Australian teaset brings £42,000 in Yorkshire
It may look like a textbook early 19th century silver teaset, but this unprepossessing three-piece service seen at Tennants of Leyburn, North Yorkshire on November 17-19 carried marks later identified as those of the early Australian silversmith Alexander Dick (c.1791-1843).
After the catalogue had gone to print, the £700-900 estimate was soon revised to £20,000-30,000.
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