A fine Victorian sterling silver teapot in the Gothic taste, 1872 London, with maker's mark for Richard Hodd and Richard Hodd II, the oval straightsided pot with a low domed lid and a mushroom styled finial, having a 'C' form handle with ivory insulators and a straight spout, well decorated with embossed bands and cartouches, with stylised foliate motifs upon a lightly hammered ground and beading to the rims; hallmarked underside and also to the lid. Total weight 730gr. Height 15.5 cm. Width 27 cm