentages of pure silver, it is important to know which alloy was used to make a piece of jewelry. For several hundred years now, most major silver manufacturing countries use what are known as “fineness marks”, “hallmarks” or a combination of both. A fineness mark is a mark put on a piece of jewelry to indicate the percentage of pure silver it contains. There are two common types of fineness marks for silver – word marks and numerical marks. The numerical marks usually represent the number of parts of pure silver out of 1000 contained in a piece of silver. For example, Sterling silver is 92.5% silver or 925 out of 1000 parts silver. This simply means that by weight, the piece is 925 parts silver and 75 parts some other metal. Therefore the “shorthand” mark “925” is used to indicate that something is sterling silver.

Provenance: Helen & Dr. Roland Kohen, Miami, FL

Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 2.5 | Height(in) = 7 | Width(in) = 11.5 | Depth(in) = 6

Size of Artwork(in): 7" x 11.5" x 6" (large teapot)

Artist Name: SBIM

Medium: Sterling silver

Circa: Circa 1817-1818

This three piece tea set is in excellent condition, no dings or scratches observed upon inspection.