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Side view of a silver teapot

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Made in Edinburgh

Side view of a silver teapot
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This shows the handle and side view of a teapot made in 1879-80 by S. Gordon Guild, a silversmith in Edinburgh. The teapot is part of a three-piece tea set.

The decorated panel to the right of the handle is of a Chinese beside a pagoda. The panel on the left is of a Chinaman in a garden. An ivory insulating ring can be seen at the bottom of the handle.

Domestic silverware was a mark of taste and status. Customers visiting the silver department of any large department store and those who patronized fashionable silversmiths in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee or Aberdeen found a great range of goods.

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