A Chinese silver ten-piece tea service, 19th/20th century, (10), comprising a swing handled kettle and cover on stand with burner, a wood handled coffee pot and cover, a wood handled tea pot and cover, a milk jug, a two handled covered jar, a sugar basin, tongs, a strainer and a rectangular tray, each piece decorated in relief on the finely stippled matt ground with sprays of flowering chrysanthemum, the rectangular tray with matching decoration around a central shou medallion, set with two angular loop handles, the kettle and burner marked Tientsin Yeching Sterling, the remaining pieces marked on the base Y.C. Co Sterling, the tray unmarked, (10), total weight 5547 gms, the coffee pot 24 cm high, kettle 19.5 cm high, teapot 16.5 cm high, the tray 65 cm long