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"Under certain circumstances, there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea" - Henry James

Our antique sterling silver teaware includes a beautiful selection of tea sets, tea and coffee pots, cream jugs and sugar bowls - plus a full range of tea accessories.

Afternoon tea was introduced by Anna Russell, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in around 1840. Today, this excellent idea, has had a resurgence.

Please view our full range of teaware, as they make wonderful gifts for the tea enthusiast.

Charles Fox believed to be the son of Charles Fox I. His first mark entered as plate maker ,  signed Charles Fox junr, 19th February 1822. Address 139, Old Street, Second mark, 27 January 1823, Third, 21 August 1823, Fourth 23 September  1823, Firth 10 December 1823. Sixth , 9 May 1839. His work shows consistently high quality .

The rapid entry of marks suggests a fairly large establishment with with varying marks used for different categories of work .

Fox was perhaps the last individualist plate-worker before the debacle of Victorian mass production

Charles Fox

Antique Silver George III Cream/Milk Jug made in 1818

Thomas Halford

Son of Thomas Halford of the City Road in the County of Middlesex haberdasher apprenticed to Alexander Field of Hoxton in the same country goldsmith, Citizen, and Goldsmith 2 October 1799 on payment of £30.00.  Free 5 November 1786. Mark entered as plateworker, on 18 August 1807. Address;34 City Road. Second mark, 23 September 1809.  Third, 14 November 1812. Fourth mark, 2 sizes. 29th June 1820. Moved to Earl Street, Strafford, Essex, 24 March 1829

Thomas Halford

Antique Silver George III Cream/Milk Jug made in 1809

The founder, Joseph Angell, was apprenticed to Henry Nutting 1796, free 1804. First mark entered as plateworker 1811, second marks 1824. Third in partnership with his brother John Angell (apprenticed to William Elliott 1799, free 1807) in 1831. In circa 1837 Joseph’s son Joseph joined the business which became Angell, Son &amp; Angell. In 1840 John Angell left and Joseph Angell senior and junior continued with a new mark (JA over JA). Their address was 55, Compton Street, Clerkenwell.

Joseph junior continued in his own name after his father’s retirement in 1848, participating in many major exhibitions and winning many awards of excellence.  He was in partnership with John Browne after which he traded as Angell &amp; Co. John Angell’s son, John Charles Angell was apprenticed to his father 1824, free 1831.

Joseph Angell I &amp; Joseph Angell II

Antique Silver George III Cream / Milk Jug made in 1818

Anne Smith was an English silversmith working in partnership with Nathaniel Appleton. Unusually, Smith does not appear to have been the widow of a silversmith when she registered her mark on 26 July 1771; her marital status at the time is given instead as "unknown". She lived in Aldersgate Street and was classified as a smallworker.

Her partnership with Appleton appears in the Parliamentary Report list of 1773. The couple specialised in the making of saltcellars and small cream jugs.

A George III cream jug of 1773 and a set of four George III saltcellars of 1782 by the partners are owned by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, while a collection of saltcellars is owned by the National Gallery of Victoria.

Nathaniel Appleton &amp; Anne Smith

Antique Silver George III Cream Jug made in 1773

Duncan Urquhart (active 1791 – 1809); Naphtali Hart (entered 1791, died 1834). London silversmiths.

Urquhart &amp; Hart

Antique Silver George III Bowl made in 1809

Martin, Hall &amp; Co were Sheffield based manufacturing silversmiths, electroplated manufacturers and silver, plated and steel cutlers.

The firm started in 1820 with the partnership of Henry Wilkinson and John Roberts, trading as Wilkinson &amp; Roberts. Wilkinson left in 1846 and Roberts went into partnership with his former apprentice, Ebenezer Hall and became Roberts &amp; Hall. Richard Martin and Joshua Hall (brother of Ebenezer) joined the partnership in 1854 and the firm became Martin, Hall &amp; Co, converting to a limited company in 1866.

With a factory in Sheffield, they went on to open showrooms in London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Sydney. As well as producing sterling silver and electroplated wares, they also had a successful (and much cheaper) line of products produced in their patented white metal called “Martinoid” - an alloy of white metals made to look like sterling silver but with no meltdown value.

They exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851, the International Exhibition in 1862, the Sydney Exhibition in 1879, the Melbourne Exhibition in 1881 and the British Industries Fair in 1915.

It is not clear whether the business was sold to Frank Cobb &amp; Co in 1932 or went into liquidation in 1936 when it was delisted.

Martin Hall &amp; Co

Antique Sterling Silver George V Bowl made in 1921

A London silversmith firm whose origins go back to 1791, when John Lias began in business as a buckle maker.

In 1818, he took as his partner, his son, Henry Lias I, and they were joined from 1823 to 1837 by another son, Charles. Henry Lias I and his son, Henry Lias II, were partners from 1850.

In 1879, Henry Lias II formed a firm with James Wakely. In 1884, the firm consisted of James Wakely and Frank Wheeler, becoming Wakely &amp; Wheeler in 1909. In 1957, the business was acquired by Padgett &amp; Braham Ltd.

Wakely &amp; Wheeler

Sterling Silver Elizabeth II Sugar Caster made in 1973

Viners origins date back to Sheffield in the early 1900s. Emile Viner, together with his brother, Adolf, a director of Viner's, Ltd., was one of the largest cutlery and silverware firms of the world. Viners Ltd was a well-established manufacturer of silverware, cutlery and pewter based in Bath Street, Sheffield.

As immigrant Jews, Adolf and Emile changed their name from Viener to Viner in November 1925. Also spelled Adolph Weiner when he was knighted by the Crown)

The company's manufacture of helmets and other war items is described in Sheffield's Great War and Beyond, by Peter Warr (Pen and Sword Books, 2015).

The hallmark for Viners Ltd. silver was registered to son Edward / know as Emile Viner: in 1932 it was “E.V” with figures and in 1964, it was “EV” with associated figures.

Viners - now part of The Rayware Group - is a highly distinguished and much loved brand, steeped in British Heritage.

Emile Viner

Sterling Silver George V Sugar Caster made in 1934

Thomas Bradbury &amp; Sons were silversmiths and Sheffield Plate makers based in Sheffield, active between 1795 and 1943.

The partnership between Thomas Bradbury, Thomas Watson and James Fenton was formed in 1795 under the name of Watson &amp; Co. They were registered as silversmiths and Sheffield Plate makers. The son of Thomas Bradbury (Thomas II) and the nephew of Thomas Watson (William Watson) were taken into the partnership.

In 1831, William Watson retired and the firm became Thomas Bradbury &amp; Son. The firm had Sheffield workshops and a London showroom. The firm became Thomas Bradbury &amp; Sons in 1855, and the sons of Thomas Bradbury II (Joseph and Edward) took over.

By 1877, the partners were Thomas Bradbury III (brother of Joseph) and John Sutherland Henderson. This partnership was dissolved in 1888 and the firm went on to be managed by Walton Turner Bradbury and the two sons of Joseph Bradbury (Sr.) Joseph (Jr.) and Frederick. Frederick wrote a book entitled "A History of Old Sheffield Plate" in 1912.

The business registered as a limited company in 1905 as Thomas Bradbury &amp; Sons Ltd. It ceased trading in 1943 and their tools and dies were bought by Atkin Brothers.

Thomas Bradbury

Antique Silver Victorian Sugar Caster made in 1891

Our antique sterling silver teaware includes a beautiful selection of tea sets, tea and coffee pots, cream jugs and sugar bowls.

Antique Teaware

Antique Teaware

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