FIVE-PIECE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SET,circa 1840-1870, Canton. Marked KHC (for Khecheong), shan, leopard's head crowned and profile à gauche on bottom center of all pieces. Comprising of coffee pot, tea pot, creamer, covered sugar and waste bowl, repoussé with scrolling foliate decoration, floral finials above foliage on domed covers. The waste bowl lined with silver sheet. The sugar bowl, cream pot and waste bowl with vermeil interiors, initialed "E.A.C." on all pieces. Weight: 178 oz. 6 dwt.; largest: 12 in. high.
Together with GOLD AND IVORY MOURNING PIN, early 19th century. Navette shaped ivory plaque, sepia decorated with mourning figures a willow tree and a central monument with initials E.C. Rose gold mounting engraved on the reverse with the initials R. C. (Cook family). In wood box.. 2 in. long.
Estimate $30,000-40,000
NOTE: Per repute, owned by a member of the Cook family of Salem, MA, "engaged in the China Trade in the mid-19th century".
PROVENANCE: Private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Stiner, New Haven, CT.
