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A GEORGE IV SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
LONDON, 1821, 1822 AND 1824, MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH III
Comprising coffee-pot, stand and lamp, teapot, cream-jug and sugar-basin, the circular baluster bodies on spreading feet elaborately chased with foliage, scrolls and rocaille enclosing panels of trelliswork, fishscale and rococo cartocues enclosing a coat-of-arms and crest, all on a matted ground, with foliate scroll handles and spouts and everted foliate rims, the coffee-pot and teapot with bud finials, the stand on four acanthus scroll feet, with central lamp, fully marked -- height of coffee-pot on stand 13 in. (34.9 cm.) (gross weight 140 oz.)
LONDON, 1821, 1822 AND 1824, MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH III
Comprising coffee-pot, stand and lamp, teapot, cream-jug and sugar-basin, the circular baluster bodies on spreading feet elaborately chased with foliage, scrolls and rocaille enclosing panels of trelliswork, fishscale and rococo cartocues enclosing a coat-of-arms and crest, all on a matted ground, with foliate scroll handles and spouts and everted foliate rims, the coffee-pot and teapot with bud finials, the stand on four acanthus scroll feet, with central lamp, fully marked -- height of coffee-pot on stand 13 in. (34.9 cm.) (gross weight 140 oz.)