1086 - Three-piece tea set, 925 and 835 silver, Birmingham 1911, London 1900, Schwäbisch Gmünd

Three-piece tea set, 925 and 835 silver, Birmingham 1911, London 1900, Schwäbisch Gmünd Sterling silver (925) and 835 silver, three-piece tea set in oval boat shape with gadrooned lower body, assembled. 1) Teapot, sterling silver, hallmarked on the shoulder with anchor for Birmingham, lion (lion passant) and date letter "m" for 1911, maker's mark not identified, oval body with plain shoulder, hinged lid with gadrooned dome and black finial, curved spout with ribbed base, angular handle of blackened wood, finial at the lid base chipped, isolated small dents, otherwise condition commensurate with age, H. 15 cm. 2) Sugar bowl, sterling silver, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, London 1900, marked below the rim "G&S Co Ld", lion, leopard's head and date letter "e", to the base company stamp "GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY LTD 112 REGENT STREET W.", oval with two angular loop handles, good condition commensurate with age with small dents. 3) Cream jug, 835 silver, Wilhelm Binder, Schwäbisch Gmünd, hallmarked to the base crescent, crown, "835" and "WTB A 10", oval with pouring lip and angular handle, good condition commensurate with age with small dents. Weight 755 g (total). The sugar bowl bears the mark of the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, founded in 1880 by William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman at 112 Regent Street in London in the premises of John Joseph Mechi. In 1898 the firm became Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd. In 1952 it was merged into Garrard & Co Ltd. The cream jug, which here belongs with the teapot and sugar bowl to the tea set, comes from the silverware factory Wilhelm Binder in Schwäbisch Gmünd, founded in 1868. It produced tableware, bowls and cutlery in standards from 800 to 935 and marked its wares with the letters "WTB" alongside crescent and crown.