A WOLFERS FRÈRES FOUR PIECE 800 STANDARD SILVER COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE FOR THE GERMAN MARKET, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the set comprising a coffee pot with hinged lid, teapot with hinged lid, cream jug with gilt interior and lidded sugar bowl with gilt interior, the coffee pot, teapot and cream jug of baluster form bodies, the sugar bowl of globular form, all with swirled twist ribbing, cat tail and shell decoration to the spouts as well as to the scroll handles of the sugar bowl, the lids with shell decoration and shells within urn form finials, the "D" form handles to the coffee pot, teapot and cream jug with cast wave decoration, each marked (three stars within triangle, crescent moon, and crown), "800," approximate total weight 66.35 troy ounces.NOTE: Though this set bears German hallmarks for the period after 1886, the maker's mark of three stars within a triangle is identified with the Belgian firm of Wolfers Frères. It has been convincingly argued that pieces in 800 standard silver bearing this combination of marks was produced in Belgium by Wolfers for the German export market.