Lot 459: Five-piece Silver Presentation Tea Set with an Associated Plated Tray, Allcock and Allen, New York, c. 1840, "Presented to John Dodge b

Five-piece Silver Presentation Tea Set with an Associated Plated Tray, Allcock and Allen, New York, c. 1840, "Presented to John Dodge by City of New York for his accomplishment in engineering the Croton Aqueduct System 1842," comprising a hot water pot on stand with burner, teapot, creamer, covered sugar bowl, and waste bowl, vasiform vessels with cast urn and grapevine finials on the lids, applied hollow, grapevine handles, the bodies decorated with repousse grapevines with pendant clusters of grapes, engraved with presentation inscriptions and "D" monogram, with beaded borders on the rim and molded, circular footed bases, maker's marks, and "C.C. & D." for Charters, Cann & Dunn, impressed on bottoms, ht. 5 3/4 to 15 1/2 in., approx. 139 troy oz. total; together with a plated oval tray with open handles and grapevine borders in relief, centered with the above engraved presentation, dia. 20 x 29 3/4 in.