A SET OF SILVER TEA CADDY, LIDDED CREAMER AND COFFEE POT
Iran, 20th century

Comprising a tea caddy of cushion-like shape, finely engraved with elegant courtiers in banqueting scenes, the borders of floral and avian frieze separated by rows of sinous braiding, the rectangular lid with a pointy finial, stamped 'Amal-e Ja'far', 11.5cm high, 298gr., with a matching tea-measure spoon to the interior; a coffee pot and creamer of hybrid shape, the curved spout in Arabian style, engraved with elegant musicians and drinkers around birds atop flowering bushes, the round lids with floral finials, the borders with scrolling vines and birds, each stamped at the base 'Amal-e Ja'far', the coffee pot 16.5cm high, 393gr., and the creamer 10.5cm, 261gr.