Victorian Four-Piece Silverplate Coffee and Tea Set

third quarter 19th century, by Martin, Hall & Co. and Roberts & Belk, Sheffield, including a coffeepot, h. 9", l. 9", a teapot, h. 6-3/4", l. 11-1/4", an open sugar bowl h. 5", l. 8-1/4", and a cream jug, h. 5-3/4", l. 4-1/4", each with an apple-shaped body decorated with elaborate repousee rococo scrolls, flowers and cartouches and raised on an openwork ring of four acanthus scroll feet, the pots with paneled "gooseneck" spouts, ivory-insulated crested scroll handles and flush domed lids with melon finials, the cream jug with waisted neck, integral spout and crested handle, the sugar bowl with opposing crested handles.