A VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL ELKINGTON & CO LTD THREE PIECE SI...

Hammer

£850

A VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL ELKINGTON & CO LTD THREE PIECE SILVER TEA SET OF DECAGONAL FORM, engraved tracery, tea pot and sugar bowl with pierced rims, all pieces with scrolled handles, flattened foot with trefoil decoration to the points, sugar bowl gilt lined, tea pot has ivory insulators and bears registration diamond to the underside for 22 April 1851, gross weight 51.20ozt, 1592.5 grams (3) (Condition Report: the tea pot has a well-used interior with mark where a dried out teabag was removed, there is scratching to the bases of all three pieces around the hallmark and the tea pot also has through the registration diamond, very slightly dished to the centre of the underside, the handle has play and a spot of solder around one of the bottom pins, the milk jug has traces of gilding to the interior base, all three sit level on a flat surface) IMPORTANT NOTE, This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarize themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018, on account of it being made before 1975 with less than 10% Ivory by volume. Ivory declaration submission reference: UWGKTUKG