A late Victorian three-piece part spiral-fluted moulded oblong tea service on ball feet, the teapot with rising curved spout, ebonised wood scroll handle and domed hinged cover with rounded oblong wood finial, the milk jug and sugar basin with foliate-decorated scroll handles, each with traces of interior gilding, Messrs. Barnard, London 1898 - height of teapot 6¼in., 38.25oz. gross.