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A VICTORIAN SILVER TÊTE-A-TÊTE SERVICE
Lot 101

A VICTORIAN SILVER TÊTE-A-TÊTE SERVICE

MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1879

Closed22 August 2019

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A VICTORIAN SILVER TÊTE-A-TÊTE SERVICE
MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1879
All engraved with flying and swimming ducks and geese, in fitted shell-form case; marked to undersides, comprising: a teapot; a creamer; a sugar bowl; a fan-shaped tray; together with a pair of cups and saucers painted with gilt cranes and two matching teaspoons
23 in. (58.4 cm.) long, the tray
76 oz. 12 dwt. (2,382.2 gr.)

Acquired 6 December 1978.

Specialist note

Underside of tray engraved Presented by David Laidlaw to his daughter Hannah and her husband Robert Murdoch on the 25th anniversary of their marriage, 6th June 1979 in a bamboo-form cartouche.