Three-Piece Chinese Export Silver Tea Service

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Three-Piece Chinese Export Silver Tea Service, Wongshing, Canton, China, c. 1845, comprising a teapot, creamer, and covered sugar, lobed pear form with repousse and chased shell, acanthus, and bird decoration, domed lids with blossom finials, Rococo-style scroll handles, the teapot with ivory insulators, supported on four scroll feet surmounted with a shell, each piece marked "W" and with three pseudo-British hallmarks, approx. 120 troy oz. total, teapot ht. 8 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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