A George IV four-piece compressed melon-fluted and floral and foliate-chased three-piece tea service on shell and scroll feet and with moulded shaped rims and foliate-decorated scroll handles, the teapot with a chased leaf-capped rising curved spout and melon finial, the milk jug and sugar basin gilt-lined, each engraved with a crest with motto beneath, Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, London 1827 - height of teapot 5½in., 46.50oz.