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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TRAY

Lot 110
21.10.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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$ 19 050
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1506870
Lot 110 | A FRENCH SILVER-GILT FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TRAY
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
Comprising a teapot, coffee pot, hot water urn, two-handled sugar bowl and cover, and waste bowl, all baluster form, chased and engraved with shells, scrolling foliage, and strapwork, with masks below the spouts and bud finials, the hot water urn with leafy dolphin-form spout and acanthus-capped ribbon-tied reeded scroll supports, all engraved to both sides with two coats-of-arms accolé below a Spanish baron's coronet, the conforming shaped oval tray with molded rim with acanthus at intervals and with acanthus-capped loop handles, the surface engraved with shells, scrolls, strapwork, and bellflower swags and with the same coats-of-arms accolé to the center, marked on undersides
213/4 in. (55.3 cm.) high, the hot water urn; 331/2 in. (85.1 cm.) long, over handles, the tray
463 oz. 18 dwt. (14,427 gr.) gross weight
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:France
Category:Services
Auction house category:Tea & Coffee pots
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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07.10.2025 – 21.10.2025
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
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