Comprising a coffee pot, teapot, hot water jug, sugar bowl and cover, creamer, and waste bowl, each of vase-form, on a domed circular foot with leaf border, the bodies chased and engraved with floral garlands and bellflower swags, with beaded borders at intervals, the hinged covers with conforming decoration and lion mask disc finials, the beaded scroll handles with ram's heads at the upper terminal, each engraved to the body with monogram RAS, the rectangular tray with canted corners, the sides pierced with pales and swags, the surface flat chased with scrolls, flowers, and geometric borders centering the same monogram, the everted handles cast with bosses and acanthus and terminating in masks, raised on eight scrolled bracket feet, marked throughout
12¹⁄₄ in. (31.1 cm.) high, the hot water jug; 27⁷⁄₈ in. (70.8 cm.) long, over handles, the tray
353 oz. 18 dwt. (11,006 gr.) gross weight

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 April 2003, lot 198.

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Overall with some minor scuffs, scratches, and wear to the decoration consistent with age and use, the teapot and coffee pot with replaced composite insulators, all with a vacant cartouche to the opposite side of the engraved one, if previously engraved cleanly removed, the hot water jug with a very minor bruise to the body below the spout, the creamer, sugar bowl, and waste bowl all with gilt interiors, the creamer and waste bowl with some wear to the gilding, the sugar bowl cover slightly tight on the body, the tray with some minor scuffs and scratches to the surface, numbered 6008 on the underside, overall good condition.

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The teapot: 10⁵⁄₈ in. (27 cm.) high, 9³⁄₈ in. (23.8 cm.) long, over handle and spout, 5³⁄₄ in. (14.5 cm.) wide, 33 oz. 12 dwt. (1,045 gr.) gross weight
The coffee pot: 11⁷⁄₈ in. (30.4 cm.) high, 10¹⁄₄ in. (26 cm.) long, over handle and spout, 5⁷⁄₈ in. (15 cm.) wide, 39 oz. 4 dwt. (1,219 gr.) gross weight
The hot water jug: 12¹⁄₄ in. (31.1 cm.) high, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) long, over handle, 4³⁄₄ in. (12 cm.) wide, 28 oz. 10 dwt. (886 gr.)
The creamer, dated 1926: 6³⁄₈ in. (16.2 cm.) high, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) long, over handle and spout, 3¹⁄₄ in. (8.2 cm.) wide, 8 oz. 12 dwt. (267 gr.)
The sugar bowl: 8¹⁄₂ in. (21.5 cm.) high, 7⁷⁄₈ in. (20 cm.) long, over handles, 4³⁄₄ in. (12 cm.) wide, 22 oz. 8 dwt. (697 gr.)
The waste bowl: 6¹⁄₈ in. (15.5 cm.) high, 5³⁄₈ in. (13.6 cm.) diameter, 16 oz. 2 dwt. (501 gr.)
The tray: 4³⁄₈ in. (11 cm.) high, 27⁷⁄₈ in. (70.8 cm.) long, over handles, 18¹⁄₈ in. (46 cm.) wide

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