A Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee service, Martin, Hall, &, Co., London 1884, a tea pot, coffee pot, covered cream jug, and covered two-handled sugar basin, the body of each of classical vase shape on a circular foot, the covers with raised centres with pine cone finals, each body with engraved decoration of a ruyi-head border above an arcade design with pendants of fruit and foliage, the covers and feet modelled with acanthus leaf borders, the interiors of the smaller vessels gilt, the coffee pot 29 cm high, 2,864g in total