A late Victorian silver four piece tea service for the India...

Hammer

£1,200

A late Victorian silver four piece tea service for the Indian market, repousse decorated in Mughal style with unengraved circular reserves against a dense foliate ground interspersed with exotic birds and flowers, bordered by bands of flowers, comprising teapot, 23 by 13 by 16.5cm high, coffee pot, 21 by 12.5 by 22.5cm high, twin handled sugar bowl, 17 by 11.5 by 12.5cm high, and milk jug, 12 by 7.5 by 13cm high, ivory insulators to teapot and coffee pot, Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater, London 1899, combined weight 72.9toz. (4)

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All of the pieces have surface wear consistent with age: the handle to a tea pot has indentations and scratches, the rims of the coffee and tea pots have usage marks there are some light scratches to the other pieces, and all of the have wear to bases, with some indentations. The interior of each piece is worn but particularly to the the tea and coffee pots which are both stained through use. Polish residue is also widespread.