ANTIQUE REED & BARTON 1890 STERLING SILVER TEA COFFEE SET 6 PC RHETT FAMILY RARE

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ANTIQUE REED & BARTON 1890 STERLING SILVER TEA COFFEE SET 6 PC RHETT FAMILY RARE
AMERICAN HISTORY COLONEL WILLIAM RHETT COAT OF ARMS
THIS SET CAME FROM DESCENDANTS OF COL.WILIAM RHETT
THE COAT OF ARMS AND MOTTO ON THIS SET ARE IDENTICAL AS ON COLONEL WILLIAM RHETT (Sep 1966 - Jan 1722) TOMB STONE
Colonel
William Rhett
(4 September 1666 – 12 January 1722) was a British-born plantation owner in the
Province of Carolina
in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Arriving in America in 1698, accompanied by his wife Sarah, Rhett quickly became a prominent rice farmer and member of the South Carolina Assembly.
Rhett was colonel of the Provincial militia receiver-general of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, surveyor, and comptroller of customs for Carolina and the Bahama Islands.
THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST REED AND BARTON STERLING SILVER TEA / COFFEE SETS
THIS 6 PC SET INCLUDES:
1. HOT WATER KETTLE (BURNER MISSING A COVER)
2. CREAMER
3. SUGAR BOWL
4. TEA POT
5. WASTE BOWL
6. COFFEE POT
EVERY PIECE HAS COAT OF ARMS AND MOTTO ENGRAVING
Aut Faciam Aut Periam (Or Makes Or Wasted)
*** SILVER PLATED TRAY NOT INCLUDED ***
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE LAST PIC OF THE WEIGHT OF EACH ITEM
TOTAL SET WEIGHT IS 123 troy oz
PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS