A William IV sterling silver four-piece tea and coffee service, London 1834 by John James Kieth

Comprising a coffee pot, a teapot, a milk jug, and a twin handled sugar bowl. Each of rounded circular form upon four shell form feet with foliate scrolls. The pots with curved spouts opposite curved handles fitted with ivory insulators, each with lotus sepal junctions. The hinged domed lids fitted with removable cast finials of flowers with a leafy calyx. Each engraved to the side with contemporaneous initials WAH in cursive script. The milk and sugar with gilt interiors. Each fully and part-marked. (4)

Coffee pot height – 21.8 cm / 8.55 inches

Teapot length – 28 cm / 11 inches

Weight – 2298 grams / 73.88 ozt

ivory declaration: ZVK353BX