A Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee set, 1868 London, with maker's mark for Daniel & Charles Houle. The lavish set comprising a coffee pot, teapot, sugar basin and milk jug, each with baluster body repousse and chased with flora, shells and scroll work, the pots with scroll handles with acanthus thumb spurs, insulators, and finialed domed covers, the basin and jug with beaded rims and gilt interiors, all raised on curvaceous foliate legs with trefid feet and marked to the underside. W: 2553g. H: 26 cm, and smaller