FINE LARGE ANTIQUE SILVER PLATED TEA / COFFEE SET Meriden Company not sterling

  
EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE SILVER PLATED LARGE TEA / COFFEE SET. VERY ORNATE REPOUSSE DECORATION: ANGELS, FLOWERS AND SCROLS. AMERICAN, CIRCA 1870'S, MADE BY ONE OF THE BEST SILVER MAKER OF THE PERIOD: MERIDEN SILVER-PLATED COMPANY. MARKED UNDER THE BASE WITH MAKER'S HALLMARK. COFFEE POT (LARGEST PIECE) IS ABOUT 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm) HIGH INCLUDING FINIAL. TOTAL WEIGHT OF ABOUT 9 LB (4120 GRAMS) - ALL PIECES FEEL VERY HEAVY. GOOD ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH MINOR CHARMING INDICATION OF AGE. SOME EXPECTED WEAR TO ORIGINAL SILVER-PLATING.

VERY MINOR EXPECTED DENTS AND LIGHT SCRATCHES. MISSING FEW SMALL DECORATIVE PIECES FROM FINIAL OF THE SUGAR BOWL - HARDLY NOTICEABLE IN REAL LIFE (last picture). NEEDS SOME MORE HAND POLISHING.

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, ABOUT 150 YEARS OLD EXAMPLE OF ANTIQUE AMERICAN ART SILVER.