8 PC STERLING SILVER RARE TEA SET W/ TRAY-168 OUNCES BY BIXBY SILVER CO.C 1896-

Description

This is a very fine circa 1896 eight piece tea and coffee set  sterling  silver by famous listed American company: BIXBY SILVER CO. Providence, Rhode Island. The piece consists of a large hot water pot, octagonal tray, creamer, waste bowl, sugar with a lid, five pint pitcher, tea pot, and a sugar cube jar. The hot water pot has a height of approx. 11" with a length of 8 1/4" with a base of 4 1/2" by 4 1/2". On my scale it weighs approx. 31 ounces. The octangular tray the dimensions 12" by 12" and weighs approx. 23.5 ounces. The creamer has a height of 6" including the handle and the length of 5 1/4". The creamer weighs approx. 10.5 ounces. The waste bowl has a height of approx. 3" with the diameter of 8 3/4". It weighs approx. 15.5 ounces. The sugar has a total height of 6 3/4" including the lid. From handle to handle it is 6 1/4". It weighs approx. 16 ounces. The large pitcher has a height of 9 1/4" with a length of 8" and a rectangular base of 5 1/2" by 5 1/2". It weighs approx 33 ounces. The large tea pot has a height of 7 1/2", a length 8 3/4" and a base of 5 1/8" by 5 1/8". It weighs approx. 26.5 ounces. The sugar cube jar has a height of 3 1/2" with the octangular base of 4 1/4" by 4 1/4". It weighs approx. 10 ounces. It has lovely hand-chased rococo flower design on all the pieces. All the pieces are fully stamped. The stamp reads, "B.S.C- STERLING" and are numbered. All the pieces have lovely monogram initials that look like "JCC." It belongs to famous Rhode Island silver manufacturer Bixby Silver Company circa 1896. The total weight exactly for the entire set is 167.60 troy ounces or 4754 grams.
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