A VICTORIAN STERLING FIVE-PIECE TEA SERVICE,London, 1879, duty mark, maker's mark FC in double circle, engraved 'Elkington & Co., Liverpool'. Comprising: a teapot with ivory insulators, two creamers and two sugars. Each of oval form with fluted bodies, the spouts and handles chased with acanthus leaves and scrolls, the collars engraved with foliate scrolls centering a deer and cross coat-of-arms, the lids formed as paterae - 56 oz.; 3 to 6 3/4 in. high. Estimate $1,400-1,600
