A silver-plated tea and coffee set, 20th century, a silver condiment set, Mappin & Webb, London, 1934, a Sheffield-plate salver, circa 1830 and four French silver-plated casters, 20th century

A silver-plated tea and coffee set, 20th century, a silver condiment set, Mappin & Webb, London, 1934, a Sheffield-plate salver, circa 1830 and four French silver-plated casters, 20th century

comprising: teapot, coffee pot, cream jug, sugar bowl, sugar tongs, bulbous, with scrolled handles and feet, lids with bird-shaped finials, gilt interiors and ivory insulators, tongs Christofle, Paris; the condiment set comprising: a salt and a pair of mustard pots with blue glass liners, pepper shaker, with three silver salt and mustard spoons, C Robathan & Son, Birmingham, 2003, the salver circular, centered by a coat-of-arms, with gadrooned border, on four rocaille feet, together with a set of four silver-plated French pepper casters, Ercuis, stamped France

Coffee pot 24cm, 9 1/2in. high; Salt 6.5cm, 2 1/2in diameter,482gr, 15oz 10 dwt ; salver 48.5cm, 19in. diameter; cellars 7cm, 2 4/5in. high

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Service à thé et café en métal argenté, XXe siècle, service à condiment en argent par Mappin & Webb, Londres, 1934, plateau en métal argenté, vers 1830, et quatre saupoudroirs en métal argenté, France, XXe siècle

comprenant théière, cafetière, crémier, sucrier et pince à sucre, les prises en forme d'oiseaux, les intérieurs dorés, les isolateurs en ivoire, le service à condiment comprenant une salière et une paire de moutardiers, les intérieurs en verre bleu, un moulin à poivre avec trois pelles à sel et moutarde, le plateau rond, centré d'armoiries, le bord godronné, sur quatre pieds rocailles, les quatre poivriers par Ercuis, France

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Condition Report:
In overall good condition.
The tray with usual scratches probably late 19th century.

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Provenance:
Bryan Douglas, London, 7 June 2005