A RARE EARLY 20TH CENTURY INDIAN SILVER TEA SET, SALVER, SCROLL HOLDER AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH

A RARE EARLY 20TH CENTURY INDIAN SILVER TEA SET, SALVER, SCROLL HOLDER AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH

the teaset comprising a tea pot, sugar bowl and milk jug, all with decoration of blossom flowers and foliage, with a cartouche with the initials WHH for W. H. Hussey, the twin handled tray of matching design, together with a cylindrical scroll holder on rope twist style stand modelled with peacock heads, the scroll holder with cartouche inscribed 'PRESENTED TO W.H. HUSSEY DEPUTY AUDITOR & ACCOUNTANT G.I.P. RY BY THE STAFF OF THE TRAFFIC AUDIT, TRAVELLING AUDIT AND THE PRINTING OFFICE. 30-1-1925', with embossed deoration of Indian landscapes, trees and houses throughout, enclosing a print silk scroll thanking W.H. Hussey, together with a photograph of him with the tea set and scroll holder beside him,

2510 grams in weight approx. (80.6 oz. troy)

the tray 49cm in length, the scroll holder 32cm in length (6)