VICTORIAN-STYLED 5-PIECE TEA & COFFEE SET WITH SPIRIT KETTLE WATER WARMER - BRASS & PLATED ON BRASS

VICTORIAN-STYLED 5-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SET WITH SPIRIT KETTLE WATER WARMER - BRASS & PLATED ON BRASS

This elegant and aged word tea/coffee set is for most pieces silverplate marked and plated on brass

The plate has lifted across all pieces showing an attractive brass layer

With some pieces the plate has lifted evenly whilst others show plate wear in patches

The set is in overall good aged condition; the finial of the coffee pot probably dislocated and shows to have been fused to its position

The TEA SET comprises

A tea pot
A sugar bowl
A milk jug / creamer
A coffee pot

The SPIRIT KETTLE
During the late 1600s the innovation of tea drinking was at its peak
Tea was expensive, tea leaves had to be used sparingly
The Spirit Kettle served as water warmer to top up the tea pot and get the most out of the tea leaves in the tea pot

The extravagant, ornate Spirit Kettle did not always match the overall design of the tea set
Apart from their utilitarian purpose, these were indispensable during formal dinner and tea parties, providing a definite display of wealth and spectacle

This Spirit Kettle is solid brass and in good condition

From the silver and brass collection of vases, oil burners, censers, incensers, goblets, containers, tea pots, water heaters, scales, candle holders, candelabra, incense burners, candle burners, light burners, Aladdin lamp, clocks, pendulum, bells, claw bells, elephant bells, table light holders, thurible, repurposed, stationary, gilt, porcelain, copper, cruet salt and pepper engraved detail, gilt chandelier, tie back, u loop, chrome paperweight clock, chrome pendant, student shade, electronics, television PC monitor and screen combo Logic, samovars, tilt tea pot on stand and spirit burner, marble and ceramic wall sconce light, onyx, library psychology Freud Fromm Jung

Package content:
1 x Victorian-styled 5-piece tea and coffee set (inclusive of a spirit kettle)

Packaging and Shipping:
Items will be shipped within 10 days from confirmation of payment by BoB
Courier to door: R190.00 [inclusive of insurance]
Buyer’s own courier
Collection by arrangement