Lot 932
A Five Piece American Coin Silver Presentation Tea Service, Mitchell & Tyler, Richmond, Virginia, wc. 1845-66, marked "MITCHELL & TYLER" in a rectangle on the bottom of the waste bowl and the kettle-on-stand, consisting of teapot, creamer, covered sugar, waste bowl and kettle-on-stand, Rococo Revival repousse chased pear-shaped forms, raised on openwork scroll feet, all over design of scrolling grapevines, the kettle-on-stand with floral and scroll decoration, all pieces with matching finials and feet, engraved "Presented to / Frederick Boyden / By his Friends./ Richmond, Va./ July 1851" on one side and engraved script initials "FB" on the other, kettle-on-stand height 14 3/4 in., combined weight 124.55 troy ozs. Reference: See Silversmiths of Virginia, George Barton Cutten, pp. 148-149. Note: Frederick Boyden (1805-1857) was landlord of the Exchange Hotel in Richmond from 1841 to 1851. Located at the corner of Franklin and Fourteenth streets, the hotel was a showplace in its day and included a ballroom, reading room, baths, a post office and shops.
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