A fine three (3) piece circa 1885 silverplate tete a tete set by James W. Tufts of Boston, each piece (pot, creamer and sugar bowl with cover) with spectacular engraving in the Japonesque taste.

Dimensions of pot: 4 1/2 inches high by 6 inches over handle and spout; creamer 3 inches high by 4 1/8 inches over spout and handle; and sugar bowl 4 inches high by 5 1/2 inches over handles. No monogram. Marked as illustrated in photo. (The set has never been resilverplated--no museum would touch something that has been resilvered!)

This set appears on page 185 of Charles Venable's 'Silver in America 1840-1940' and was included in the traveling exhibition in the early 1990's and is in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum and other museums.

Price: $1,875.00

Fine circa 1879 silverplate biscuit - cookie container with lid by James W. Tufts, of Boston, MA, the entire body of the container chased by hand with large shells, mollusks, coral, cherries and more, the lid with a rococco motif finial.

Dimensions: 7 inches high by 5 inches in diameter. No monogram. Marked as illustrated in photo.

Price: $685.00