Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 29th October 2019
Lot 392
λA matched three-piece 19th century Cape silver tea and coffee set
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
λA matched three-piece 19th century Cape silver tea and coffee set,
the teapot with maker's mark of a square and compass and JG, possibly for James or John Thomas Gaugain, the sugar bowl by Johannes Combrink, circa 1860-70, the coffee pot no maker's mark, all pieces also marked with a late 19th century French import mark,
lobed baluster form, scroll handles with ivory insulators, foliate decoration, on four raised shell bracket feet, the sugar bowl with a pull-off cover, on a raised circular foot, height of coffee pot 21.5cm, approx. weight 94oz. (3)