This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver gilt teaware set consists of a sugar bowl and sifter spoon.
The bowl has a circular rounded form to a circular spreading foot.
The surface of the bowl is embellished with exceptional chased floral ornamentation accented with scroll designs, all on a matte background.
The decoration to the bowl incorporates a putto* design to one side and a scrolling leaf bordered cartouche to the other, displaying the contemporary bright cut engraved crest of a unicorn before trees.
The upper portion of this exceptional bowl is encircled with a broad plain border and the rim of the foot is encompassed with an applied decorated border.
The exceptional sugar sifter ladle is embellished with further putto and scrolling leaf ornamentation, reflecting the design to that of the bowl.
The shell shaped bowl is embellished with scrolling pierced 'sifter' holes to each scalloped flute.
The reverse surface of the terminal incorporates a cartouche displaying the aforementioned crest.
Each exceptional example of Victorian silverware retains the original gilding.
The underside of the sugar bowl bears the retailer's mark 'Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Compy, 112 Regent St'.
This antique sugar sifter spoon and bowl are fitted to the original, fine and impressive hinged leatherette box with satin and velvet lined interior securing with a push fit catch.
The interior of the box bears the retailer's mark 'Prize Medals Manufacturing, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, 112 Regeny St. London'.
Each piece of this exceptional set was crafted by the renowned London silversmiths William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman of Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co.
* In art and culture, a putto (plural: putti) is a chubby male child, usually nude and occasionally bearing wings.
Date: 1895
