A GEORGE III SILVER COMPOSITE FIVE PIECE TEA SERVICE
LONDON, THE TEAPOT WITH MARK OF JOHN ROBINS, 1798, THE SUGAR BOWL AND MILK JUG WITH MARK OF WILLIAM BENNETT, 1800, THE TEAPOT STAND WITH MARK OF CHARLES CHESTERMAN, 1806, THE SUGAR BASKET WITH MARK OF SOLOMON HOUGHAM, 1797
In the neoclassical style comprising a teapot and stand with wood handle, finial and base, a sugar vase, a milk jug and a sweetmeat basket, all shaped oblong and with incurved angles, the first four bright-cut engraved with a band of foliage, the basket engraved with initials M*C on underside, the teapot and basket marked on underside, the latter also marked on swing handle, the jug and the sugar bowl on the side on body, the stand on foot-rim; together with a pair of silver-plated sugar tongs
the sugar basket 61/2 in. wide (16.5 cm. wide)
gross weight 45 oz. 10 dwt (1,416 gr.)
A GEORGE III SILVER COMPOSITE FIVE PIECE TEA SERVICE
LONDON, THE TEAPOT WITH MARK OF JOHN ROBINS, 1798, THE SUGAR BOWL AND MILK JUG WITH MARK OF WILLIAM BENNETT, 1800, THE TEAPOT STAND WITH MARK OF CHARLES CHESTERMAN, 1806, THE SUGAR BASKET WITH MARK OF SOLOMON HOUGHAM, 1797
In the neoclassical style comprising a teapot and stand with wood handle, finial and base, a sugar vase, a milk jug and a sweetmeat basket, all shaped oblong and with incurved angles, the first four bright-cut engraved with a band of foliage, the basket engraved with initials M*C on underside, the teapot and basket marked on underside, the latter also marked on swing handle, the jug and the sugar bowl on the side on body, the stand on foot-rim; together with a pair of silver-plated sugar tongs
the sugar basket 61/2 in. wide (16.5 cm. wide)
gross weight 45 oz. 10 dwt (1,416 gr.)
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