A Rare Chinese Export Silver-gilt Five-piece Tea and Coffee Set, early 19th century

of heavy gauge, comprising: Teapot and Stand, Coffee Pot, two-handled Sugar Bowl and Creamer, all with basket weave bands at shoulders and raised collars with running leaf tip rims, the teapot handle rising from a female mask, marked on bases with pseudo London marks and date letter C, also with French control marks

Helen Clarke Mackintosh, Château de Maulny, St. Soupplets, S. & M., France
Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Clarke, Hastings, Nebraska
Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 1984, lot 542.

Kernan, John, Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver, 1985, nos. 4, 181.

chip to wood distance piece below teapot finial, slight abrasion to section of teapot handle, otherwise excellentl, not gilt at base of coffee pot or teapot stand
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Several of the features in this set may be found on a hot water jug by Paul Storr, London, 1805 (sold Christie's, New York, Morgan Collection, 26 October 1982, lot 19), including the running leaf-tip borders, the basket weave band and the female mask below the upper handle terminal.