A Victorian sterling silver three-piece tea service, London 1869/70 by John Samuel Hunt and Robert Roskell

Comprising a teapot, milk jug and twin handled sugar bowl. The teapot of spherical form with rounded base upon a moulded circular foot. The panelled spout opposite a C scroll handle with ivory insulators, the hinged disc lid surmounted by a detachable knop finial. The sugar bowl of spherical form and the milk jug of baluster form, each with gilt interiors. Each with an engraved decorative band of Green Man masks within foliate scrolls, acanthus leaves, strap work, reserved with rustication. Each fully marked, the milk jug for 1870, the lid and finials part-marked, the retaining nut with lion passant only. (3)

Teapot length – 26.5 cm / 10.5 inches

Weight – 1318 grams / 42.35 ozt