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A fine tea service by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, comprising a teapot and two graduated urns, the set is inspired by the Warwick vase, the teapot has a flat lid with a vine finial, maximum height 19.5cm, 57oz., the larger bowl, height 12cm, 32.5oz., the second 10cm, 23oz., each piece bears the hallmark for London 1821 with the maker`s mark of Phillip Rundell, each piece stands on a square base which is inscribed Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis Londini, and each piece is engraved with an armorial and crest. The set comes in a fitted oak chest, velvet lined, inside the printed label Rundell Bridge & Company, Jewellers, Goldsmith, Watchmaker`s etc., to their Majesties and all the Royal Family, 32 Ludgate Hill, London. NOTE: In the 1770s fragments of a massive Roman marble vase were found in a lake at the Villa of the Emperor Hadrian at Tivoli, after much restoration it was housed in a special house built for it at Warwick Castle. In the early 19th century numerous silver copies were made based on engravings of the restored vase by Piranesi, most of these bore the mark of Paul Storr, the vase shows the busts of Bacchus, Silenus and Ariadne. (See illustration)
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