Chinese Export Silver Tea Service with Intricate Decorations

A Chinese export silver tea service, early 20th century, apparently unmarked, testing to a high fineness, a tea pot with raised bone handle, six handled cups, and a circular tray with raised dish stands for the pot and cups, the stand for the pot with a character to its centre, all richly decorated in low relief with flowering foliage with birds and animals scattered throughout. Height 7.48 in. (pot) diameter 13.19 in. Total weight 2,082gr