English Silver Plated 3 Piece Tea Set - Louis XVI Style | Mappin Brothers

Early English silver plated Louis XVI style 3 piece teaset by the Mappin Brothers. The set is epgs (electroplated German silver - an early base metal in the history of silver plating). The round bodies are typical Louis XVI style design with hand chased floral, leaf and scroll design with a a domed, hinged lid (teapot only). The teapot has a cast eagle finial, an acanthus scroll handle with insulators, and has a mask swan neck spout with a eagle head end to the spout. All pieces have a scroll feet on a cast rim base an acanthus scroll handles.  This set is in excellent condition.

Size

Length: 10 1/2" Height: 7 1/2" x Diameter: 6 1/4"

Sugar 9 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/8", creamer 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 6"

Era

Victorian

Materials

Silver, EPGS

Maker

Mappin Brothers

Condition

Excellent