Creamer

Part of a four piece tea service comprising two teapots, creamer, and covered sugar bowl. Creamer of raised round body divided by lobed melon reeding. Die-rolled foliage-and-blossom borders applied at edge of base, shoulder, and body-base juncture, on stepped circular pedestal base. Upper handle terminal in form of pair of clasped with shells in leafage alternating with twelve-petaled flowers. Inscription: Engraved on body: S.S.S. Engraved on base: S.S.C. Mark: Marked on underside of base: B. GARDINER.