CHEVY CHASE, MD. — Sloans & Kenyon presented its December estate catalog auction on December 15 with a six-piece S. Kirk and Son Co. sterling silver Landscape/Castle pattern tea/coffee service topping the bidding action at $6,710, including buyer’s premium. The set’s coffee pot was 12 inches high, accompanied by teapot, lift-cover two-handle sugar bowl, cream pitcher, waste bowl and hot water kettle on stand with co-ordinating bail-handle bucket-form strainer. Each vessel carried elaborate landscape decoration on stippled ground.

Watch for a review of more highlights from this sale in a future issue.