A Victorian silver tea and coffee service
By John Samuel Hunt, London 1851 - 52, incuse stamped Hunt & Roskell late Storr, Mortimer & Hunt
After a design by Edward Farrell, the squat baluster pieces each profusely embossed with village scenes depicting a drunken revelry, the sugar bowl and milk jug with bold figural handles modelled as a peasant holding a tankard aloft, and gilt interiors, the tea and coffee pots with ivory insulators, raised on four cast ornate feet, engraved with crest and monogram, weight 101.75oz. (4)
Sold for
£7,250
inc. premium
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Decorative Arts
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Silver
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