Sterling Silver and Enamel Bears
Sterling silver and enamel bears are some of the most beautiful figurines in store. Available individually or by family, our bear models are safe enough to keep in the house.
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Milk jug – York 1780
£475.00A Georgian silver milk jug, hallmarked York 1780 — 81g. -
Jug – Dublin 1820
£475.00A Georgian silver jug, hallmarked Dublin 1820 — 158g. -
Jug HB – London 1774
£625.00A Georgian silver jug, marked H.B, London 1774 — 63g. -
Cream jug – London 1887
A Victorian silver cream jug, marked FB, London 1887 — now sold.
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At a Glance
Part of the same tradition as teapots and coffee pots, kept as its own category
A genuinely deep range currently in stock
Worth checking period and pattern if matching to an existing service
One of the more affordable ways into silver teaware
Style & Maker History
Cream jugs developed alongside teapots and coffee pots as tea and coffee drinking became more established in Britain. As with teapots, style and proportion shifted with fashion across the Georgian, Victorian, and later periods, though a cream jug was almost always the smaller, simpler companion piece rather than the centrepiece of a set.
Buyer's Guide
If you already own a teapot or wider tea service, it’s worth checking the period and pattern against what you have, since styles moved with fashion the same way teapots did — see the Teaware category for that fuller history. Bought alone, a cream jug is one of the more affordable ways into silver teaware.
Any item which is guaranteed to be over 100 years old.
Sterling Silver is guaranteed by the UK Hallmarking Act. Each piece is independently verified and assayed for the purity of silver content.
Yes, all of the items shown on our website are available to view at our showroom in The London Silver Vaults.
Looking after your silverware is a simple process. We have put together a guide at https://johnsurtees.co.uk/knowledge/how-to-clean-silver-care-guide/