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A FRENCH SILVER AND PORCELAIN BOXED TEA 'SERVICE'
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE BOTTLES INSCRIBED F.R. BTI., FOURNISSEUR DU ROI.; THE SILVER FRENCH, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, MARKS WORN
With two square blue-ground jewelled bottles and a similar box and cover within a box with two cupboard doors above a roll top enclosing a fitted drawer with twelve spoons, a tea spoon and a pair of sugar tongs; the exterior with 'Boulle' type decoration on a pale-blue ground, the top and sides ebonized, very slight wear to the gilding, some beads missing
13in. (33cm.) high (3)
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE BOTTLES INSCRIBED F.R. BTI., FOURNISSEUR DU ROI.; THE SILVER FRENCH, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, MARKS WORN
With two square blue-ground jewelled bottles and a similar box and cover within a box with two cupboard doors above a roll top enclosing a fitted drawer with twelve spoons, a tea spoon and a pair of sugar tongs; the exterior with 'Boulle' type decoration on a pale-blue ground, the top and sides ebonized, very slight wear to the gilding, some beads missing
13in. (33cm.) high (3)