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Lot 195
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF TETARD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY FROMENT-MEURICE
Closed30 September 2014
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GBP 6,250
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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF TETARD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY FROMENT-MEURICE
Each baluster, with a band of floral sprays between fluting, centred by a cartouche engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Royal crown, comprising: a coffee-pot and a teapot, each with ivory insulated handle; a milk-jug and a sugar bowl and cover; and a tray oblong with ribbon-tied laurel border, each piece marked underneath, on foot and inside cover, contained in a fitted gilt-tooled red leather box, the cover set with a plaque engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Royal crown
the tray 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) wide
gross weight 63 oz. 19 dwt. (1,989 gr.)
The arms are those of Bulgaria with Saxony in pretence accolé with those of Bourbon-Parma for Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948) and his wife Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899) who he married in April 1893.
MARK OF TETARD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY FROMENT-MEURICE
Each baluster, with a band of floral sprays between fluting, centred by a cartouche engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Royal crown, comprising: a coffee-pot and a teapot, each with ivory insulated handle; a milk-jug and a sugar bowl and cover; and a tray oblong with ribbon-tied laurel border, each piece marked underneath, on foot and inside cover, contained in a fitted gilt-tooled red leather box, the cover set with a plaque engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Royal crown
the tray 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) wide
gross weight 63 oz. 19 dwt. (1,989 gr.)
The arms are those of Bulgaria with Saxony in pretence accolé with those of Bourbon-Parma for Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948) and his wife Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899) who he married in April 1893.
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF TETARD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY FROMENT-MEURICE
Each baluster, with a band of floral sprays between fluting, centred by a cartouche engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Royal crown, comprising: a coffee-pot and a teapot, each with ivory insulated handle; a milk-jug and a sugar bowl and cover; and a tray oblong with ribbon-tied laurel border, each piece marked underneath, on foot and inside cover, contained in a fitted gilt-tooled red leather box, the cover set with a plaque engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Royal crown
the tray 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) wide
gross weight 63 oz. 19 dwt. (1,989 gr.)
The arms are those of Bulgaria with Saxony in pretence accolé with those of Bourbon-Parma for Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948) and his wife Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899) who he married in April 1893.
MARK OF TETARD, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY FROMENT-MEURICE
Each baluster, with a band of floral sprays between fluting, centred by a cartouche engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Royal crown, comprising: a coffee-pot and a teapot, each with ivory insulated handle; a milk-jug and a sugar bowl and cover; and a tray oblong with ribbon-tied laurel border, each piece marked underneath, on foot and inside cover, contained in a fitted gilt-tooled red leather box, the cover set with a plaque engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Royal crown
the tray 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) wide
gross weight 63 oz. 19 dwt. (1,989 gr.)
The arms are those of Bulgaria with Saxony in pretence accolé with those of Bourbon-Parma for Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948) and his wife Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899) who he married in April 1893.
Almost certainly presented to Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948) and Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899) on the occasion of their marriage on 20th April 1893, and then by descent.
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