A Victorian sterling silver four-piece tea and coffee service, London 1889/90 by Martin, Hall and Co Comprising a teapot, coffee pot (1889), milk jug and a sugar bowl. Each of compressed circular form with quarter-fluted base and a flat-chased acanthus band. Each with an everted beaded rim. The pots with a curved spout opposite a reeded strap handle with acanthus capping and pinned ivory insulators. The hinged lid surmounted by detachable fluted knop finials with a rocaille calyx, additionally decorated with a band of guilloche. Each engraved with a crest of a winged heart pierced with a dagger, the other side engraved with a crest of a griffin passant. Each fully marked and part-marked to lids, lion passant only to wing nuts. (4) Teapot Length – 24.5 cm / 9.6 inches Weight – 1638 grams / 52.67 ozt The first crest is for Tennant The second crest is a variant for Firth for Edward John Tennant son of John Tennant of Leeds, who married Emily Frances Firth, daughter of Arthur Firth. Edwward John Tennant was a tea planter and later a stock broker in Leeds. Thence by descent. This crest for Tennant is recorded in Fairbairn's as belonging only to Charles Coombe Tennant (1852–1928) of Cadoxton Lodge, Neath, Glamorganshire