5 Dec 2012
11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
British and Continental Silver and Objects of Vertu
Back to auction 19951
British and Continental Silver and Objects of Vertu
Back to auction 19951
A silver four-piece tea and coffee service
by John Newton Mappin, London 1887
Tapering cylindrical form and beaded borders, profusely chased with scrolling foliage, each with two vacant shield reserves below a rosette border, the pots with flat-hinged lids and orb finials, the scroll handles with ivory insulators, and the spouts embellished with scrolling foliage, the sugar dish and milk jug with gilt interiors, height of coffee pot 21.5cm, diameter of sugar dish 19.5cm, weight 76.5oz. (4)
Tapering cylindrical form and beaded borders, profusely chased with scrolling foliage, each with two vacant shield reserves below a rosette border, the pots with flat-hinged lids and orb finials, the scroll handles with ivory insulators, and the spouts embellished with scrolling foliage, the sugar dish and milk jug with gilt interiors, height of coffee pot 21.5cm, diameter of sugar dish 19.5cm, weight 76.5oz. (4)
Sold for
£1,625
inc. premium
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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