A Victorian presentation three piece tea set
Auction: Jewellery & Silver
£1,375
Description
A Crichton, London 1873, comprising teapot, twin handled sugar bowl, milk jug, each with tapered ovoid body finely chased with panels of interlaced foliage and scrolls with classical mask details, with pendant swags and inscription, with acanthus clasped S scroll handles and pedestal foot (3)
Dimensions
teapot 25cm high, 50oz
Footnote
Notes; each piece inscribed with monogrammed initials and Hawick coat of arms, the teapot additionally inscribed 'Presented with a purse of sovereigns to George Hardy Fraser Esq Hawick, by his Fellow Townsmen and Friends as a mark of esteem and recognition of the valuable services he has rendered to the community as Town Councellor, Magistrate and Provost during the past twenty years 1875'