ANTIQUE 20thC FRENCH SOLID SILVER IMPRESSIVE 4PS TEA & COFFEE SET, PARIS c.1900
20th Century French Silver four piece Tea and Coffee set, comprising of coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar bowl and milk jug. Each piece is particularly large and profusely engine turned, oval cartouches engraved with initials, leaf-capped cast handles, each domed lid in the same style is surmounted by a cast finial modelled as an eagle, like in the Louis style sets, cast feet realistically modelled like hoofs.
Hallmarked French silver (950), Paris, year about 1890's, Maker's mark D ROUSSEL for Claude Doutre Roussel.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A2282
20th Century French Silver four piece Tea and Coffee set, comprising of coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar bowl and milk jug. Each piece is particularly large and profusely engine turned, oval cartouches engraved with initials, leaf-capped cast handles, each domed lid in the same style is surmounted by a cast finial modelled as an eagle, like in the Louis style sets, cast feet realistically modelled like hoofs.
Hallmarked French silver (950), Paris, year about 1890's, Maker's mark D ROUSSEL for Claude Doutre Roussel.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A2282
20th Century French Silver four piece Tea and Coffee set, comprising of coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar bowl and milk jug. Each piece is particularly large and profusely engine turned, oval cartouches engraved with initials, leaf-capped cast handles, each domed lid in the same style is surmounted by a cast finial modelled as an eagle, like in the Louis style sets, cast feet realistically modelled like hoofs.
Hallmarked French silver (950), Paris, year about 1890's, Maker's mark D ROUSSEL for Claude Doutre Roussel.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A2282
Description
Antique late-19th / early-20th Century French Solid Silver four piece Tea and Coffee set, extremely decorative and impressive, comprising of coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar bowl and milk jug. Each piece is particularly large and profusely engine turned, oval cartouches engraved with initials, leaf-capped cast handles, each domed lid in the same style is surmounted by a cast finial modelled as an eagle, like in the Louis style sets, cast feet realistically modelled like hoofs.
Each piece is Hallmarked French silver (950 standard), Paris, year about 1890's, Maker's mark D ROUSSEL in a lozenge (Claude Doutre Roussel).
Condition
In Great Condition - no damage.
Coffee pot Size
Height: 29cm
Width: 24 x 17cm
Weight: 662g
Teapot Size
Height: 20cm
Width: 27.5 x 15.5cm
Weight: 700g
Sugar bowl Size
Height: 18.5cm
Width: 19.5 x 15.5cm
Weight: 510g
Cream jug Size
Height: 14cm
Width: 14 x 11cm
Weight: 223g
Total silver Weight: 2095g
