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LONDON, 1860-64, PROBABLY WILLIAM HUNTER
Details
A VICTORIAN SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**
London, 1860-64, probably William Hunter
Comprising: coffee pot, teapot, cream jug, sugar bowl and hot milk jug, of baluster form raised on four scroll feet, the bodies lightly engraved with scrolls and flowers centering blank shields, with loop handles, the hinged covers with pointed finials, fully marked
The coffee pot 10½in. (27cm.) high; gross weight 80oz.
The coffee pot 10½in. (27cm.) high; gross weight 80oz. (2488gr.) (5)
London, 1860-64, probably William Hunter
Comprising: coffee pot, teapot, cream jug, sugar bowl and hot milk jug, of baluster form raised on four scroll feet, the bodies lightly engraved with scrolls and flowers centering blank shields, with loop handles, the hinged covers with pointed finials, fully marked
The coffee pot 10½in. (27cm.) high; gross weight 80oz.
The coffee pot 10½in. (27cm.) high; gross weight 80oz. (2488gr.) (5)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 12 July 1978, lot 91.
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