Museum Collections

Wrought silver tea service consisting of a teapot, creamer and sugar bowl with lid; oval in plan with gadrooning around the lower bodies; upper body flares to chased and repousséd decorative bands of scallops and flowers; convex stepped shoulders with applied, vertical die-rolled foliate bands around the rims; on oval stepped bases with die-rolled, applied foliate bands around the vertical footrings; lid oval in plan, flat at edges and raised to oval domes with elaborate cast finials in the shape of floral bouquets; bright-cut engraved, "H" (for Hendricks) in the front centers; maker's marks on the bases.