Lot 96: A Collection of Art Deco Style Silver-Plated Tea and Coffee Service Items and a Cut-Glass Biscuit Barrel

A collection of assorted metalware and glassware, primarily comprising pieces from Art Deco style tea and coffee services. The group includes two teapots of hexagonal faceted form, featuring brown composition finials and wooden handles; one handle remains in an unfinished, light-coloured wood state. Also present is a faceted cream jug and a large lidless vessel, possibly a waste bowl or sugar basin, matching the Art Deco service.

A tall cylindrical coffee pot with a curved handle and hinged lid is included, alongside a bulbous rounded teapot. The collection further contains a twin-handled sugar bowl of ovoid form on a pedestal base and two small measures or cups, one of which displays a gold-coloured wash to the interior.

The lot features a cut-glass biscuit barrel with a faceted diamond pattern body. It is fitted with a metal rim, a swing handle, and a lid topped with a white ceramic or glass finial. The metal components of the tea service items appear to be silver-plated, showing characteristic wear and base metal exposure consistent with electroplated nickel silver (EPNS). An impressed mark is present on the underside of one small cup, but the characters are not legible.