Lot 29
  • 29

A William IV Three Piece Tea Set

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Description

  • Silver
  • Teapot Height: 6 1/4 in (16 cm), Width: 11 in (28 cm) <br> Sugar bowl Height: 5 1/4 in (13 cm) Width: 8 in (20 cm) <br>Cream jug Height: 3 1/2 in (9 cm) Width:5 3/4 in (15 cm)<br>
Silver

London, 1834 



Maker’s mark of John Wakefield



This tea set comprises of a tea pot, sugar bowl & cream jug. The cream jug and sugar bowl both have the wonderful original gilding to the interior which was used to protect the silver from sugar or cream. The design of this tea pot was a fashionable style in in the late 1830s and the beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria one can see this design being used by other great silversmith of the period.