159 - A 950-fine silver tea service consisting of a sugar bowl, a milk jug, a sugar tong, and a teapot richly decorated with stylized interlacing, latticework, a base with mascarons, and hoof-shaped finials. Marked LT.

A 950-fine silver tea service consisting of a sugar bowl, a milk jug, a sugar tong, and a teapot richly decorated with stylized interlacing, latticework, a base with mascarons, and hoof-shaped finials. Marked LT. Silversmith: Auguste Louis Fizaine (active between 1858 and 1879), with the exception of the sugar tongs (M.O JG). Net weight (sugar bowl, sugar tongs, milk jug): 797 g. Gross weight of the teapot with two walnut rings: 649 g. For a total net weight of approximately 1440 g. Dimensions: heights 11 to 25 cm.