LATE VICTORIAN ARTS & CRAFTS SILVER BACHELOR'S TRAVELLING SE...

Hammer

£1,500

LATE VICTORIAN ARTS & CRAFTS SILVER BACHELOR'S TRAVELLING SEVEN PIECE TEASET OF CIRCULAR FORM, EACH WITH AN ENGRAVED EARL'S CORONET AND MONOGRAM R C ?, COMPRISING A KETTLE WITH A TAPERING SPOUT, DOMED COVER, CANE RING HANDLE, AND FOLDING CANE BOUND HANDLE, ON A FOLDING TRIPOD STAND WITH BURNER WITH A SCREW COVER ENCLOSING A SCREW PIERCED GRILL AND WADDING, (H. 24 CM) TEAPOT WITH A TAPERING SPOUT CANE BOUND BRACKET HANDLE, (W. 18 CM) CYLINDRICAL TEACADDY WITH A SCREW COVER ENCLOSING TEA, (H. 7.7 CM), SUGAR BOWL WITH GILT INTERIOR AND TWO INTERIOR LOBES,(D. 8.5 CM) AND A CREAM JUG WITH GILT INTERIOR, (W. 8.1 CM) RD. NO. 18367, FOR 1884, BY JOHN THOMAS HEATH AND JOHN HARTSHORNE MIDDLETON, LONDON 1892, THE KETTLE, BURNER AND STAND, BIRMINGHAM 1893, GROSS 1,116.6 GRAMS (36 OZS) (7). ( THE SET IS DESIGNED SO THAT THREE SMALLER PIECES FIT INTO THE TWO LARGER PIECES, RETAILED BY LEUCHARS & SON, GEFFROY SUCCR, 2 RUE DE LA PAIX, PARIS, WITH FRENCH IMPORT MARKS TO THE KETTLE AND TEAPOT. FROM A DESIGN BY DR. CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, AN EXAMPLE IS IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK