ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER 4 PIECE LOUIS TEA & COFFEE SET c.1864-78
19th Century Victorian Silver large and heavy matched four piece tea and coffee set, consisting of coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl and cream jug. Each piece features a wonderful and very decorative Louis Style design, the sides are embossed with leaves, flowers and scrolls, cast leaf-capped handles and embellished spouts. Hallmarked English silver (925), London, coffee pot year 1878 (C), the rest of the set year 1864 (i), Maker's mark HW for Henry Wilkinson & Co.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A2818
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century Victorian Solid Silver large and heavy matched four piece tea and coffee set, consisting of coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl and cream jug. Each piece features a wonderful and very decorative Louis Style design, the sides are embossed with leaves, flowers and scrolls, cast leaf-capped handles and embellished spouts. Very fine, impressive quality and great condition, the set is all by the same silversmith but the coffee pot was made later and then matched, hence why the crest is different, the teapot bearing a memorial inscription dated 1887. The cream jug and the sugar bowl are parcel gilt and the coffee pot and teapot have a hinged lid surmounted by a finial realistically modeled as an eagle.
Each piece is Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, coffee pot year 1878 (C), the rest of the set year 1864 (i), each piece bearing the same Maker's mark HW (Henry Wilkinson & Co).
CONDITION
In Great Condition - General wear, one insulator is chipped.
TEAPOT
Height: 18.3cm
Width: 26.5 x 15.5cm
COFFEE POT
Height: 25.5cm
Width: 25.5 x 14.5cm
SUGAR BOWL
Height: 12.2cm
Width: 21.7 x 14.2cm
CREAM JUG
Height: 16.5cm
Width: 12.7 x 9cm
TOTAL WEIGHT: 2390g