ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER 4 PIECE TEA & COFFEE SET, W HUNTER c.1843
19th Century Victorian Silver four piece tea and coffee set, consisting of coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl and cream jug, each lobed body resting on four shell feet, the body chased and embossed with game birds in a wheat field, extremely rare and well made design, leaf-capped scroll handles, the hinged covers with lovely cast finial realistically modelled as a pheasant.
Bases engraved with a memorial inscription "From Ellis & Kate Yates to Henry & Matilda Cohen, April 17th 1844". Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1843 (h), Maker's mark WH for William Hunter.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A3237
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century Victorian Solid Silver four piece tea and coffee set, consisting of coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl and cream jug, each lobed body resting on four shell feet, the body chased and embossed with game birds in a wheat field, extremely rare and well made design, leaf-capped scroll handles, the hinged covers with lovely cast finial realistically modelled as a pheasant.
Bases engraved with a memorial inscription "From Ellis & Kate Yates to Henry & Matilda Cohen, April 17th 1844". Each body further engraved with a family crest. Each part is Hallmarked English silver (925 Standard), London, year 1843 (h), Maker's mark WH (William Hunter).
CONDITION
In Great Condition - no damage, just general wear.
COFFEE POT
Height: 23.5cm
Width: 25 x 16cm
TEAPOT
Height: 17.7cm
Width: 27.7 x 17cm
SUGAR BOWL
Height: 13cm
Width: 21.6 x 15cm
CREAM JUG
Height: 12cm
Width: 18 x 11.3cm
TOTAL WEIGHT: 2220g