FINE ANTIQUE SILVER PLATED TEA URN / SAMOVAR JAPANESE STYLE Aesthetic Japanesque

  
TRULY COLLECTORS GRADE ITEM OF ABSOLUTELY FINEST POSSIBLE QUALITY. EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE SILVER PLATED HOT WATER / TEA. JAPANESE STYLE, CIRCA 1870'S. AMERICAN, MADE BY ONE OF THE BEST SILVER MAKER OF THE PERIOD: REED & BARTON SILVER COMPANY. MARKED UNDER THE BASE WITH SET OF REED & BARTON HALLMARKS. ORIGINAL HAND ENGRAVED MONOGRAM ON FRONT. ENGLISH MADE TOP QUALITY COMPLEX MECHANICAL BURNER IS A PERIOD REPLACEMENT - 100% CORRECT SIZE AND STYLE. (44.5 cm) HIGH INCLUDING LID FINIAL. ABOUT 5.85 LB (2655 GRAMS) - VERY HEAVY FOR THE SIZE.

EXCELLENT ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH MINOR CHARMING INDICATION OF AGE. FAUCET IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL, HOLDS. AGE PATINA AND NORMAL STABLE AGE CRACKS TO SMALL IVORY KNOBS. DENTS TO THE BOTTOM OF BURNER, DON'T AFFECT APPEARANCE, BURNER IS 100% FUNCTIONAL.

Difficult to photograph item - all dark spots that appear in the pictures is just a reflection. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, ABOUT 150 YEARS OLD EXAMPLE OF ANTIQUE AMERICAN ART SILVER.