Antique 19th Century Victorian Aesthetic Movement solid silver tea & coffee service, comprising of a hot water kettle, coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, cream jug and tray. The set is extremely unusual and rare in design and finely crafted, engraved with highly decorative flowers and birds in the oriental-inspired style.

The tray is applied with reeded and leaf-capped borders, the tea set’s handles and kettle stand imitating bamboo branches and lids mounted with realistically modelled figures of frogs, engraved throughout with cranes and geese in flight within an oriental landscape, engraved with elaborate initials to the side of each piece.

Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1880 (E), 1881 (F), Maker’s mark JAHES (Joseph, Albert, Horace & Ethelbert Savory), Retailed by Goldsmiths Alliance Limited, Cornhill London.

Condition: Excellent

Dimensions:

Kettle:
Height: 45cm
Width: 23 x 21cm
Weight: 1975g

Coffee pot:
Height: 26cm
Width: 20 x 12cm
Weight: 795g

Teapot:
Height: 19cm
Width: 21 x 13cm
Weight: 650g

Sugar bowl:
Height: 12cm
Width: 17 x 12cm
Weight: 425g

Cream jug:
Height: 13cm
Width: 11 x 9cm
Weight: 255g

Tray:
Height: 5cm
Width: 60 x 40cm
Weight: 2725g