Fine Late 19th-Century Indian-Inspired Silver-Plated Tea & Coffee Service

 Profusely engraved throughout with arabesque foliate engraving, each piece is richly embellished in relief depicting Hindu deities and exotic animals, and finished with cobra finials and finely cast elephant-head and trunk handles. 

William Hutton & Sons were among England's foremost manufacturers of high-quality silver plate, renowned for their exceptional craftsmanship and for producing wares in the fashionable revival and exotic styles of the Victorian period. This impressive service reflects the widespread fascination with Indian decorative arts that flourished in Britain following the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886, making it a superb example of late Victorian Orientalist design.