A VICTORIAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND ASSOCIATED TWO-HANDLED TRAY - photo 1
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A VICTORIAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND ASSOCIATED TWO-HANDLED TRAY

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Auction dateClassic
01.11.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
USA, New York
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ID 1057804
Lot 434 | A VICTORIAN SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND ASSOCIATED TWO-HANDLED TRAY
Comprising a coffee pot, teapot, hot water jug, sugar bowl and cover, creamer, and waste bowl, each of vase-form, on a domed circular foot with leaf border, the bodies chased and engraved with floral garlands and bellflower swags, with beaded borders at intervals, the hinged covers with conforming decoration and lion mask disc finials, the beaded scroll handles with ram's heads at the upper terminal, each engraved to the body with monogram RAS, the rectangular tray with canted corners, the sides pierced with pales and swags, the surface flat chased with scrolls, flowers, and geometric borders centering the same monogram, the everted handles cast with bosses and acanthus and terminating in masks, raised on eight scrolled bracket feet, marked throughout
121/4 in. (31.1 cm.) high, the hot water jug; 277/8 in. (70.8 cm.) long, over handles, the tray
353 oz. 18 dwt. (11,006 gr.) gross weight
Manufactur:James Dixon & Sons, Martin Hall & Co Ltd.
Medium:Silver
Historical era:Victorian period
Place of origin:England, United Kingdom
Category:Tea service
Auction house category:Tea & Coffee pots
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
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