A Rare German Silver Two-Tier Tea Table
With Matching Five-Piece Tea Set
Bernstein, C.1890
Weight: 998oz (31, 038g)
height of table 30¾in. (78cm) by length 34¼in.(87 cm)
the shaped oval table in rococo style, with cabriole legs topped by fully modeled cherubs, linked by swags of flowers below scalloped and scrolling rim, mounted between the legs with a loose tray above pierced apron, the top a removable tray supporting a five-piece tea set comprising: Teapot, Coffee Pot, Creamer, covered Sugar Bowl, and Kettle on Lampstand, the oviform bodies applied with high-relief putti chasing butterflies and embossed with large-scale rococo cartouches, openwork finials, marked on apron of table and bases of trays and tea set, also with later Dutch control marks