An Edwardian three-piece silver tea service and a silver salver; tea service by Henry Mattews, Birmingham 1910, comprising a teapot, a twin-handled sugar bowl and a creamer, all of a lobed baluster form with a wide flared lip on stepped spread foot, equipped with leaf-capped ebonised wooden handles and urn-shaped finial, gilt interior; together with a salver by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., Sheffield 1892, with beaded shaped rim and acanthus foliage, rests on four paw feet, profusely engraved and stippled with strapwork and scrollwork, centred with family crest, 36.0 cm in diameter; Total weight of items 53.6ozt. (4)
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An Edwardian three-piece silver tea service and a silver salver; tea service by Henry Mattews, Birmingham 1910, comprising a teapot, a twin-handled sugar bowl and a creamer, all of a lobed baluster form with a wide flared lip on stepped spread foot, equipped with leaf-capped ebonised wooden handles and urn-shaped finial, gilt interior; together with a salver by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., Sheffield 1892, with beaded shaped rim and acanthus foliage, rests on four paw feet, profusely engraved and stippled with strapwork and scrollwork, centred with family crest, 36.0 cm in diameter; Total weight of items 53.6ozt. (4)