A GEORGE IV SILVER THREE PIECE TEA SERVICE, POSSIBLY WILLIAM...

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A GEORGE IV SILVER THREE PIECE TEA SERVICE, POSSIBLY WILLIAM BRUCE, LONDON, 1821

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Comprising: a teapot, sugar basin and milk jug, each with gadrooned and foliate-embossed rim, foliate-embossed handles, gadrooned oval body, the teapot with hinged cover, each raised on foliate and paw feet
the teapot 16,5cm high, 1506g all in
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PROVENANCE
The Vivienne Linder Collection

Buyers on this sale will have the final opportunity to purchase a rare piece of South Africa’s entertainment history when the final pieces of silver from Durban diva Vivienne Linder’s collection will be on auction.

Linder, who spent three years under the tutelage of Elizabeth Sneddon at the University of Kwazulu-Natal Durban, continued her studies at the Webber-Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art in London, where she was one of the debutantes presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the summer of 1958.

After studying and performing in London, Linder left the glitz and glamour of the West End to return to South Africa, where she continued to enchant audiences with her “sparkling voice and personality to match”. She regularly received standing ovations at the Hotel Edward’s famous Causerie restaurant, where she performed in a bygone era where dinner and dancing went on well into the night.

“Vivacious Viv”, as she was often called, was also famous for her sophisticated style, wearing glamorous evening gowns or slinky sheath dresses with plunging necklines offset by elegant jewellery, which she carried off with grace and poise.
Often likened to stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews and Eartha Kitt, Linder was not only famous for her stage performances but also the lavish dinner parties she threw at her fabulous home high up on Morningside’s ridge at 55 North Ridge Road, Durban.
Sparkling crystal, silver cutlery and glamour were the order of the day at these events, where the champagne and vichyssoise were both always served perfectly chilled.
Following the extremely successful sale in 2012 of most of her jewellery, buyers now get the opportunity to purchase a portion of her silver collection, which is offered as lots 1031-1055 as well as three items of jewellery, lots 590, 591 and 592

Vivienne Linder née Adley
21 July 1932 – 29 September 2011