A Japanese five piece tea and coffee set and a rectangular tray, comprising; a coffee pot, a teapot, a kettle and stand, a twin handled sugar bowl and cover, a milk jug and a matching twin handled tray, each piece decorated with flowers, the spirit burner from the kettle stand lacking, the handled detached from the spirit kettle, detailed beneath the kettle Samuri. Shokai 1000 Yokohama, approx total gross weight 9080 gms, size of tray excluding handles 72cm x 53cm.
Condition report:
Tray - Some dents and distortion, evidence of solder to underside rim, scuffs and general wear. One of the shorter sides is misshapen.
Tea kettle and stand - The stand is misshapen, some dents, some damage to foliate decoration. Handle detached from kettle, evidence of old adhesive attempts of repair, body with several dents, foot-rim pushed in by dent to the body. Nut missing from gauze insert and thread bent. The hollow handle is dented and has a split.; cover with evidence of lead solder; rim slightly distorted.
Coffee pot - One large and several smaller dents to the body; some shallow dents to the handle; Hinge pin loose; interior rim of cover dented;
Teapot - Straining gauze pin and nut missing; handle very loose; top insulator missing; few dents to the body visible from inside; exterior appears good.
Sugar bowl - Evidence of solder repairs to handles; a few small dents
Milk jug - Some dents to the interior; evidence of lead solder repair to handle.
Abrasive surface cleaning in places throughout.
