Hand Chased, Antique Victorian, Sterling Silver Tilting Kettle On Stand.  Fully Hallmarked On Stand And On Pot.  Made By Robert Martin & Ebenezer Hall, 1866. The Body With Beautiful Hand Chased Floral Decoration & Garlands With A Detachable 4 Legged Stand With Matching Decoration. The Two Cartouche With Hand Engraved Lion Crest. Large Size.  Approximately 17″ High. Weighs Approx. 2,800 grams Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing or bidding on any item. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote. 

5 Piece Tea & Coffee Service In A Georgian Style, Made By Gorham Corporation Of Providence Rhode Island.  Set Consists Of The Following Large Tilting Kettle On Stand With Burner. 12 1/4″ Tall. 2 7/8 Pints Coffee Pot. 9″ Tall. 2 1/4 Pints  Tea Pot. 7 3/4″ Tall. 1 7/8 Pints Covered Sugar Bowl. 4 1/8″ High Cream/Milk Jug. 4 3/4″ High. 5/8 Pints  Great Style, Quality, Condition & Maker. No Monograms, Or Removals. No Damage Or Repairs. The Entire Set Is Sterling Silver, Including The Stand, Burner & Pins, Except The Hard Wood Handles On the Three Items For Hot Liquid, The Kettle, Coffee & Tea Pot, And Also The Knob At The End Of The Flame Adjuster On The Burner Set Weighs A Total Of 3,815 Grams.   Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing or bidding on any item. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote. 

Gorham Martele, sterling silver Art Nouveau hand-hammered tea & coffee set complete with original tray and tilting hot water kettle on stand with burner. Round form, with typical pronounced hand-hammered surface and nouveau style flower decoration. Hallmarked on the underside as shown.  Martele silver items were made from the higher standard .9584 silver as opposed to the sterling standard being .925 Set consists of: Tilting how water kettle on stand with burner 14.5″ tall Coffee Pot 9.5″ tall  TeaPot 7.5″ tall Sugar Bowl & Cover 7.25″ tall Waste Bowl 4″ tall Creamer 5.75″ tall Large Two Handled Tray 31.5″ x 21″ Set weighs a total of approx 11,500 grams = 369.40 troy oz = 405.25 regular ounces = 25 1/3 lbs. Great quality, condition, style, maker & size   Provenance: This tea set was made as a special order for Volney & Mabel Williamson, 1910. Volney D.Williamson (1865 – 1920) was one of Spokane’s early millionaires due to gold, silver, coal & precious mineral mining interests across North America, Australia & Africa. While working the Santa Rosa mine, he discovered the first turquoise mine in Mexico. In 1905 he married Mabel C.Cotter of Denver Colorado. According to Gorham’s Martele archives the coffee pot took 86 hours for the skilled silversmith to make and another 74 hours just to do the chasing. The tilting kettle on stand took 135 hours to create & 100 hours to do the chasing.  The net cost just to make all 7 pieces was $1918.00   Martele was an exclusively handcrafted range, whose name was derived from the French ‘marteler’ (to hammer) denoting the production technique used, ie hammered or handwrought. Martele was produced by Gorham from 1897 to 1930 under the guidance of William Codman. Codman being a fine English silversmith brought over in 1891 for this express purpose.  According to Charles Carpenter, author of Gorham Silver, the 9584 standard of silver was used as it was more malleable and easier to work by hand. According to Pristo author of Martel:Gorham’s Nouveau Art Silver, he states that the higher standard of silver was used to meet the French standard of .950 and the English Brittania standard of .9584, so that the silver would be of the highest grade and could not be considered inferior, especially in light of all the awards won. Martele silver was featured at the 1900 Paris Exposition, 1902 Turin Exposition, and the 1904 St. Louis Fair, where Martele won most of the awards. During its entire production only about 4,800 pieces were made, pieces, not sets, and of these only 86 tea sets were crafted, this being one of those, although due to the price of silver jumping up in the 1980s, much Martele silver was shamefully melted down. Due to the fact that all Martele silver was handmade, each set tends to be unique in style.  This tea set is a very good example and is in very good condition, no monograms, inscriptions or removals, also rare to be so complete, original and in such excellent condition.   Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote.   

A very good quality, antique English, sterling silver 4 piece tea & coffee service in the Melon pattern. Made by the renowned Barnards family of silversmiths – Edward, Edward Junior, John & William Barnard. The hand hammered melon bodies, with cast handles, spouts & finials, stand on cast feet. Each piece with a hand engraved crest of a dove on one side. Excellent quality, style, condition & maker. Each is hallmarked with the Barnards makers mark, and the London date letter “A” for 1836, William IV. Coffee pot is the tallest piece at 9.5″ high. Tea pot stands at 6.5″. Sugar stands at 5.5″ Creamer stands at 6.5″ Total weight of all the 4 pieces is 2586 grams = 83.15 troy oz = 91.25 regular ounces. Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing or bidding on any item. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote.

Antique English sterling silver hallmarked teapot with hand chased floral & lion masque decoration on each side of the body. Hand engraved decoration on the lid & spout, with a fine bead rim around the top and bottom of the pot. The lid with a flush hinge, and oval sterling silver finial. Hallmarked on the underside. Made by Thomas Bradbury & Sons – Joseph & Edward. Hallmarked with the ‘O’ date letter for 1869. Maximum dimensions – 11.5″ x 4.6″ x 5 1/8″ high Weight – 800 grams = 25.70 troy oz = 28.20 regular ounces. Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing or bidding on any item. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote.

An unusual, antique English, octagonal sterling silver hand engraved teapot made by Joseph Angell II. Hallmarked ‘P’ for 1850. The pot stands on an octagonal foot. Height of the pot is 7.50″ to the top of the flower finial.  Teapot weighs 660 grams = 21.20 troy oz = 23.30 regular ounces.  Good condition. The teapot has just come in and needs a very good polish.   Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms, etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing or bidding on any item. All weights & measurements are approximate but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use FedEx Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote. 

An unusual, antique English, sterling silver 4 piece tea & coffee service made by John Hunt & Robert Roskell. Each piece is hallmarked The coffee pot, teapot & creamer are all with date letter ‘n’ for 1868, the sugar bowl ‘m’ for 1867. Each piece is crested on one side. The crest is shown in pictures.  The coffee pot stands at 9.75″ tall. The 4 pieces weigh a total of 2625 grams = 84.40 troy oz = 92.60 regular ounces.  Good condition. The set has just come in and needs a very good polish.    Hunt & Roskell Founded 1843 Hunt & Roskell were renowned jewelers and silversmiths on Bond Street in London who for many years held the Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria.  The firm was the successor to the celebrated silversmith Paul Storr who had left Rundell, Bridge & Rundell to set up his own workshop on Harrison Street near Clerkenwell in 1819. A couple of years later he went into partnership with John Mortimer and began trading from 13 New Bond Street as Storr & Mortimer.  In 1826 they took an additional partner, John Samuel Hunt, who brought a welcome investment capital of £5,000 with him.  The firm was increasingly successful and in 1838 they moved to new premises at 156 New Bond Street settling in just prior to the retirement of Paul Storr at the end of December that same year.  This prompted a name change to Mortimer and Hunt which the business operated under from 1839 until 1843 when John Mortimer retired and the name changed once again, this time to Hunt & Roskell.  At this time the partners were John Samuel Hunt, his son John Hunt, Robert Roskell Jn. (son of the respected pocket watchmaker Robert Roskell from Liverpool) and Charles Frederick Hancock. The firm now entered a period of growth and prosperity.  They were creating wonderful pieces of silverware from tea and coffee pots, salvers and candelabra through to presentation plates and cups as well as ornate and decorative table centerpieces.  Their jewelry was equally impressive with diamond tiaras that converted into brooches and hair combs or perhaps a necklace, nestled in display cases next to bracelets set with oval portrait diamonds waiting to be fitted with a clients choice of miniatures. They exhibited at the Great Exhibition held in 1851 at the Crystal Palace in London’s Hyde Park where they were noted for the splendor of their display, reputedly worth a total of £100,000. By this time they had already been granted the Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria, an honor they reflected in their maker’s mark which they surmounted with a crown.  Further exhibitions followed both at home and abroad including New York in 1853 and Paris in 1867.  The visit to New York was not the first time the company had ventured Stateside. In 1839 they had briefly established a branch in New York under the name Storr & Mortimer, however for reasons unclear it only operated for a couple of years, closing in 1841.  By the 1860’s they were reported to be employing 35 people at the New Bond Street shop and a further 80-100 at the factory on Harrison Street.  In addition to their full time employees they also worked in collaboration with a large number of additional craftspeople as well as retailing both jewelry and silver from other workshops such as that of Carlo Giuliano and Robert Hennell. The business continued prosperously and both Robert Roskell’s son Allan and John Hunt’s son John Mortimer Hunt joined their fathers in the firm.  After the death of John Hunt in 1879, his son and the two Messrs Roskells continued in partnership until 1888 when Robert Roskell passed away leaving Allan Roskell and John Mortimer Hunt to run the business between them.  The following year in 1889 the two men decided to dissolve their partnership and sell the business.  It was acquired by J.W. Benson of Ludgate Hill who kept the name and continued trading under Hunt & Roskell until 1897 when it was converted into a limited company and styled Hunt & Roskell Ltd. which is how it remained until trading ceased towards the end of the 1960s.        Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms, etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing or bidding on any item. All weights & measurements are approximate but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use FedEx Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote. 

A rare and unusual gothic revival or cathedral style tea and coffee set, made by Joseph Angell, London 1852. The set is in almost pristine, as new, condition. It has an octagonal shaped body, with crisp, hand engraved decoration on body and covers. One panel on each piece has a hand engraved crest, as shown in the pictures. Each piece is hallmarked on the underside, by Joseph Angell, and all have the R date letter for 1852. The tallest piece is the coffee pot, which stands at almost 11.5″ high. The base on the coffee pot is approximately 6.25″ x 6.25″. An absolutely stunning set, in excellent condition, by an excellent silversmith.

An exceptional quality, Georgian reproduction, sterling silver tea & coffee set with tray. The set of typical George III style on pedestal foot with gadroon rims, the tray matching also with an applied gadroon border & readed handles. Set consists of tea pot, coffee pot, covered sugar bowl, waste bowl, creamer, tilting hot water kettle on stand with burner & a large oval 2 handled tray. All sterling silver. The coffee pot, tea pot & tilting kettle with black hardwood handles, true to the Georgian style. Tray is approximately 28.5″ long.

Plymouth Pattern, Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Set With Sterling Tray & Tilting Hot Water Kettle On Stand. A Complete Set All In Sterling Silver. No Monograms Or Initials.  The Tray Measures 26.75″ x 19.50″.  Set Weighs 240.40 Troy Oz = 7477 Grams = 263.75 Regular Ounces = 16.48 Lbs

Hand Chased, Figural, Antique Sterling Silver Large Tilting Teapot On Stand With Burner. The Entire Body Of The Pot, As Well As The Stand Are Thoroughly Hand Chased With Scroll & Floral Decoration. One Side With 3 Hand Chased Cherubs, The Other Side Is Crested As Shown In The Pictures With The Motto “BE READY” Beneath. Made By William Clarke Shaw, Edinburgh 1853. All Pieces And Parts Are Hallmarked With The Same Hallmarks. The Set Is Complete With The Chains & Pins.  The Crest & Motto Is That Of Baron Lawrence, of the Punjab and of Grateley in the County of Southampton. It was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created for Sir John Lawrence, 1st Baronet, the former Viceroy of India. The kettle stands 15.25″ high, and weighs 2,154 grams = 69.25 troy oz = 76 regular ounces. Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing any item. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote. 

English hallmarked, sterling silver tea and coffee service with tilting kettle and tray. Made in London by Lionel Alfred Crichton. The set with applied strapwork. The tray with a reeded border and cast handles.  Excellent style, quality and maker. Tray measures 28″ x 17.25″. Tilting kettle is 13.75″ high.

Victorian 6 Piece Tea & Coffee Set Made By Martin & Hall, One Of The Premier Victorian Silversmiths. Comprising a hot water kettle on stand, teapot, coffee pot, hot milk pitcher, creamer and sugar, each having a body hand chased with repousse floral and C-scroll motifs, all raised on openwork bases with volute feet.  Each piece is hallmarked, Martin & Hall, Date 1855 – 1857

American sterling silver 6 piece tea & coffee set comprising a water kettle-on-stand, teapot, coffee pot, creamer, covered sugar and waste bowl, together with an associated silver-plate serving tray.  Each piece with an italic hand engraved monogramSet weighs 150 ozt 13 dwts (tray not included in weight)Height of water kettle-on-stand 13 3/4 inches. 

Tiffany & Co. Makers Three-Piece Sterling Silver Breakfast ServicePattern no. 22555, circa 1947-56 Comprising a coffee pot with ebonized wood handle, creamer and an open sugar bowl sugar bowl. Each piece is beautifully hand engraved by Tiffany with a monogram on one side. Height of coffee pot 9 3/8 inches.

Four-piece antique English, George IV, tea and coffee service by the famous Barnard Family of silversmiths. Made in London, hallmarked 1828. The melon shaped body with hand chased floral decoration on a stippled background. The cast spout and feet in a similar manner to match the body. The finials, lids, handles and body are all correctly hallmarked and all original. Great quality set, by an excellent silversmith. Great style & highly serviceable as well as decorative when not in use. The coffee pot stands 9.25″ high Made by Edward Barnards & Sons., Edward Jr., John & William.

A Superb Quality, Antique Victorian, Hand Chased Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Service, Complete With The Original Tilting Pot On Stand With Burner. The Body Is Beautifully Hand Chased With Floral Decoration, And Each Piece Stands On 4 Cast And Applied Bacchus Mask Feet. The Spouts Are Cast To Match The Chasing On The Pots. The Hinged Covers Are Each Topped With A Cast Sterling Silver Eagle Finial. The Set Made In London By Edwin Charles Purdie, Dated 1889. All Pieces, Including The Stand & Burner, Are Fully & Correctly Hallmarked With The Same Date & Makers Marks. Each Piece Is Hand Engraved With A Heraldic Family Crest Of A Crowned Eagle, In The One Cartouche. The Cartouche On The Reverse Side Is Blank. Quality , Style & Condition Are Excellent.  Tilting Hot Water Kettle On The Stand Measures 16.75″ High. Coffee Pot 10.5″ High Tea Pot 7.5″ High Sugar Bowl 4 3/8″ Creamer 4.25″ High

A superb style and quality, four piece, sterling silver tea set. Made in London by the famous silversmith of the Barnard’s family, Edward, Edward Jr. John & William Barnards, fully hallmarked and dated 1830. The ribbed bodies with hand chased floral decoration, and with an engraved family crest of a griffin with fish tail on one side of each item. The cast finial is also of a floral design to match the chasing on the body. Each piece stands on four scroll feet. Set consists of a coffee pot, 10.75″ tall, tea pot is 7.25″, creamer is 6.5″, sugar 5.5″ tall. The set is in almost excellent condition.

Lancaster Rose, Sterling Silver 4 Piece Tea & Coffee Set By Poole.

5 Piece Tea & Coffee Set In The Lancaster Rose Pattern #990, Made By Poole

An Exceptional Quality, Hand Forged, George I Style, Hot Chocolate Set From James Robinson. The Chocolate Pot Has The Hinged Finial On The Lid, As Well As The Hinged Flap On The Spout.  The Set Is Hallmarked With The Britannia Standard Markings, Which Denotes The Highest Standard Of Silver 95.8%, As Opposed To The Sterling Standard Of 92.5%.  Date Letter For London, 1959. Pot Is 10.5″ High

Acorn By Georg Jensen. Sterling Silver Sugar Shovel Or Tea Caddy Spoon 4 1/8″ Long.  Just One Item From Our Huge Selection Of Jensen Acorn Cutlery. We Have Complete Sets, Single Place Pieces & A Vast Selection Of Serving Pieces

A Large, Complete, Antique Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Set Complete With Tray & Tilting Hot Water Kettle. The Entire Set Is Beautifully Hand Chased And Is All Original. Each Piece Is Fully & Correctly Marked. The Kettle Stands 15 1/4″ Tall. The Oval tray Is 31 1/4″ x 19″. Great Size, Quality & Condition.

 A very large sterling silver tilting kettle on a stand with burner. English, c. 1940. By I.Freeman & Sons Height: 17-1/4″

Antique English 4 Piece Tea & Coffee Set In The Desirable Melon Form. Made In London, England By Joseph & John Angell.  William IV, 1834 . Each Piece Is Fully & Correctly Hallmarked & Each Is Crested With A Deer Impaled With Arrow. Coffee Pot Is 10″ Tall.  In The Last Picture The Set Is Shown Sitting On Large Round Sterling Silver Tray. The Antique Tray Is Not Included In This Lot, But Is Available For Sale & Listed Separately On My Web Page. 

An exceptional, large, antique Victorian, sterling silver, tea & coffee service in a panelled form, complete with octagonal sterling silver galley tray. All made by Martin & Hall, one of the premier English silversmiths of the Victorian period. Hand chased & hand engraved decoration with cast mounts throughout the set. The set consisting of coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl, cream jug & tilting hot water kettle on stand with burner all sits on this beautiful hand engrave, large, octagonal  gallery tray. All pieces are fully & correctly hallmarked. Tray is 28″ wide. The kettle stands 17 1/2″ tall. The firm exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition, the Internation Exhibition (1862), the Sydney Exhibition (1879), the Melboune Exhibition (1881) and the 1915 British Industries Fair. The origin of the firm is in the partnership established in 1820 in Sheffield by Henry Wilkinson and John Roberts who traded as Wilkinson & Roberts. Wilkinson left the business in 1836 and in 1846 John Roberts entered in partnership with Ebenezer Hall (his apprentice in 1836) under the style Roberts & Hall. In 1854 entered into the partnership Richard Martin (of Martin Brothers & Naylor) and Joshua Hall (brother of Ebenezer Hall) under the style Martin, Hall & Co. In 1866 the firm was converted into a Ltd. The factory was active at Shrewsbury Works, Broad Street Park, Sheffield with showrooms in London (where they were listed as manufacturing silversmiths and electroplated manufacturers, silver, plated and steel cutlers), Sydney, Birmingham and Glasgow. Items made by Martin, Hall & Co were retailed by  Wordley & Co – Liverpool,  Ball & Edwards – Birmingham,  Henry Ellis & Son – Exeter,  Charles Nephew & Co – Calcutta,  West & Son – Dublin,  Goldsmiths Alliance Ltd – Cornhill,  Pearce & Co – Leeds,  Mappin Brothers – London,  George Edward & Sons – Glasgow,  James Aitchinson – Edinburgh,  Mackay & Chisholm – Edinburgh    and many other firms.

Antique Victorian, Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Set, In The Desirable ‘Louis Pattern’, Made By Martin & Hall, Circa 1856. Beautiful Hand Chased Decoration, With The Cast Louis Mask Spout & Eagles Beak, And A Cast Eagle Finial On Covers. Large Size, Typical Of The Victorian Affluence. Made By One Of The Premier Silversmiths Of The Victorian Period. Each Piece Is Fully & Correctly Hallmarked, And Each Is With A Hand Engraved Crest & The Motto “Mani Forte” Translates As With A Strong Hand. This Was The Crest Of The Clan MacKay Which Was An Ancient & Powerful Scottish Clan, Tracing Their Roots Back To The 13th Century. A Magnificent Tea Service, Both Decorative Yet Usable. The Tilting Kettle On Stand Is 17.5″ Tall. Just One Of A Huge Selection Of Tea & Coffee Sets As Well As Other Silver Always Available For Sale At Our Manhattan Gallery.

Magnificent Antique English Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Set Complete With Original Tilting Kettle. The Set Beautifully Hand Chase & Footed. All Pieces Fully & Correctly Hallmarked With The Hallmarks For The Savory Bothers, London & Dated 1888.  We Have A Variety Of Suitable, Antique Sterling Silver & Sheffield Plated Trays That Would Compliment This Set. Set is shown on a sterling silver tray in the last picture. This tray is not included in the price.  This set is just one from a huge selection of sterling silver tea sets we always have in our inventory. All items are available to view at our Manhattan gallery.  #Antique #Sterling #Silver #Victorian #Louis #Savory 

This beautiful Victorian silver set is complete and original, comprising tea pot, coffee pot, cream jug, sugar bowl and large tilting hot-water kettle. Each piece is beautifully hand-chased with six flat panels and a delicate floral decoration. The kettle, teapot and coffee pot all have hinged lids with the classic Victorian embellishment of cast eagle finials.The kettle sits on a cast stand with barrel pins that allow it hinge forwards while pouring so that it does not have to be removed from the stand.