Seven-Piece Gorham Sterling Silver Coffee and Tea Set, 1897-1900, Providence, Rhode Island, including a kettle-on-stand, h. 11-1/4", a coffeepot, h. 9-3/4", a teapot, h. 8", a covered sugar bowl, h. 6-1/4", a cream jug, h. 6", a waste bowl, h. 3-3/4", and an octagonal tray, w. 20-1/2", the hollowware of navette form with waisted collars, hemispherical domed lids and "gooseneck" spouts, with engraved rinceaux and wrigglework banding and engraved cartouches, the plateau engraved en suite, all monogrammed "H", the tray dated on the underside "June 19-1901", 181.90 total t. oz.

Overall Condition: Good. Scattered surface scuffs, scrapes and dings. The creamer has a compression dent on the domed foot where it meets the stem, but it is even and thus generally imperceptible. A similar but evidently more severe dent has been repaired on the coffeepot, with 1/8" silver solder spots visible on each side, interior and exterior. The kettle handle is somewhat ill-fitting (but secure) and may be a replacement, though the wear and color are entirely consistent with the other wooden handles. Each piece marked (on the underside) with the Gorham "lion-anchor-G" trademark and their date mark (a bell) for 1900 (the tray and kettle with a trident for 1897) and "Sterling / A3350" (the tray with "Sterling / 1058 / 18 in." ; the pots, creamer and kettle additionally with capacity marks.