A Six-Piece Gorham Mfg. Co. Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Providence, Rhode Island, 1872 Marks to kettle: (lion-anchor-G), STERLING, 391, 12 1/2 PINTS, E, T. KIRK PATRICK, NEW YORK 16-3/4 x 11 x 8 inches (42.5 x 27.9 x 20.3 cm) (largest, kettle-on-stand) 215.1 troy ounces The service of baluster-form, domed lids to tea, coffee and sugar crowned with cast cherub-form finials, lion rampant-form finial to kettle, vessels with raised shaped rim with alternating portrait cartouches of Persephone and Hades framed by naturalistic harvest motifs on ground of trailing vines, sweeping handles terminate with masques of Demeter, baluster-form bodies supported by waisted standard to domed foot engraved with radiating leaves, kettle stand on four sabre legs separated by scroll and acanthus decorations and terminating in Greek key-form feet, each monogrammed with family crest and inscribed OPTIMUM PAT. Originally retailed by Kirk Patrick, New York, New York. The lot comprising: 1 Kettle-on-stand; 1 Coffee pot; 1 Tea pot; 1 Covered sugar bowl; 1 Creamer; 1 Waste bowl. 6 Total HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved