Appraised at $15,000 in 2010.
Attributed to William Summers.
English Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee service "Louis XV" pattern. Modeled in the Rococo style chased and repousse tool work baluster shaped bodies with scrolled feet, domed covers with removable finials, ivory heat resists on scroll handles. Tipping kettle with removable stand and heat element. Stand sand cast. Both stand and heat element not marked with English touch marks indicating later replacements due to silver standard laws.
150 total Troy ounces.
Mark: Touch marks scattered
Shield-lion passant
Bracketed shield-lower case gothic "a"
reign mark for Victoria
W (dot) S, X, B
Traces of gilt wash in bowls.