A VICTORIAN FIVE-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SET IN ORIGINAL FITTED BOX
MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT FOR HUNT AND ROSKELL, LONDON, 1859 EXCEPT THE KETTLE AND SPIRIT STAND MARK OF ALEXANDER MACRAE, LONDON, 1866
Chased with flowers, engraved with diaperwork and with asymmetrical reserves engraved with crest, flower finials, richly gilt interiors to milk jug and sugar bowl, flower finials and ivory insulators, the kettle with fixed handle and with spout terminating in an eagle's head and a later Victorian presentation inscription dated 1878, the kettle stand with shells, scrolls, masks and flowers on three foliate scroll supports terminating in shell feet
Kettle 15 in. high (38.6 cm.)
117 oz. (3627 gm.)
A VICTORIAN FIVE-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SET IN ORIGINAL FITTED BOX
MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT FOR HUNT AND ROSKELL, LONDON, 1859 EXCEPT THE KETTLE AND SPIRIT STAND MARK OF ALEXANDER MACRAE, LONDON, 1866
Chased with flowers, engraved with diaperwork and with asymmetrical reserves engraved with crest, flower finials, richly gilt interiors to milk jug and sugar bowl, flower finials and ivory insulators, the kettle with fixed handle and with spout terminating in an eagle's head and a later Victorian presentation inscription dated 1878, the kettle stand with shells, scrolls, masks and flowers on three foliate scroll supports terminating in shell feet
Kettle 15 in. high (38.6 cm.)
117 oz. (3627 gm.)
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