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Five-piece tea set

1912–17
Lebolt and Company
Various sizes
Silver

Classification: Silver hollowware

Object Place: Chicago, Illinois

Accession number: 2009.313-317

Description: A five-piece tea and coffee service. Applied circular monogram for "MMS", with "S" in the center.

Provenance/Ownership History: History of ownership: Purchased or given to Mary Margaret Sullivan, a relative of the donor's (Lee Born's) father; by inheritance to donor's father; by inheritance to Lee Born of Cambridge, Massachusetts; 2009, given to the MFA by Lee and Dirck Born (Accession Date: February 25, 2009)

Gift of Lee and Dirck Born