AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER-GILT TEA SERVICE**

AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER-GILT TEA SERVICE**
Maker's mark of John Crichton, Edinburgh, 1876
In the Aesthetic taste, each faceted oblong, comprising a teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug, each with serpent handles and beaded rim, the bodies repouss and chased with, in each panel and on a matte ground, a singing rooster on a barrel, an insect amid plants, and a butterfly amid flowers and foliage, the teapot with hinged cover and straight spout, marked under teapot base, and near rim on sugar bowl and cream jug, also with French import mark
The teapot 5in. (12.5cm.) high; 22oz. 10dwt. (702gr.) (3)