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402396.Six-Piece Bailey, Banks & Biddle Sterling Repoussé Tea andCoffee Service, late 19th century, squat ovoid coffeepot, teapot,kettle on stand with burner, covered sugar, creamer, and opensugar, with all over dense foliate repoussé, kettle on stand ht. 101/4 in., approx. 121 troy oz. total.$2,000-3,000397.Six-Piece Sterling Rococo Revival Tea and Coffee Service, late19th century, Meriden Britannia Company, comprising pearshaped coffeepot, squat ovoid teapot, creamer, covered sugar,open sugar, and kettle on stand with burner, all stamped withRococo Revival motifs of C-scrolls, shells, and rocaille, domedlids, with openwork scroll feet, coffeepot ht. 8 1/2 in., approx.139 troy oz. total.$1,000-1,500398.Shiebler Gold-washed Sterling Bonbon Scoop, late 19thcentury, bowl formed as an openwork cluster of chrysanthemums,with stylized branch handle, lg. 6 3/4 in., approx. 2 troy oz.$300-500399.Two Gorham Sterling Serving Spoons, late 19th century, aWhiting engraved serving spoon with bicolor gold-washaccenting, lg. 7 5/8, and “Narraganset”-type spoon with clamshell-form bowl, lg. 6 1/2 in., approx. 4 troy oz.$300-350400.Whiting Manufacturing Co. Sterling “Berry” Pattern ServingSpoon, late 19th century, depicting blackberries, with slightlypointed gold-washed bowl, monogrammed, lg. 9 1/2 in., approx.3 troy oz.$200-250401.Two Dominick & Haff Sterling and Enamel Flatware ServingPieces, late 19th century, a “Renaissance” pattern asparagusserver, lg. 9 1/4, and a plique-à-jour sauce ladle, lg. 6 in., approx.6 troy oz.$250-350402.Gorham Gold-wash Sterling Trophy, Isis Vabo MemorialTrophy, late 19th century, with engraved inscription dated 1938,oval, with engraved anthemion circlet to interior, with angularhandles suspending husk wreaths, on tapering stem with lionmasks, on tiered ovoid foot, ht. 13 3/8 in., in fitted case, approx.60 troy oz.Note: According to the website for the Bull Terrier Club of NewEngland (http://www.btcnewengland.org), the “Isis VaboMemorial Trophy” was donated to the organization by Dr. L.Cabot Briggs, a notable Bull Terrier fancier, and an importantlongtime member, who served on the Board of Directors of theBTCNE. To quote the BTCNE Web site: “(Dr. Brigg’s) first BullTerrier was a gift from his wife and marked the beginning of hisinterest in the breed. The list of famous Bull Terriers he ownedincluded English & American Ch. Maldwyn, Eng. & Am. Ch.Rebel of Blighty … and the white bitch Eng. Ch. Isis of Vabowho had completed her championship at seven & 1/2 months ofage, but died shortly after being imported to the U.S. Dr. Briggsis undoubtedly best remembered to exhibitors as the donor of the“English Ch. Isis Vabo Memorial Trophy” which, until theemergence of the Silverwood Trophy for the Best American BredBull Terrier, was the most highly prized award a Bull Terriercould win.”$2,000-3,000403.Three Gorham Sterling and Enamel “Luxembourg” PatternFlatware Serving Pieces, late 19th century, a macaroni server, lg.9, gold-washed ice cream slice, lg. 10 5/8, and a gold-washedpie/cake server, lg. 9 1/4 in., approx. 9 troy oz.$250-35058