A mixed group of European silverware. Various dates and makers. The group comprising: a mid-19th century French silver brandy pan by Eugene-Francois Rion, Paris (1841-1862), designed with a pouring lip and faceted wooden handle, bowl approx. 12.5cm dia.; a mid-19th century French silver coffee/hot water pot by Martial Frey (active 1849-1861), of baluster form with gadrooning and bud finial to hinged cover, approx. 16.5cm high; an Austro-Hungarian silver jug, of squat form with wooden handle, Vienna, 1819, 15 loth standard, stamped with maker's mark to underside, 8.8cm high (inc. handle); and a silver jug with gilded interior, the fluted body raised on a shaped, circular foot and designed with a foliate capped double scroll handle, stamped 812M to underside, approx. 15cm high (inc. handle), total weight approx. 35.7ozt (4)

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