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A LATE VICTORIAN/EDWARD VII FOUR-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE AND A SIMILAR TEA-KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP, ON A PLATED ELABORATE TWO-HANDLED TRAY, the four by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, the cream-jug 1898, the teapot and two-handled sugar-bowl 1899, the coffee-pot 1905; the tea-kettle, Chester, 1904; the set each partly fluted oblong, on four ball feet, with floral and foliate chased band to the shoulder, with tongue-and-dart rim, with double palm leaf applied scroll handle, the partly fluted hinged covers with fluted wood finial; the kettle with applied shell and gadrooned rim and overhead fixed handle--height of coffee-pot 9¼in. (23.4cm.) high; the oval tray with rope-twist handles and rim, with pierced border, the ground engraved with broad band of flowers and foliage within strapwork--length over handles 29¼in. (74.2cm.), weighable silver, gross weight 112oz.