A JAPANESE FOUR PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, WITH MATCHING WASTE BOWL AND WITH A SET OF TWELVE DEMITASSE CUPS AND SAUCERS WITH ELEVEN LINERS, struck with Japanese characters, comprising tea kettle, stand and lamp, baluster coffee pot, two handled covered sugar bowl, cream jug and two serpent handled waste bowl, the service each double walled, with finely hammered surface, each pear shaped on rim foot, the sides repousse and chased with undulating dragon, the pots with plain scroll spout and loop handle, the slightly raised detachable cover with conforming decoration and surmounted by ball finial, the kettle on open circular stand, single walled, with conforming decoration, with plain burner--kettle on stand over swing handle 13in. (33cm.) high, the demitasse cups with openwork sides with conforming decoration, loop handle, the cinquefoil saucer twice applied with dragon, the ivory colored liners decorated with dragon and clouds--the saucers 3¾in. (9.5cm.) wide, gross weight 98oz. (29)