$25,200
Edward VII Six-piece Sterling Silver Tea Service, London, 1909-10, Hunt & Roskell Ltd. , maker, comprising a kettle on stand with burner, coffeepot, teapot, two-handled sugar bowl, creamer and waste bowl; each with large, pear-shaped bodies with engraved, chased, and applied rustic scenes of peasants merrymaking in the style of Teniers, raised on four scrolled feet; sugar, creamer and waste bowl with gold-washed interiors, sugar and creamer with handles formed as drunken revelers on a branch; kettle, teapot and coffeepot each with ivory heat stops, finials formed as revelers with a barrel, and eagle-head spouts joined to the body by grotesque masks; fully hallmarked throughout with serial numbers 2950-2955, kettle on stand ht. 17 in., approx. 257.6 troy oz. total.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-07-12
