A late Victorian part-fluted and gadrooned composite three-piece tapering circular tea service in the Regency taste, each on a rim foot, the teapot with foliate-chased rising curved spout, ebonised wood scroll handle and part-fluted domed hinged cover with fluted circular wood finial, the milk jug and sugar basin with bracket handles, each engraved with the same crest, the teapot and milk jug D. and J. Wellby, London 1897 and 1899, the sugar basin by a different maker, London 1890 - height of teapot 4in., 31.50oz. gross. (3)