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A late Victorian Aesthetic movement sterling silver and gilt…
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Sydney
Date:
30-Oct-2019
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A late Victorian Aesthetic movement sterling silver and gilt tea and coffee service, Walter & John Barnard, London, circa 1892, comprising a teapot, a coffee pot, a creamer and a two-handled sugar vessel, each of canted rectangular form, decorated with bright cut parcel gilt scenes depicting cranes taking flight amongst bamboo, beneath gilt panels, bordered by patera and foliage, flanked by angular handles, rising to a domed cover with a bell finial, the teapot and coffee pot each with ivory fillets to the handle, the coffee pot with its rare original silver-mounted cloth strainer, together with a silver plated canted rectangular tray, William Drummond & Co., with a pierced gallery edge and two integral handles, centred by a scene of conforming design, housed in a fitted oak case with a partial label for William Drummond & Co., 2,394 gms total weight (excluding the silver plated tray), coffee pot 21.5 cm high, teapot 16 cm high, creamer 10 cm high, sugar vessel 11.5 cm high, canteen 63 cm wide, 20.5 cm high, 47.5 cm deep.
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Category:
Unclassified