- Titles Coffee and Tea Service (Descriptive)
- Artist Designed by, Héctor Aguilar, Mexican, 1905 - 1986@Produced by, Plateria Azteca, Mexico, Mexico City, mid 1930s - early 1950s@and, Taller Borda, Taxco, Mexico, 1948 - 1966
- Medium sterling silver and wood
- Dimensions coffee pot: 9 3/4 x 7 x 5 3/4 in. (24.8 x 17.8 x 14.6 cm) teapot: 7 1/2 x 7 x 5 1/2 in. (19.1 x 17.8 x 14 cm) hot pot w/ stand and heating element: 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 7 in. (26.7 x 18.4 x 17.8 cm) sugar with cover: 5 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (12.7 x 12.1 x 9.5 cm) creamer: 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (10.8 x 11.4 x 9.5 cm) waste bowl: 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 diameter in. (5.7 x 9.5 cm) tray: 1 5/8 x 26 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. (4.1 x 66.7 x 42.2 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Carol, Kenneth and Karen Taylor, AFI.1.2023.1-.7
- Work Type coffee and tea service
- Classification Containers
- Signature Unsigned
- Marks All pieces hallmarked on bottom with stylized HA mark and eagle, except the teapot which has round Plateria Azteca stamp and eagle, and the hot pot stand and heating element which have no visible marks.
- Inscription None
- Provenance Evelyn Chappel Minard Phillips (1910-1997) and Charles Franklin Phillips (1910-1998), Auburn, Maine [see note 1]; by descent to their daughter Carol Phillips Taylor (Mrs. Kenneth B. Taylor), Birmingham, Alabama; by gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art in 2023
1. According to Carol Taylor, it is believed that the Phillips purchased the service in Mexico during a 50th wedding anniversary celebratory trip in 1982.