A Victorian sterling silver three piece tea service, 1885 London, with maker's mark for Charles Boyton II, the fine tea set comprising a small globular teapot, a jug and a sugar bowl, each fluted to the lower body with successive embossed and chased bands of anthemion, beads and stars on matted ground, the teapot with composition handle and finial to the domed lid, each marked below rim. Weight 467g height 14 cm, width 19.5 cm, (teapot)