Lot 27
A Royal Worcester boxed coffee set,
Auction: 29 June 2005 at 12:00 BST
£694
Description
comprising six coffee cups and six saucers, decorated in bright yellow with gilt stylised shell and swag design and white jewelling with gilt interior, handle and well, puce printed mark for 1922, and additional puce printed mark of a Viking long boat, painted mark C899; together with six silver and guilloché enamelled coffee spoons with import marks for London 1903, in a fitted black leather box marked Brook & Son, Goldsmiths to the King, 87 George Street, Edinburgh
Footnote
The longboat symbol was introduced during the 1st World War as a symbol of patriotism.