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The 1899 Melbourne Cup Trophy comprising a silver presentation tray and tea and coffee service, Walter, Michael, John, Stanley Barnard with Robert Dubock, tray London, 1896 and service, London, 1898, (5), the tray engraved to the centre 'MELBOURNE CUP TROP

A Chinese horn libation cup, 19th century, carved in relief to the exterior with a band of taotie masks on a key-fret background, surrounded by a border of key-fret design to both the mouth and foot rim, the handle pierced with numerous intertwined qilong,

A silver gilt mounted Meissen Hausmalerei porcelain coffee pot, three cups and saucers and a tea caddy, circa 1725, all painted 'En grisaille' with rustic scenes within gilt Augsburg strapwork, the tea caddy of hexagonal outline marked Dsb in iron red scri

A rare and fine Ding/Dangyangyu persimmon-glazed conical tea bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) the bowl is finely potted and covered in an even purple glaze on the interior, exterior and inside the unglazed foot-rim, 4.7 cm high, 18.2 cm diameter. Pro

A tea dust glazed three-hole flower stand Yongzheng four-character seal mark 7.8 cm high. Provenance: D. Salman Eaquire Collection (label). Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1019

A Chinese Jian hare's fur tea bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), 12 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's Melbourne, 1/12/2005, lot 537. A private collection, Melbourne.

An important Indian Colonial gold and silver four piece tea and coffee service. The service in the style of an English Victorian design, manufactured of high grade silver with solid gold pierced embellishments, diamonds, enamel work and with turned ivory b

Very fine Jiaqing mark and period (1796-1820), Chinese green-ground famille rose lobed tea-tray, the interior with a cartouche with gilt borders inscribed with a long poem in praise of good tea, dated to Jiaqing dingsi year (1797), the sides delicately ena

A pair of rare and important Daoguang mark and period Canton porcelain bowls, with monochrome lime-green enamelled interiors, painted in the famille rose palette to the exterior with an encircling tribute scene, beneath a rim patterned with gilt quatrefoil

An impressive Carrs of Sheffield sterling silver cutlery set for twelve housed in a 'Georgian' hand made canteen, made for the golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, the sterling silver set comprises: twelve each table knives and forks, dessert knives, forks &

A Chinese Jian hare's fur tea bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), 13 cm diameter. Provenance: Mossgreen Melbourne, 25/11/2008, lot 1188. Sotheby's Melbourne, 17/5/2004, lot 44. A private collection, Melbourne.

A Georg Jensen 'Acorn' pattern flatware service designed by Johan Rohde, post 1945 marks, (190), comprising, eight dinner knives, eight luncheon knives, eight fruit knives, eight dinner forks, eight luncheon forks, eight pastry forks, eight soup spoons, ei

A Chinese conical Yaozhou tea bowl, Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), with everted rim, the centre with calligraphic style russet decoration, over the black glaze, the exterior with a mixed russet and black pattern glaze, 4.5 cm high, 14.4 cm diameter. Reference: s

A Chinese black glazed Jian tea bowl, Song Dynasty, circa 12th century. The bowl is with the original silver band. Provenance: Raymond and Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney, 13/2/2004, 13 cm diameter

Elizabeth II nine piece sterling silver coffee and tea service, mark of Garrard & Co., London, 1954-1956, comprising a tray, kettle, tea coffee and water pots, milk jug, cream jug, sugar bowl and tea strainer, all of melon shape, engraved with shell and fo

A Chinese silver ten-piece tea service, 19th/20th century, (10), comprising a swing handled kettle and cover on stand with burner, a wood handled coffee pot and cover, a wood handled tea pot and cover, a milk jug, a two handled covered jar, a sugar basin,

A fine Cizhou red oil spot tea bowl, Jin dynasty with in-turned lip, covered in a russet splashed black glaze, 8 cm high; 16.2 cm diameter. Provenance: Shanghai Arts, Singapore 1980s

An important sterling silver six piece tea and coffee service by Gerald Benney, London 1964, of tapering curved cylindrical form with bark textured surface lifted from a polished band, the hinged covers with emanating textured flat covers, impressed hallma

A lacquered zisha tea pot Qianlong six-character seal mark with box, 15.5 cm long, 10.5 cm high

A stunning pair of George III sterling silver Chippendale pagoda shaped tea caddies in the chinoiserie style. Made by John Marshall of London, circa 1764. Each with fine hand worked repousse decoration to the side panels, including a female tea picker with

A Japanese silver tea kettle on stand and burner by Musashiya, Yokohama, Meiji period (1868-1912), 38 cm high, 3,130 grams

A silver three piece tripod tea service, late Qing dynasty, late 19th-early 20th century, comprising a tea pot, creamer and sugar bowl, each one with dragon handles and well decorated with scholars in various pursuits, impressed marks 'WHL 90' and 'Xin Yua

A substantial parcel-gilt sterling silver flatware service for twenty-four, Carr's of Sheffield, various 1990s Sheffield assay dates, retailed by Ari D. Norman, London, in Carr's 'La Regence' pattern with all handles gilt, a service of 336 pieces, comprisi

An extensive Richard Ginori Vecchio bianco porcelain dinner service, (251), comprising, two lidded soup tureens, two lidded vegetable tureens, one large fish serving platter, one large asparagus platter, one pedestal fruit stand, two round cake plates, two

George Owen (Royal Worcester) a finely detailed fully reticulated pair of double wall tea cups with their pierced and reticulated saucers central turquoise band with pink, jewelled and gilded bands to rim and base date mark for 1887 cup height 5.5 cm, diam

A George III sterling silver tea urn with carved ivory loop handles and engraved contemporary coat of arms by Benjamin Smith II & James Smith III, London 1810, the original coiled snake finial by Paul Storr. 36 cm high, 4820 grams. The arms are those of Ba

Chinese Ye Cheng Co silver tea & coffee set (Tientsin) comprising a kettle on stand with burner (37 cm high), teapot, coffee pot, tea strainer, milk jug, sugar bowl with tongs, lidded bowl and tray (65.5 cm wide), maker's mark Y.C.Co STERLING, 5860 grams a

A large Herend porcelain 'Rothschild Bird' pattern part dinner service, approximately one hundred and fifty pieces, generally a service for eight places with smaller or larger numbers of some pieces, including soup plates, entree plates, dinner plates of t

A Russian silver tea set, Sergei Kuyetkovsky, circa 1892-1908, comprising teapot, creamer and sugar pot. Each piece covered in a rich red lacquer depicting troika in a landscape. Assayed by Yakov Nikolayevich Lyapunov, teapot 12.5 cm high

Extensive George Jensen acorn cutlery service, 126 pieces, comprising twelve coffee spoons (11.2 cm), twelve medium tea spoons (14.6 cm), twelve soup spoons (16 cm), twelve bouillon spoons (six 13.5 cm and six 14.4 cm), twelve dessert spoons (17.3 cm), fou

A Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Acorn' pattern flatware service, post 1945 manufacture to Johan Rohde's 1915 design, one hundred and nineteen pieces, comprising eighteen each of dinner knives and forks, soup spoons, and tea spoons, eight entree knives, six

A jian 'hare's fur' tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century restored with silver with 'gourd and vine leaves' motif, box, 6.9 cm high, 12.4 cm diam.

A rare Dingyao persimmon-glazed conical tea bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), finely potted and covered in an even purple glaze, on the interior, exterior and inside the unglazed foot-rim. 4.7 cm high, 18.2 cm diameter. For a similar bowl see Sotheby

A very rare Worcester claret-ground and gilt decorated tea-bowl and saucer, painted with exotic birds and fruit in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1770, unmarked. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London 17/06/2016 (10,000 pounds). Robert Burke

A Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Acorn' cutlery service for eight, with accessories, 1945 onwards, pattern number 62, designed by Johan Rohde, 1915, comprising one hundred and thirteen pieces including: soup, tea, dessert and bouillon spoons, long handled a

A Chinese silver three piece tea set by Wing Cheong, Hong Kong, late Qing dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising a teapot, lidded two handled sugar bowl and milk jug, all embossed with panels of bamboo, chrysanthemums, prunus blossom and figures

An impressive mid-Victorian sterling silver tea and coffee service, James McKay, Edinburgh, 1858, comprising a tea pot, coffee pot, spirit kettle, sugar basin, cream jug, and sugar tongs, the baluster and bombe shaped bodies and covers richly decorated wit

Stunning Russian Faberge five piece silver tea set each piece stamped K.Faberge Moscow, assay mark of Lev Fridrikhovitch Oleks 1895, possible makers mark of Itska Lozinsky, comprising tea pot, height 17 cm, hot water pot, height 15.5 cm, twin handled sugar

A Versace by Rosenthal Le Jardin de Versace tableware set. An enchanting garden in delicate pastel shades and an opulent diversity of blossoms, berries, insects and ornaments, all are combined by the Versace Milan studio to playfully symbolise a summer sym

Rare Russian emigre silver five piece tea and coffee service, Cyrillic maker's mark 'S.B' Harbin (Manchuria) china, c. 1930 a fine example of Russian silver, hand crafted by a Russian emigre silversmith in Harbin, in high Art Nouveau style with scenes from

Sigvaard Bernadotte for Georg Jensen, sterling silver flatware service, post 1945 marks, Bernadotte' pattern, setting for twelve, comprising twelve fish forks, twelve fish knives, twelve table spoons, twelve table forks, twelve table knives, twelve tea spo

A fine Chinese Jian 'Hare's Fur' conical tea bowl, Southern Song (1127-1279). The bowl is potted with flaring sides rising to a slightly everted rim bound with a metal band. The interior and exterior are covered with a lustrous black glaze streaked with fi

The Capture of the Kelly Gang, Glenrowan, 1880s, being the central illustration and theme of a very rare poster issued for Murrell Brothers, Tea Merchants, Importers of High Class Teas, 498 George Street, Sydney. Lithographed in colours, circa 1880s, (Fuer

A Herend porcelain 'Rothschild Bird' part dinner service, second half 20th century, comprising eight each of entree plates, dinner plates, sides plates, soup bowls and under plates, tea cups and saucers, together with serving pieces including a tureen, a p

Pavel Ovchinnikov, c.1880 Russian tea caddy bulbous shape, the body with red enamel work and silver dragonfly, spider and leaf motifs with a spider web background, the domed pull off cover with a silver leaf and a silver bug, gilt interior, weight 335 gram

A Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Acorn' pattern cutlery service with settings for ten comprising table knives, table forks, entree knives, entree forks, soup spoons, dessert spoons, steak knives, fish knives, tea spoons and coffee spoons, and serving items

Pair of Chinese Dau Guang tea bowls decorated with imperial courtyard scenes, Dau Guang mark. Height 6 cm each

A Royal Worcester porcelain 'Countess of Dudley' service covered sugar bowl, dated 1865, the decoration by Thomas Scott Callowhill and James Callowhill, the jewelling and gilding by Samuel Ranford, Cup-shaped on three gilt lion's paw feet with a finialled

A Continental porcelain figural scent bottle, mid 18th century, in the shape of a woman in a turban, ermine trimmed coat and striped and flower head patterned skirt, tipping her tea bowl into a saucer, the flower head stopper in her turban, on a gilt metal

A Chinese pair of Qianjiang Cai vases signed Ma Qingyun, Republic period (1912-1949), decorated in mirror image with Li Tieguai and Dongfang Shuo with attendant boys making tea. Calligraphic inscription to the top including signature of Ma Qingyun, and a s

A fine Yaozhou ware tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), 12th century, thinly potted, moulded in the centre with a continuous lotus scroll, the outside carved with lotus petals, fitted box, 5.5 cm high 12.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Shanghai arts, Singapore,

A Georg Jensen sterling silver cutlery setting, Cactus pattern, designed by Gundolph Alertus in 1930 comprising: twelve large knives, twelve entree knives, twelve soup spoons, twelve large forks, twelve entree forks, twelve dessert spoons, six fruit knives

Fine pair of 19th century Russian silver and enamel tea cup holders, of cylindrical form, with spreading beaded foot, finely enameled with cartouches with initials and crosses, surrounded by a stylised foliate ground in rich tones of blue, red, green and w

A Chinese suite of two rosewood chairs and a tea stand, 20th century The chairs: 74 cm wide, 87.5 cm deep, 101 cm high each The stand: 40.5 cm wide, 50.5 cm deep, 74 cm high (3). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1990

19th century Italian micro mosaic panel, of rectangular form, depicting an interior scene with maid bringing tea on a tray, with her master trying to take advantage of the situation, in a slate frame, in tones of purple, red, green, white, brown, blue and

A 182 piece 12 place sterling silver King's pattern flatware service with a large double tier canteen stand, the 1965/66 Sheffield service by Viner's comprising: large knives and forks, small knives and forks, knives and forks for fish and fruit, soup, cak

Rare extensive vintage canteen of Georg Jensen Acorn (Konig) pattern of sterling silver cutlery. To include 12 dinner knife & forks, 12 dessert spoons, 16 lunch fork, 10 lunch knife, 5 mocha spoons, 12 butter knives, 12 soup spoons, 12 fish knife & fork, 8

Georg Jensen, Silver Tea Service, Blossom Pattern, designed c. 1905, comprising a tea pot and cover, a milk jug and a sugar bowl with cover, with carved ivory handles, openwork blossom finials, each piece raised on three cast feet, stamped ' Georg Jensen 9

A fine Victorian sterling silver five piece tea service, 1873 London, with maker's marks Rm over Eh for Martin Hall & Co, the tea pot, hot water jug, creamer and sugar bowl of oval straight sided form, bright cut and prick worked with continuous patterned

A large Austrian silver tea and coffee service, circa 1900, maker's mark 'BP', all of fluted baluster design embossed with medallions of roses comprising a coffee pot, a tea pot, a lidded sugar bowl, a hot milk jug, a cold milk jug, twelve tea cups and sau

Fine signed Japanese Meiji period bronze and ivory figure of a woodsman, he is seated on wood stump holding lunch box and tea bowl with teapot and axe to the side. Torso in bronze with ivory head, lower limbs and lunch box contents, 31 cm height (old repai

A William IV silver tea and coffee service, John Edward Terrey, London, 1831 and a similar George lV large silver tray, maker probably John Wakefield, London, 1824, (5), comprising a teapot, coffee pot, milk and sugar basin, each of compressed melon form,

A Jizhou tortoiseshell tea bowl, Southern Song with splashed brown to russet glaze, 5.6 cm high 11 cm diameter

A sterling silver tea caddy, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Limited, London, 1904 of knife box form, the lid surmounted by a cloverleaf loop handle, opening to reveal a gilt interior, engraved 'NM' 360 gms, 10 cm high, 9 cm wide, 9 cm deep. Property f

A Chinese silver six-piece tea set, early 20th century, comprising tray, tea pot, hot water pot, sugar, milk jug and tongs, each piece decorated in repousse with bamboo stems and leaves, with a two character mark and another TUCK CHONG, hot water pot: 20.6

A fine Regency mother of pearl and tortoiseshell tea caddy, the sarcophagus shaped body with canted corners fully veneered with mother of pearl and tortoiseshell in a lozenge design. The interior containing two partly veneered tortoiseshell tea cannisters

A pair of George III armorial sterling silver tea caddies, 1786 London, with marker's mark for John Crouch I & Thomas Hannam, rectangular caddies with pagoda top lids with ivory acorn finials, simply embellished with the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wal

Fine pair hanghuali southern officials hat chairs and tea table 'Guanmaoyi' of elegant proportions with attractive Guilian grains, the S curved back splats each carved with mirror reverse with a stylised Qilong roundel

A cased George II set of three sterling silver tea caddies by Samuel Herbert & Co, London 1754, comprising an circular bowl and cover, a pair of vase shaped caddies and covers, all with embossed floral decoration, engraved contemporary coat of arms and bir

A fine set of three George III sterling silver covered canisters, 1766 London, with maker's mark for Daniel Smith and Robert Sharpe comprising a pair of tea caddies and a larger sugar bowl, each of bombe form with beaded rims, on scrolled feet with pierced

A George III sterling silver matched suite of flatware for twelve, various London and Edinburgh makers and date 1780s-1810, Old English bead-edge pattern, eighty-nine pieces, comprising twelve each of entree knives and forks, dinner knives and forks, soup

A fine Yaozhou ware small tea bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), 12th century, combed and incised with three fishes amongst waves, fitted box, 5.2 cm high 11.1 cm diameter

Griffiths Brothers Trackside advertising sign. Single sided porcelain enamel tea room sign, 2 miles to refreshment, Redfern placement' good condition 29 x 100 cm

Just Anderson for Georg Jensen, Danish sterling silver cutlery service, Copenhagen, post 1945, Acadia Blok pattern, comprising sixteen dinner forks, twelve dinner knives, sixteen salad forks, twelve table spoons, eight soup spoons, twelve tea spoons, twelv

A George III sterling silver tea caddy, of pagoda form, with Chinoiserie decoration and blossom form finial, with four outset columns entwined with vine leaves, the enclosed panels depicting a lady reading in field, an amphora flower bouquet vase, a women

Oak cased four piece sterling silver tea service in blue silk and velvet lined hinged lidded box containing a four piece silver tea service engraved 'To Sir R.J. Seddon.' Makers James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield 1899-1901. Weight 1928g (62 Troy ounces). Prove

Huanghuali pair of continuous yokeback armchairs & matching tea stand 19th/20th century, 'Nanguanmaoyi', the chairs each with an arched crestrail with central S-shaped plain splat & supported on slightly curved rear posts, the curved arm rails supported on

A George V sterling silver tea and coffee service by Atkin Brothers, Sheffield 1909/12, comprising an oval tea tray, hot water kettle on stand with burner, coffee pot, tea pot and sugar bowl. the tray 64 x 44 cm, the kettle. 31 cm high, 5840 grams total we

A Christofle 'Commodore' pattern sterling silver flatware set housed in a Christofle 'Regency' mahogany chest, circa 1990, (114) comprising ten dinner knives, ten dinner forks, ten table spoons, ten dessert knives, ten dessert forks, ten dessert spoons, te

A Georg Jensen 'Acorn' pattern flatware service designed by Johan Rhode, post 1945 marks, (87) comprising ten dinner forks, ten dinner knives, ten table spoons, ten entree forks, ten entree knives, ten dessert spoons, ten tea spoons, twelve demitasse spoon

William Ricketts pottery tea pot with branch handle & spout, base decorated with picaninny face & lid mounted with Aboriginal bust finial. 35 cm Provenance: Private collection Melbourne, previously purchased directly from the Ricketts family.

A Chinese carved white jade plaque, the stone with brown inclusion, carved on one side with figures preparing tea under pine trees, a poem on the other side, 4.6 cm wide

A sterling silver six piece tea set on tray, comprising spirit kettle, teapot, hot water pot, milk, sugar and creamer, melon shape with restrained light foliate decoration, ivory handles and knops to the kettle, teapot and hot water pot, on substantial mat

A fine Victorian sixty piece sterling silver 'Fiddle and Thread' flatware, service for twelve, with twenty four later knives, 1841-1871 London, with maker's mark for G W. Adams (Chawner && Co.), and 1987 Sheffield, with maker's mark for John Biggin, compri

William Hutton & Sons, London, 1910, five piece silver tea and coffee service, comprising teapot, coffee pot, tea kettle on stand, milk jug and sugar bowl, burner made by Hukin and Heath, London, 1908, oval section half fluted, coffee pot on pedestal stem

Impressive antique French silver service, comprising a spirit kettle and stand, side handle coffee pot, tea pot, lidded sugar, creamer, all with fluted twist design with chains of flowers, all standing on slender scroll legs, marked for post 1838 mark, ED

A Guild of Handicraft five piece silver tea service in the Arts & Crafts tradition, entirely handmade by George and Henry Hart, Chipping Campden. Hallmarked London, 1947- 48. Comprising: tea and hot water pots with ivory handles and finials, milk jug and s

Superb Queen Elizabeth II 8 piece sterling silver tea & coffee set including two handled tray by Adie Brothers Ltd of Birmingham, mid Georgian style, footed melon shape with engraved decorations, acanthus topped handles, urn finials, comprising a spirit ke

A Chinese Jian hare's fur dark glazed tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) the bowl is covered with a streaked black and russet glaze. It is from Shuiji kiln, Fujian. 12 cm diameter. Provenance: Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, Holland. Capital galler

A Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Bernadotte' pattern flatware service for eight, post 1945 manufacture to Sigvard Bernadotte's 1936, sixty pieces, comprising eight each of entree knives and forks, table knives and forks, soup spoons, dessert spoons, and tea

A Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Acanthus' pattern flatware service for eight, post 1945 manufacture to Johan Rohde's 1917 design, Seventy-seven pieces, comprising eight each of entree knives and forks, dinner knives and forks, grapefruit spoons, soup spoon

An eight person silverplated Christofle cutlery suite in two tier canteen Including: 2 tablespoons, 8 dinner knives, 8 dinner forks, 8 dessert knives, 8 dessert forks, 8 dessert spoons, 8 soup spoons, 8 fruit forks, 8 tea spoons,

An American sterling silver Colonial pattern flatware service, Tiffany & Co, New York, released in 1895, a setting for twelve, each piece with thread edged handles and scroll finials with acanthus motifs, comprising main and entree knives, main and entree

A Japanese silver tea service, Konoike, circa 1900 comprising a tea pot, hot water pot on stand with burner, two cups and saucers, a lidded sugar bowl, a cream jug, a slop bowl and a tea strainer, all decorated with bamboo on a hand beaten ground, the teap

Georg Jensen sterling silver cutlery service, Copenhagen, post 1945 Continental pattern, comprising twelve soup spoons, eight fish knives, twelve table knives, twelve table forks, twelve entree knives, ten entree forks, twelve dessert spoons, two dinner kn

A Victorian sterling silver presentation tea & coffee service, 1860 London, with maker's mark for John Le Gallais, St Helier, jersey, a tray, swing-handled cake basket, tea and coffee pots, sugar basin and creamer with baluster bodies, engraved and bright