A Royal silver-gilt breakfast-service
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A Royal silver-gilt breakfast-service

THE CHOCOLATE-MUG WITH MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1776, THE COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER, THE HOT-WATER WARMER, STAND AND LAMP WITH MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1833

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A Royal silver-gilt breakfast-service
The chocolate-mug with maker's mark of Thomas Heming, London, 1776, the coffee cup and saucer, the hot-water warmer, stand and lamp with maker's mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1833
Comprising a baluster shaped mug with scroll handle and detachable cover with acorn finial and gadrooned rim, the body and cover each engraved with the initials PM and MA with Royal Princesses' coronet above, a coffee-cup and saucer, the saucers with gadrooned border, the cup with moulded rim and leaf-capped scroll handle, and a warmer and cover on stand, the stand with three leaf-capped shell and scroll supports, the pan with turned part-ivory handle, moulded rim and short curved spout, with detachable slightly domed cover with part-ivory finial, the cup, saucer, warmer, cover, stand and lamp each engraved with the initials M and MA with Royal Princesses' coronet above, fully marked, the saucer and warmer each stamped 'GARRARDS Panton Street LONDON'
The mug and cover 43/8in. (11cm.) high
The warmer and stand 7in. (18cm.) high
gross 49oz. (1,548gr.) (5)
Provenance
A Lady of Title; Christie's London, 30 January 1980, lot 202 (part)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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