Exquisite Victorian four piece sterling silver tea service, hallmarked London, 1865, Rh (Robert Harper) comprising teapot, coffee pot, twin handled sugar bowl and creamer, of lobed baluster form, beautifully decorated with applied floral finials, with scroll handles and acanthus thumb piece, the body decorated with embossed floral and foliage motifs, with centrally engraved crest depicting armoured hand with sword and reading 'Toujors Pret,' the whole resting on four acanthus and scroll feet, accented with beaded border, total weight 2325gm (4)