Lot 294
A matched Victorian three piece tea set
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
£720
Description
by William Marshall, Edinburgh 1843-1844 and 1849-1850, comprising teapot, milk jug and twin handled sugar bowl, all of baluster inverted pear shaped design with panelled body, the bodies embossed with acanthus leaf and flower head designs, the shaped circular foot similarly decorated, the teapot with fluted curved spout and hinged lid with bud finial (3)
Dimensions
teapot 20cm high, milk jug 18cm high, sugar bowl 15cm high, combined weight 49oz
Footnote
Notes:
William Marshall was the appointed silver and goldsmith to the Queen in Scotland and had addition of a crown above his initials added within his makers mark. He is the only recorded maker to have taken these steps to show his Royal patronage