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An impressive mid-Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee…
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Melbourne
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8-Aug-2022
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An impressive mid-Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee service, James McKay, Edinburgh, 1858, comprising a tea pot, coffee pot, spirit kettle, sugar basin, cream jug, and sugar tongs, the baluster and bombe shaped bodies and covers richly decorated with various cast and repousse hunting scenes and game animals, each of the bodies engraved with the crest and motto of the Stansfeld family of Flockton, West Yorkshire, fitted in its original oak carrying case with the label of 'McKay, Cunningham, & Co., Goldsmiths to the Queen', the spirit kettle and stand 33.5 cm high (handle not raised), the service 5,774g in total. Provenance: The Stansfeld family, Flockton, West Yorkshire, Thence by descent
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Silver: Tea & Coffee Services