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Sat, May 18, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1659

Rare George Hendel Coin Silver Tea Service

Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, c. 1800, urn forms with bead borders, bird head spout, wooden handles, "W" monograms on body and base of coffee pot, marks for George Hendel (working 1802-1840), 79.43 oz. T., 14 in. coffee pot with matching teapot and creamer and lidded urn

Note: Hollowware by George Handel is extremely rare. There is only one other tea service known and it is located in the collection of the Cumberland County Historical Society.

Illustrated: George Hendel of Carlisle, Pennsylvania Silversmith by Merri Lou Scribner Schaumann, cover, page 32, (accompanied by copy of the book).

, Provenance: Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown Pennsylvania, April 24, 2009, lot 163; Property from an Important South Carolina Estate

Condition

coffee pot with abrasion on one corner of base; creamer with bent base (doesn't sit flat), small dents; lidded sugar urn with bent base (doesn't sit flat), top rim bent and lid fits tight; teapot was dent in spout, wooden handle has wear