5 pc Antique English Sterling Silver Hands & Sons Tea and Coffee Set Circa 1870

  

Pear-shaped vessels with flared collars. Vessel standing on four legs.

Legs having onslow style feet and the mask of a woman with rococco type hairstyle for shoulders. Vessels quadrifoiled with panels of repousse floral festoons and rococco style scroll cartouches. Collar of vessels decorated with rococco shells and floral motif.

Hinged cover embossed with scrolls and roses and mounted with a loose floral and leaf cast finial. Fitted ivory insulators inserted in reeded style handles. Rococco mask and leaf embossed spout terminating with an eagles' head. All vessels stamped underfoot with the Lion Passant (sterling mark), the Leopard's head (London Town mark), the date letters "R" or "G", Queen Victoria's head, and the makers hallmark D.

Which represents Hands & Sons. The weight of the set is 114.625 ounces. The item "5 pc Antique English Sterling Silver Hands & Sons Tea and Coffee Set Circa 1870" is in sale since Saturday, July 15, 2017. This item is in the category "Antiques\Silver\Sterling Silver (.925)\Tea/Coffee Pots & Sets".

The seller is "karemokw-0" and is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States.

1. Composition: Sterling Silver
2. Maker: Hands & Sons
3. Age: 1850-1899