λ A CHINESE SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET 2ND HALF 19TH CENTURY Comprising: a teapot

λ A CHINESE SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET

2ND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a teapot, a sugar bowl and a cream jug, each decorated with a dragon in pursuit of a pearl, the spout, knop and handles formed as bamboo branches, with gilt to the interiors of the sugar bowl and cream jug, the teapot handle with ivory insulators, each with punch marks to the base reading 'Tsuntsun' and Zhen Zhen Guang, 26cm max, 501g, 191g and 137g. (3)

Cf. H Dong, The Qing Dynasty Silver Appreciation, pp.168, 170 and 171 for comparable three-piece sets.