Sheffield Silver Tea Set

c.1835

Six piece silver tea set used by Frances and Sec. Wm. H. Seward.   Includes a creamer, sugar bowl with separate top, slop jar, tea pot, coffee pot, and oval tray with two handles designed with Greek key, open work and beading with sterling silver medallion in center with Seward Crest - marked and imprinted, made for "Tiffany & Co. New York." All pieces are footed and marked "James Dixon & Sons Sheffield."