ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER TENIERS BACHELOR TEA SET, JOHN FIGG 1859
19th Century Victorian Silver Teniers style bachelor tea set, exceptionally heavy and decorative, each pear-shaped body embossed and applied with rustic scenes of peasants merry-making, in the style of the Dutch painter David Teniers, the handles are realistically modelled as tree branches and are mounted with cast drunken peasants sitting on a tree stump, underneath engraved with a Pilkington family crest. Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1859 (d), Maker "IF" for John Wilmin Figg.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4251
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Teniers style bachelor tea set, exceptionally heavy and decorative, each pear-shaped body embossed and applied with th rustic scenes of peasants merry-making, in the style of the Dutch painter David Teniers, the handles are realistically modelled as tree branches and are mounted with cast drunken peasants sitting on a tree stump, underneath engraved with a Pilkington family crest.
Each part is Hallmarked English silver (925 Standard), London, year 1859 (d), Maker "IF" (John Wilmin Figg)
CONDITION
In Good Condition - General wear.
TEA POT
Height: 14cm
Width: 23 x 13cm
Weight: 735g
SUGAR BOWL
Height: 9cm
Width: 12 x 8.5cm
Weight: 180g
CREAM JUG
Height: 8cm
Width: 10 x 7cm
Weight: 130g