Domestic Object - MUNCEY COLLECTION: SILVER TEA SERVICE, 1898

Physical description

Silver plated tea service presented to Henry Muncey by his colleagues at the The New Chum Mine on his marriage to Eliza Brooks in 1898. The service consists of a silver coffee pot, a silver tea pot, silver sugar bowl and silver creamer. All items are decoratively engraved with scroll work, floral emblems and punch work. The coffee pot is engraved with the words " Presented to H Muncey by employees New Chum Railway GMC on his marriage 3.2.98".

Inscriptions & markings

A lozenge with the letters EP with a reclined S in a diamond. William Mammatt & Sons Sheffield.

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