Ornate & Rare London England Victorian Sterling Silver Four Piece Tea Set: Teapot, Cream & Sugar with Tongs by Silversmiths George Maudsley Jackson & David Landsborough Fullerton Circa 1899

Gorgeous and ornate late Victorian sterling silver 4 piece tea set by George Maudsley Jackson & David Landsborough Fullerton, stamped and dated circa 1899. The elaborate purple velvet and red satin fitted box is labelled Fattorini & Sons, Goldsmiths Bradford.

The silversmiths George M. Jackson and David L. Fullerton went into a new partnership in 1897.  The dealers Fattorini & Sons was founded by Antonio Fattorini (1797 – 1860), an Italian, who in 1829 was initially listed in Leeds as a jeweller and hardware dealer but later in 1850 moved to Bradford, taking a large building at 28 Kirkgate trading under the style “Fattorini & Sons”.

This lovely 4 piece set includes tongs and a teapot, creamer and open sugar. The wide cylindrical forms, are ornately chased and embossed with friezes of flowers, foliage and C-scrolls to a textured ground. The cream and sugar have “pinched” and scrolled rims with gold wash interiors. The teapot has a hinged and domed cover, with an ebonised knop finial and handle.

A rare example of some of the finest quality silversmith work of the period.

Dimensions: teapot: width 7.5″ x depth 4.25″ x height 5.5″  creamer: width 4.0″ x depth 2.75″ x height 2.25″  sugar bowl: width 3.25 x height 2.5″   tongs: length 3.5″ x depth 1.25″