4-piece Tea & Coffee Service, 1838
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Tea & Coffee Service (4-piece) - London 1838 by George Burrows & Richard Pearce - Teapot: 15.2cm high; 16.5cm diameter; 1280mls volume; Coffee Pot: 23.2cm high; 1420ml; 1626 grams gross weight - ref: AU/8808
This is a very elegant 4 piece early Victorian silver tea and coffee service comprising a teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl and milk/cream jug. The set stands on four shell feet and has a stylish shape with gilt (gold-wash) interiors to the sugar bowl and milk pitcher. The tea and coffee pots have silver handles with heat insulators and a flower finial to the hinged covers. The condition is excellent throughout.
Each piece in this tea and coffee service is engraved with the following presentation inscription dating to 1839:"Presented to Mr William Roberts by the congregation of St. Paul's Church and other friends as a memorial of esteem for his zealous, able and effectual defence of the interests of that church AD MDCCCXXXIX".
