Beschreibung:

A FOUR PIECE WILLIAM IV STYLE TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE ON TWO-HANDLED TRAY, maker's mark of Mappin & Webb, London, 1966, the coffee-pot by another, comprising teapot, coffee-pot, two-handled sugarbowl and cream-jug, each lobed melon-form, on four shell and scroll feet, with similar apron between, with elaborate foliate applied scroll handles, with everted applied scalloped rim, the pots with partly fluted leaf-capped scroll spouts, the raised hinged covers topped by melon form ivory finial-- the coffee-pot 9in. (22.8cm.) high ; the oval tray with lobed border to the applied scalloped reeded rim, with reeded handles-- length over handles 26in. (66cm.), gross weight 229.5oz.