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CAS 1996-0004-0002A-D   CAS 1996-0004-0002A-D; Cream and sugar serving set
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Cream and sugar serving set
Culture Euro-American
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Marin
Other Geographic Data City: Tiburon
Maker's Name Margo Elberg
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal: Silver; Malachite
Description Silver serving set consisting of: A) shallow rectangular hammered silver tray with wide, slightly flaring lip; B) Fabricated silver creamer pitcher in the form of a bisected cylinder with flat bottom, pouring spout along rim, and hollow rectangular handle that expands in size toward its distal end which is capped with a polished rectangular piece of malachite; C) sugar bowl identical to creamer pitcher but without the pouring spout; and D) small one-piece tongs for picking up sugar cubes; All pieces are unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.0, Width = 18.4, Length = 25.2