A FRENCH SEVEN PIECE VASE-SHAPED TEA SERVICE, comprising a tea urn, stand and lamp, teapot, hot water jug, two-handled sugar bowl and cover, milk jug, slop bowl and two-handled tray, the tea kettle and stand on four lion's paw and anthemion feet, with detachable lampwith domed cover, the tea kettle with eagle's head spiggot and anthemion wood tap, the tea kettle and sugar bowl each with winged swan handles and detachable slightly domed cover with pine cone finial, the teapot, hot water jug and cream jug each with eagles head spout and wood handle with swan and rosette terminals, the teapot and hot water jug with hinged slightly domed covers and pine cone finial and with stylised foliage borders, the tray with similar border and entwined swan handles and engraved with a monogram, by Bointaburet, Paris, late nineteenth century