An Eastern silvery metal five piece tea and coffee service, all with circular embossed panels of gods and goddesses, comprising - teapot, coffee pot, milk jug, two-handled sugar basin and oval tray, 15.25ins x 11.5ins (weight 7.2oz), and a ditto rectangular cigarette box with niello decoration to top, 7.5ins x 4.75ins x 3ins high Note : These two items were gifted to Mr John Bailey Consul General in Bangkok in 1938 as a souvenir of his long association with Siam, and both have presentation engravings
An Eastern silvery metal five piece tea and coffee service, all with circular embossed panels of gods and goddesses, comprising - teapot, coffee pot, milk jug, two-handled sugar basin and oval tray, 15.25ins x 11.5ins (weight 7.2oz), and a ditto rectangular cigarette box with niello decoration to top, 7.5ins x 4.75ins x 3ins high Note : These two items were gifted to Mr John Bailey Consul General in Bangkok in 1938 as a souvenir of his long association with Siam, and both have presentation engravings
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