A GEORGE III SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SET AND TEA URN, LONDON, 1800/02

richly bright-cut lobed oval bodies, the urn engraved with the initial H, complete with detachalbe cover and spirit burner and cover, the teapot and coffee pot with ivory handles, tea caddy and milk jug, Solomon Hougham, London, 1800; the milk jug, marks rubbed, London, 1802; the urn with ivory spigot handle, Urquhart & Hart, London, 1802

Overall condition good, but with a few slight bruises (one more serious crease just below the tea caddy lock); the ivory teapot and coffee pot handles later replacements, the latter loose.
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