AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PRE-CIVIL WAR EOFF & SHEPARD STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PRE-CIVIL WAR EOFF & SHEPARD STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT:
$1225.00
AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PRE-CIVIL WAR EOFF & SHEPARD STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT
PRESENTED IS A FIVE PIECE AMERICAN STERLING SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE BY THE RENOWNED NEWYORK PARTNERSHIP OF EDGAR MORTIMER EOFF AND GEORGE L. SHEPARD, CIRCA 1857 FOR BALL, BLACK & Co.;
EOFF AND SHEPARD WERE LURED TO TEAM UP IN 1852 BY NEW YORK\'S PRESTIGIOUS RETAILER \"BALL, BLACK & Co\" TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY HOLLOW-WARE . THIS MOVE WAS IN RESPONSE TO JOHN C. MOORE\'S RECENT AFFILIATION WITH THEIR RIVAL RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT-- TIFFANY, YOUNG & ELLIS;PEAR SHAPED BODIES ARE DECORATED WITH REPOUSSE FLOWERS AND ROCOCO CARTOUCHES, WITH LOBED AND HINGED COVERS, AND APPLIED FLOWER BUD FINIALS. THE ARCHED BRANCH-LIKE HANDLES AND SPOUTS ARE FOLIATE MOUNTED. THE FEET WITH APPLIED OPEN-WORK FLOWER BOUQUET DECORATION; A STIPPLED BACKGROUND-- THE ONLY EXAMPLE KNOWN TO US BY THIS MAKER- SERVES TO GIVETHE INTRICATELY CHASED HIGH RELIEF FLOWERS AND LEAVES A SPECTACULAR EFFECT;
FASCINATING BARK-LIKE HANDLES AND SPOUTS WITH CAST LEAF DECORATION;IN A RESEARCH STUDY ENTITLED \"CASTING RITUALS: AN EOFF AND SHEPARD CREAM POT\", THE AUTHOR, EMILY PAZAR QUOTING AN 1857 NEW YORK TRIBUNE ARTICLE, ASSERTS THAT THE \"RETAIL PRICE OF SUCH SETS WAS AROUND $750\" WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO THE EQUIVALENT OF $21,500 TODAY-- NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE INTRINSIC VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONG LOST ARTISTRY OF HAND-CRAFTED SILVER (PLEASE SEE THE LINK EXCELLENT CONDITION SAVE FOR THE EXPECTED AGE-WEAR;
HEIGHT OF COFFEE POT: 12 1/4\";
WEIGHT AN IMPRESSIVE: 41 1/10 STANDARD OUNCES,
(1,165 gr.)FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, PLEASE SEE THE LINK BELOW OF A NOT AS ELABORATE FOUR PIECE SET BY THE SAME MAKER THAT SOLD FOR $9500 EXCLUSIVE OF 25% BUYER\'S PREMIUM AND SHIPPING COSTS WHICH WOULD ADD UP TO OVER Pictures sell!
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THE simple solution for sellers. <div style=\"text-align:center\"><a style=\"text-decoration:none\" />On Jan-21-17 at 08:44:35 PST, seller added the following information:
Please Note:The sale is ONLY FOR THE COFFEE POT of a five piece set, as indicated in the heading of the listing, AND NOT FOR THE ENTIRE SERVICE as stated in the body of the listing. The other pieces of the set are listed separately.We apologize for the mistake.
AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PRE-CIVIL WAR EOFF & SHEPARD STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT:
$1225.00