THE TEA SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, 1905, THE SAUCEBOATS LONDON, 1934
Details
A silver three piece tea service and a pair of silver sauceboats
The tea service Birmingham, 1905, the sauceboats London, 1934
The tea service shaped-oval and with gadrooned borders, comprising a teapot with fluted spout, a two-handled sugar bowl and a milk jug, the teapot engraved with presentation inscription, the sauceboats each on three hoof feet and with leaf-capped flying scroll handles and gadrooned border, each fully marked
the teapot 4½in. (11.5cm.) high
the sauceboats 4¼in. (10.7cm.) high
gross 31ozs. (980grs.)
The inscription reads 'Presented by the Employees of the Hall Barn Estate, Jan 10th 1907.' Dorothy Olive (1885-1937), daughter and only child of Harry Lawson Webster, 1st Viscount and 2nd Baron Burnham (1862-1933) married Major The Hon. John Spencer Coke (K.C.V.O., 1953), son of the 2nd Earl of Leicester, in January 1907. (5)
The tea service Birmingham, 1905, the sauceboats London, 1934
The tea service shaped-oval and with gadrooned borders, comprising a teapot with fluted spout, a two-handled sugar bowl and a milk jug, the teapot engraved with presentation inscription, the sauceboats each on three hoof feet and with leaf-capped flying scroll handles and gadrooned border, each fully marked
the teapot 4½in. (11.5cm.) high
the sauceboats 4¼in. (10.7cm.) high
gross 31ozs. (980grs.)
The inscription reads 'Presented by the Employees of the Hall Barn Estate, Jan 10th 1907.' Dorothy Olive (1885-1937), daughter and only child of Harry Lawson Webster, 1st Viscount and 2nd Baron Burnham (1862-1933) married Major The Hon. John Spencer Coke (K.C.V.O., 1953), son of the 2nd Earl of Leicester, in January 1907. (5)
Provenance
The Hon. Mrs. Coke (d.1937)
Thence by descent
Thence by descent