3 Oct 2012
11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge
Silver and Objects of Vertu incl. Flatware
Back to auction 20207
Silver and Objects of Vertu incl. Flatware
Back to auction 20207
A William IV/Victorian matched four-piece silver tea and coffee service
sugar bowl and jug by Thomas Whitehead, London 1833, tea pot and coffee pot by William Theobalds & Robert Metcalf Atkinson, London 1838
Of compressed baluster form with lobed sides divided by prominent scroll ribs and surrounded by tidal spume, undulating rims with floral and scroll embellishments, the pots with domed hinged covers and acanthus leaf and contorted scroll finials, acanthus capped double scroll handles, bowl and jug with gilt interior, ivory insulators, engraving to the base of every piece "Elizabeth Larbalestier" and "The gift of her mother, October 1857", height of coffee pot 25cm, weight total 114oz. (4)
Of compressed baluster form with lobed sides divided by prominent scroll ribs and surrounded by tidal spume, undulating rims with floral and scroll embellishments, the pots with domed hinged covers and acanthus leaf and contorted scroll finials, acanthus capped double scroll handles, bowl and jug with gilt interior, ivory insulators, engraving to the base of every piece "Elizabeth Larbalestier" and "The gift of her mother, October 1857", height of coffee pot 25cm, weight total 114oz. (4)
Sold for
£2,937
inc. premium
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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