Antique Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver Tea Set Barnard Brothers London 1878 Mid-Century Modern by Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)

by Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)

The bronze is signed "Kossowski"

800 at Christie's New York

The jug stands on a raised ring turned foot

having  pediment with concealed hinged lid opening to a storage reservoir

Antique Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver Tea Set Barnard Brothers London 1878 Mid-Century Modern by Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)A fine antique sterling silver Aesthetic Movement tea service, by Walter & John Barnard, London 1878. This very fine antique sterling silver set comprises three pieces, tea or coffee pot, sugar bowl and cream jug. The set is decorated in the Aesthetic Movement taste, engraved with a Greek key pattern to the rims, the tea pot with a pierced acorn shaped finial to the lid and ivory insulators to the handle. All three pieces having a gold wash to the