Lot 421
An Important Gorham Coin Silver Tea Service, ret. James E. Spear, Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1859, wc. 1846-71, maker's mark erased, "JAMES E. SPEAR", "COIN", and "30" on the bottom of each piece, consisting of teapot, creamer, covered sugar, and waste bowl, early Renaissance Revival with elements of Greek design in the ovoid shaped bodies on circular feet, engine-turned and chased surface decoration, beaded borders, inscribed "To S.Y. Tupper Esq. / From the / Officers & Members / of the / Vigilant Fire Engine / Company / Feby 1st 1859", teapot height 9 3/4 in., combined weight 74.70 troy ozs. Reference: See South Carolina Silversmiths, E. Milby Burton, pp. 175-177; illustrated Palmetto Silver, McKissick Museum, p. 5.
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