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 Victorian silver three-piece tea service
by Robert Harper, London 1856
Of compressed baluster form, tea teapot with flower-bud finial, the loop handle with ivory insulators, with applied scroll and leaf edges, all-over bright engraved with scrolls and foliage each with two vacant reserves, raised on scroll supports, the two-handled sugar bowl and cream jug similarly decorated, all with gilt interiors (3), height of teapot 17cm, diameter of sugar bowl 18.5cm, weight 47oz.
Of compressed baluster form, tea teapot with flower-bud finial, the loop handle with ivory insulators, with applied scroll and leaf edges, all-over bright engraved with scrolls and foliage each with two vacant reserves, raised on scroll supports, the two-handled sugar bowl and cream jug similarly decorated, all with gilt interiors (3), height of teapot 17cm, diameter of sugar bowl 18.5cm, weight 47oz.
Sold for
£937
inc. premium
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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