Lot 196
  • 196

A RARE SCOTTISH THREE-PIECE SILVER TEA SET, Alexander Forbes, Aberdeen, circa 1730

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases, cream jug and sugar bowl also with French control marks, teapot with scratch weight 22 oz = 12 dps
  • Silver
  • height of teapot 6 1/2 in.
  • 16.5cm
comprising: Teapot, Cream Jug and Sugar Bowl, of distinctive Scottish shape, the globular teapot with straight spout and silver double-scroll handle, wood bud finial, the pear-form creamer with drop below spout, silver double-scroll handle, the sugar bowl plain circular raised on domed base

Condition

teapot: probably original handle typical of Scotland reset, pins replaced in base metal; creamer with minor dent, otherwise good
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