A Victorian silver four-piece tea and coffee service Stephen Smith & William Nicholson, London 18...

A Victorian silver four-piece tea and coffee service Stephen Smith & William Nicholson, London 1855 - 1857 Plain baluster form with incurved neck flaring to a quatrefoil rim, the naturalist vine handle capped with a bearded Rams mask and terminating with a cluster of vine leaves, the sides engraved with vacant cartouches, the pots with hinged dome covers and unmarked leafy branch finials, the handles of the pots with ivory insulators, underside of one pot with presentation inscription, weight total 72oz . (4) Footnotes: Provenance: by family descent The inscription reads 'Presented with a tea service to Miss Thring on her attaining the age of one year by the Superintendent of the Wiltshire Constabulary under the command of her grandfather Captain Meredith R.N. April 1860' Please note that from 19 January 2022, items containing ivory cannot be imported into the EU. The import of ivory into the USA is already prohibited. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Ф Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13. Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com