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THE PROPERTY OF A GERMAN NOBLEMAN
A seven-piece Austrian silver teaservice
MAINLY MAKER'S MARK OF SCHIFFER, VIENNA, 1860
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A seven-piece Austrian silver teaservice
Mainly maker's mark of Schiffer, Vienna, 1860
Comprising: a compressed moulded circular tea kettle, large teapot, smaller teapot, sugar basin and milk jug, some of the pieces with bone handles and finials, the kettle on a warming stand with bone feet and a burner, the remaining pieces a tea strainer with bone handle and a pair of sugar tongs, each pieces engraved with a monogram with coronet above
height of kettle on stand 42cm overall
(4736gr gross) (7)
Mainly maker's mark of Schiffer, Vienna, 1860
Comprising: a compressed moulded circular tea kettle, large teapot, smaller teapot, sugar basin and milk jug, some of the pieces with bone handles and finials, the kettle on a warming stand with bone feet and a burner, the remaining pieces a tea strainer with bone handle and a pair of sugar tongs, each pieces engraved with a monogram with coronet above
height of kettle on stand 42cm overall
(4736gr gross) (7)