Reed & Barton "Hepplewhite" Silver Tea Service
Grand Reed & Barton "Hepplewhite" Presentation Sterling Silver Tea Service
the pattern designed in 1907 by Charles Augustus Bennett (1869-1939), Taunton, Massachusetts, dated 1912, retailed by J.J. Sweeney Jewelers, Houston, Texas, including:
a kettle on stand, h. 12-3/4", l. 10-1/2";
a coffeepot, h. 9-1/4", l. 10";
a teapot, h. 7", l. 10-1/2";
a cream jug, h. 5-3/4", l. 5-1/2";
a covered sugar bowl, h. 6-1/4", l. 5-1/2";
a waste bowl, h. 4-1/4", l. 5-1/2";
a covered entree dish, l. 10-3/4", w, 7-1/2";
a vegetable dish, l. 11-3/4", w. 8-1/2"; and
a tray, 26-1/2" x 17-1/2",
each piece monogrammed "F", the tray with presentation inscription to Thornwell Fay from the Sunset-Central Lines Railroad, August 31, 1912, presented in a dark green velvet-lined mahogany display chest with brass handles and plaque, 16-1/4" x 13-1/4" x 21-1/4", with the original Sweeney storage pouches.
288.53 total t. oz.
Notes: Thornwell Fay was born on March 13, 1861 in Minden, Louisiana to gunsmith Edwin Hedge Fay and his wife Sarah Shields, and moved with his family to Fayette, Mississippi after the Civil War. He began work in 1878 as a telegraph operator with the Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company. From 1880 to 1884 he was a station agent and train dispatcher, and then for a year he served as private secretary to the company president. In 1885 he became secretary to the general manager of the Atlantic Southern Pacific, and in 1902 became vice president of Morgan's Louisiana and Texas. In 1904 he became vice president of the Southern Pacific lines in Texas, and finally in 1911 he became president of the latter. He announced his resignation and retirement on August 17, 1912 effective September first, and this handsome set was presented to him on the eve of his retirement by the "Sunset-Central Lines", which comprised Morgan's Louisiana & Texas RR & Steamship Co., the Louisiana Western RR Co., the Iberia & Vermilion Railroad (for whom his brother Charles Fay [1867-1946] worked), the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Co., and several others. Fay died in Houston on April 2, 1932, and is buried there in Glenwood Cemetery.
Dimensions: 12 x 15 x 15 in
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Grand Reed & Barton "Hepplewhite" Presentation Sterling Silver Tea Service
the pattern designed in 1907 by Charles Augustus Bennett (1869-1939), Taunton, Massachusetts, dated 1912, retailed by J.J. Sweeney Jewelers, Houston, Texas, including:
a kettle on stand, h. 12-3/4", l. 10-1/2";
a coffeepot, h. 9-1/4", l. 10";
a teapot, h. 7", l. 10-1/2";
a cream jug, h. 5-3/4", l. 5-1/2";
a covered sugar bowl, h. 6-1/4", l. 5-1/2";
a waste bowl, h. 4-1/4", l. 5-1/2";
a covered entree dish, l. 10-3/4", w, 7-1/2";
a vegetable dish, l. 11-3/4", w. 8-1/2"; and
a tray, 26-1/2" x 17-1/2",
each piece monogrammed "F", the tray with presentation inscription to Thornwell Fay from the Sunset-Central Lines Railroad, August 31, 1912, presented in a dark green velvet-lined mahogany display chest with brass handles and plaque, 16-1/4" x 13-1/4" x 21-1/4", with the original Sweeney storage pouches.
288.53 total t. oz.
Notes: Thornwell Fay was born on March 13, 1861 in Minden, Louisiana to gunsmith Edwin Hedge Fay and his wife Sarah Shields, and moved with his family to Fayette, Mississippi after the Civil War. He began work in 1878 as a telegraph operator with the Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company. From 1880 to 1884 he was a station agent and train dispatcher, and then for a year he served as private secretary to the company president. In 1885 he became secretary to the general manager of the Atlantic Southern Pacific, and in 1902 became vice president of Morgan's Louisiana and Texas. In 1904 he became vice president of the Southern Pacific lines in Texas, and finally in 1911 he became president of the latter. He announced his resignation and retirement on August 17, 1912 effective September first, and this handsome set was presented to him on the eve of his retirement by the "Sunset-Central Lines", which comprised Morgan's Louisiana & Texas RR & Steamship Co., the Louisiana Western RR Co., the Iberia & Vermilion Railroad (for whom his brother Charles Fay [1867-1946] worked), the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Co., and several others. Fay died in Houston on April 2, 1932, and is buried there in Glenwood Cemetery.
Dimensions: 12 x 15 x 15 in
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