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MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1852
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A Victorian silver eleven-piece tea and coffee-service
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, 1852
Comprising a pair of shaped circular salvers with shell and scroll borders, the centres chased with a band of flowers and foliate scrolls, a pair of sugar-tongs, a tea-kettle stand and lamp, the stand with three cast acanthus supports, with shell and floral swag apron, a coffee-pot, teapot, two two-handled sugar-bowls and two milk-jugs, each on four scroll feet and with leaf-capped scroll handles, the pear-shaped bodies chased with flowers, shells, scrolls and scalework, the coffee-pot, teapot and tea-kettle each with hinged domed cover with flower finial, each engraved with a coat of arms and a cypher within scroll cartouche, marked on bases, covers and kettle, coffee-pot and teapot handles, all in original iron-bound fitted oak chest, the lock-plate engraved 'HUNT & ROSKELL Silversmiths to the Queen 150 New Bond Street LONDON', the front applied with brass plaque engraved 'MESSIEURS G. & A. MEURICOEFRE'
The tea-kettle 17¼in. (44cm.) high
the salvers 19¼in. (49cm.) diam.
358oz. (11,143gr.) gross (11)
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, 1852
Comprising a pair of shaped circular salvers with shell and scroll borders, the centres chased with a band of flowers and foliate scrolls, a pair of sugar-tongs, a tea-kettle stand and lamp, the stand with three cast acanthus supports, with shell and floral swag apron, a coffee-pot, teapot, two two-handled sugar-bowls and two milk-jugs, each on four scroll feet and with leaf-capped scroll handles, the pear-shaped bodies chased with flowers, shells, scrolls and scalework, the coffee-pot, teapot and tea-kettle each with hinged domed cover with flower finial, each engraved with a coat of arms and a cypher within scroll cartouche, marked on bases, covers and kettle, coffee-pot and teapot handles, all in original iron-bound fitted oak chest, the lock-plate engraved 'HUNT & ROSKELL Silversmiths to the Queen 150 New Bond Street LONDON', the front applied with brass plaque engraved 'MESSIEURS G. & A. MEURICOEFRE'
The tea-kettle 17¼in. (44cm.) high
the salvers 19¼in. (49cm.) diam.
358oz. (11,143gr.) gross (11)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.