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A FRENCH FIVE-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MAKER'S MARK OF CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising urn on stand, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl and cream jug; each urn form on four paw feet, the urn stand raised on four ivory pads, issuing from chased and applied honeysuckle, with a honeysuckle and scroll apron, the lower body chased with vertical stiff leaves, with eagle's head applied spouts, the kettle with ivory spigot and bracket ivory handles issuing from maiden heads, the hinged domed covers chased with similar stiff leaves with a band chased with honeysuckle design and surmounted by a bud finial, lacking lamp and urn cover, fully marked--height of urn 16in.(40.5cm.)
(gross weight 211oz.10dwt., 6592gr.) (5)
MAKER'S MARK OF CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising urn on stand, coffee pot, teapot, covered sugar bowl and cream jug; each urn form on four paw feet, the urn stand raised on four ivory pads, issuing from chased and applied honeysuckle, with a honeysuckle and scroll apron, the lower body chased with vertical stiff leaves, with eagle's head applied spouts, the kettle with ivory spigot and bracket ivory handles issuing from maiden heads, the hinged domed covers chased with similar stiff leaves with a band chased with honeysuckle design and surmounted by a bud finial, lacking lamp and urn cover, fully marked--height of urn 16in.(40.5cm.)
(gross weight 211oz.10dwt., 6592gr.) (5)