A late 19th / early 20th century Austro-Hungarian silver eight-piece tea and coffee service, together with a silver two-handled tray
most pieces with maker's mark ES, possibly for Eduard Steiter, remaining pieces with marks for Eduard Friedmann, Vienna, third standard mark
With plain curved fluted sides, spherical or baluster forms, comprising: a kettle on stand, upright fixed 'C' scroll handle with ivory insulators, the stand supporting a spherical burner, with ivory handle, with jug maker's mark for Eduard Friedmann, a spherical teapot, by Eduard Friedmann, a coffee pot, a hot water pot, a two-handled sugar bowl, a cream jug, an open sugar bowl, a small cream jug, by Eduard Friedmann the two-handled tray with fluted 'C' scroll handles and border, engraved centre with fluted border around a rococo style scroll cartouche, the underside with wood frame; together with a matched sugar box, with different maker's mark, oval bellied form, length of tray from handle to handle 66.5cm, weight total excluding tray 114.5oz. (10)
With plain curved fluted sides, spherical or baluster forms, comprising: a kettle on stand, upright fixed 'C' scroll handle with ivory insulators, the stand supporting a spherical burner, with ivory handle, with jug maker's mark for Eduard Friedmann, a spherical teapot, by Eduard Friedmann, a coffee pot, a hot water pot, a two-handled sugar bowl, a cream jug, an open sugar bowl, a small cream jug, by Eduard Friedmann the two-handled tray with fluted 'C' scroll handles and border, engraved centre with fluted border around a rococo style scroll cartouche, the underside with wood frame; together with a matched sugar box, with different maker's mark, oval bellied form, length of tray from handle to handle 66.5cm, weight total excluding tray 114.5oz. (10)
Sold for
£2,500
inc. premium
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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