Description:
Magnificent tea and coffee set made in Italy in the second half of the 19th century: consisting of an elegant tray (62x44 cm; h.2.5 cm, 81x44 cm with handles) with a ciseled well featuring floral and foliate elements (photo no. 1 and 2), border decorated with small leaves, made by casting (lost wax) like the handles (16 cm; h.10 cm), in which, centrally, there are classical faces (photo no. 4). The set includes: the coffee pot (h. 20 cm; from handle to spout 27 cm, base diameter 11 cm, body diameter 16 cm), the teapot (h. 16 cm; from handle to spout 26 cm, base diameter 11 cm, body diameter 14 cm), the sugar bowl (h. 15 cm; from handle to handle 23 cm, base diameter 10 cm, body diameter 15 cm) and the milk jug (h. 10 cm; from handle to spout 19 cm, base diameter 9 cm, body diameter 13 cm) which reflect, halfway up the body, a band with the foliate decoration that is in the border of the tray (in the coffee pot there are two bands). To view more photographs click here. The antique set is in perfect condition, having been replated in silver by Arsal silversmiths of Alexandria.
