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Lot 201Y

A Victorian three piece silver tea service
by John Mckay, Edinburgh 1857/8 (3)

Amended
29 – 30 August 2012, 11:00 BST
Edinburgh

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A Victorian three piece silver tea service

by John Mckay, Edinburgh 1857/8
Each of inverted pear shape on circular foot, the bodies chased and embossed with scrolling foliage, flowerheads and cartouches with engraved monogram, weight 47.5oz. (3)

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Please note due to the ivory insulators this lot is subject to CITES regulations. The inscription on the teapot reads; Presented to Ellis Hodgson Esqr Halifax On his leaving for Australia by a number of his friends in Scotland as a mark of their respect for him as a man of business and as a private friend Haddington 6th Augt. 1858.

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