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A George IV sterling silver three piece tea set, by Rebecca…
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Melbourne
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18-Oct-2021
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A George IV sterling silver three piece tea set, by Rebecca Emes & Edw. Barnard I, London, circa 1822, comprising a teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl, all with profusely embossed, chased floral and acanthus leaf decoration. The sugar bowl and creamer with gilt washed interiors, all raised upon shell feet, and engraved with the Pilkington family crest. 1533gms sterling silver, teapot 14.5 cm high, 30 cm long, 16.5 cm wide, other notes: it is said that a Pilkington who fought under King Harold at the battle of Hastings in AD1066, afterwards escaped under the disguise of a thresher or a mower, hence the crest's thresher emblem. The Pilkington lineage is the family of Lancashire – the Rivington division. The most notable of the Pilkingtons of Rivington was James Pilkington who became the first Protestant Bishop of Durham.
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Silver: Tea & Coffee Services