Sterling Silver Three Piece Tea Service - Art Deco - Antique George VI

Description

This exceptional antique George VI sterling silver three piece Walker and Hall tea set consists of a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl.

Each piece has a compressed circular rounded form onto a spreading collet style foot.

The body of each piece is plain and encircled with undulating applied stepped decoration, all in the iconic Art Deco style.

The upper portion of the teapot is embellished with embossed stepped concentric circular designs.

The sugar bowl and cream jug are ornamented with applied moulded borders to the upper rims.

The teapot is fitted with a plain hinged hallmarked cover, surmounted with the original and impressive carved painted wood and sterling silver circular tiered finial, in the Art Deco style.

The teapot retains the original C shaped carved painted wood handle with Art Deco style stepped decoration to the upper portion.

The cream jug and sugar bowl are fitted with sterling silver C scroll handles; matching the style of the wooden handle to the teapot.

The underside of each piece bears the retailer’s icon/mark ‘Walker & Hall, Sheffield’ and the teapot features the volume marker '1 1/2 Pts'.

Such services, in the iconic Art Deco design, are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.