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Silver Royal Presentation Bachelor's Tea-Service

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Silver Royal Presentation Bachelor's Tea-Service
<B>English Victorian Silver Royal Presentation Bachelor's Tea-Service</B></I><BR><I>Marked Birmingham, with date letters N for 1862 (on cream jug) and V for 1870 (on teapot and cream jug) and maker's mark FE</B></I><BR><BR>Comprising a covered teapot, two-handled sugar-bowl, and cream-jug, each oval with partly gadrooned sides, the tea pot with gadrooned hinged cover and wooden finial, the front engraved <I>DR JAMES REID FROM VICTORIA R.I. XMAS 1888</B></I> , the reverse with crest below motto-the teapot-4 3/4 in high, in original red leather silk-lined fitted presentation case stamped <I>Elkington & Co.</B></I><BR><BR>Provenance: <BR>Given by Queen Victoria to Dr. James Reid, the Queen's surgeon<BR>Purchased at Peter Kassai, New York<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)