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A Victorian tea and coffee set, STEPHEN SMITH & SON, London, 1875
Estimate
1.500 - 2.500
Session 2
12 December 2017
Hammer Price
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English silver
In the Etruscan style
Delicately engraved decoration with palmettes, classical friezes, cartouches with engraved monogram and sacrificial processions:
The tea pot depicting a bull, musicians and knights; the tea pot depicting a cow, musicians and knights; the milk jug depicting a goat, quadriga and other figures; the sugar bowl depicting knights and other figures
London marks for 1875 and Stephen Smith maker's mark; all pieces signed "Stephen Smith & Son / 35 King St. / Covent Garden"
(wear signs, milk jug with bruises foot, small defects)
Height: 31 cm (cafeteira)
2122 g
Category
Silver
Closed Auction
