FOUR MAPPIN AND WEBB SILVER PLATED TEA POTS P&O AND ORIENT LINE PIECES.

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FOUR MAPPIN AND WEBB SILVER PLATED TEA POTS P&O AND ORIENT LINE PIECES. AUCTION FOR FOUR MAPPIN AND WEBB LTD SILVER PLATED TEA POTS, AND HOT WATER POTS, USED BY THE P&O STEAMSHIP LINE, TWO POTS MARKED WITH THE ORIGINAL ORIENT LINE LOGO.DIFFICULT TO DATE THE POTS, AS ITS WELL KNOWN THAT MAPPIN AND WEBBS DATE LETTER SYSTEM IS A LAW UNTO ITSELF. IM GOING TO SAY THAT ALL THE PIECES ARE EARLY 1900's, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT TWO OF THE POTS BEAR THE ORIGINAL ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION LINE LOGO, A COMPANY WHICH WAS ABSORBED INTO P&O LINES IN THE MID 1900's.THE POTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE YEARS PRIOR TO THEIR EVENTUAL USE ON THE ORIENT AND P&O STEAM SHIP LINES.THE DESCRIPTION OF EACH POT CORRESPONDS WITH ITS POSITION IN THE PHOTO LINE UP.1. 8" HIGH BY 5" WIDE TEA/COFFEE POT (no internal strainer), WITH VERY FAINT P&O EMBOSSED ON SIDE, AND DETAILING TO TOP RIM.MARKED "H" IN LOZENGE, FOLLOWED BY MAPPIN &WEBB LTD, THEN DATE LETTER N IN A SHIELD.THEN C3/48, THEN GAB RR 3/70. POLISHED, USED CONDITION, HANDLE AND HINGE GOOD.2. 7" HIGH BY 4.5" WIDE TEA POT (with internal strainer), NO VISIBLE P&O MARKING, DETAILING TO TOP RIM.MARKED MAPPIN & WEBB LTD (with small td over the L), GAB RR 9/68, IA, DATE LETTER N IN SHIELD, C3/57, CIRCLED GS, 13, 51, indiscernable pint marking, could be 1 1/2 PINT.POLISHED, TARNISHED, USED CONDITION. HANDLE read more