Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 16th July 2013

Lot 726

A composite George I and later 18th century miniature silver tea set

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000

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Description

A composite George I and later 18th century miniature silver tea set,

by David Clayton, the dish with maker's mark twice IW crowned, the sugar tongs unmarked,

initialled with a B, comprising: a teapot of baluster form, scroll handle, domed cover, a tea caddy of rectangular form, canted corners, a sugar bowl and cover, a 'sparrow-beak' cream jug, with a cover, four tea bowls, four saucers, four teaspoons, a pair of sugar tongs, and a circular dish, height of teapot 5cm, length of teaspoon 3.3cm, approx. total weight 3oz. (19)