Description:
Silver teaset with a coffeepot with cover and two bone rings in the handle, teapot with cover, hot water pot with cover, cream pitcher, sugar bowl with cover, waste bowl, stand with oil burner with domed cover, and large rectangular tray with a curved foot in each corner. The donor, Captain Edgar Miller Williams (1889-1986), was the son of Admiral Clarence Stewart Williams (1863-1951) who married Anna M. Miller (1860-1955), the daughter of Dr. J. M. Miller of Springfield, Ohio, in 1888; his grandfather was Orson Bennet Williams (1834-1912), who was born in Ashfield and married Pamelia L. Floyd of Springfield, Ohio, in 1862; his great-grandfather was Samuel Barnard Williams (1803-1884) of Deerfield who married Mary A. Bennet (d.1839) of Ashfield, Massachusetts, in 1834, and Caroline Johnson (d.1885) in 1844; his great-great grandfather was Elijah Williams (1767-1832) who married Hannah Barnard (1772-1853), daughter of Samuel Barnard (1721-1788) of Deerfield, in 1803; and his great-great-great grandfather was Dr. Thomas Williams (1718-1775) of Deerfield. This branch of the Williams family is also related to Elizabeth Williams Champney (1850-1922), a well-known writer of her period, who was the half-sister of Orson Bennet Williams and the wife of the artist, James Wells Champney (1843-1903). According to the donor, Admiral Clarence Stewart Williams had the service made in Japan from Chinese coins that he had melted down. The pieces are decorated with a molded bamboo pattern over a textured background over most of the bodies and tray rim, and with traces of a gold wash over most of the exteriors and interiors of the pitcher and waste bowl.
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