Sold for:
$5,700
$5,700
Six-piece Victorian Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service, London, 1860-61, John Samuel Hunt, maker, Hunt & Roskell late Storr & Mortimer, retailer, a kettle with ivory handle on stand with burner, coffeepot and teapot with ivory heat stops, covered sugar, and creamer and waste bowl with gold-washed interiors, each with engine-turned tapered cylindrical body, oval medallions engraved with an armorial, and strapwork, covers with foliate finials, each inscribed "To Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Birchall From Mr. & Mrs. Chs. Brook Jnr. On Their Marriage 1861" on the base, kettle on stand total ht. 17 in., approx. 146.4 troy oz.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-05
