Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffee and tea service
Object name
Coffee and tea service
Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 12 x 6 7/8 in. (27.9 x 30.5 x 17.5 cm)
Description
Wrought silver tea and coffee service consisting of a coffeepot, teapot, sugar bowl with lid, creamer and waste bowl; inverted pear-shaped bodies on a high domed foot with applied vertical footring decorated with a floral heart motif; cast floral finials on high domed lids; acanthus foliage on lids, handles and pot spouts; repouss
Credit Line
Bequest of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number
1950.259a-f
Marks
Mark: all pieces are stamped on bases: "W. FORBES" in a rectangle
Engraving: all pieces are engraved with the Lenox family crest, crowned lion passant, which are located within cartouches at both center-front and center-back.
Gallery Label
This coffee and tea service was made for James Lenox (1800-1880). Wiliam Forbes was the grandson of William Garrett Forbes, and the son of Colin Van Gelder Forbes, both New York silversmiths.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
