Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English sterling silver melon style four-piece tea and coffee service / set; part of our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique English sterling silver tea and coffee service consists of a coffee pot, a teapot, a cream jug and a sugar bowl.
Each of this four piece silver tea and coffee service has a melon shaped form onto four impressive bracket feet.
The rounded, incurved paneled body of each piece is plain and unembellished; the teapot, coffee pot and sugar bowl have flared upper rims.
The antique teapot and coffee pot are fitted with domed hinged hallmarked sterling silver covers, reflecting the formation of the body.
The covers retain the original hallmarked sterling silver finials realistically modelled in the form of a stemmed flower accented with foliate decoration.
Each piece is fitted with shaped sterling silver handles, ornamented with large scrolling leaf decoration incorporated into the thumbpieces.
The teapot and coffee pot have swan necked spouts embellished with floral and leaf chased decoration to the underside.
The interior of the cream jug and sugar bowl retain the original gilding.
This Fine silver teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl were made by William Theobalds and Lockington Bunn in 1835 and the coffee pot was crafted by Richard William Aitkens and William Nathan Somersall in 1837; this service would have been sold by one retailer as a complete set.
Dimensions:
Coffee Pot
Length from back of handle to tip of spout 24.5cm/9.6"
Diameter of body 15.2cm/6"
Height to top of handle 23.5cm/9.35"
Teapot:
Length from back of handle to tip of spout 26.6cm/10.4"
Diameter of body 15.5cm/6.1"
Height to top of handle 14.8cm/5.8"
Cream jug:
Length from back of handle to lip 13.2cm/5.5"
Diameter of body 9cm/3.6"
Height to top of handle 15.5cm/6.1"
Sugar bowl:
Length across handles 22cm/8.7"
Diameter of body 14cm/5.5"
Height to top of handle 12cm/4.7"
Total Weight
68 troy ounces/2115g
Condition:
This antique tea and coffee service...
Category
English Antique 1830s Tea Sets