ID 992640
Lot 158 | A GEORGE I SILVER TEA CADDY
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1724, BRITANINA STANDARD
Rectangular, with a step-moulded base, the hinged molded cover with a hexagonally-faceted finial, opening above a lock and keyhole, one side engraved with a coat-of-arms within an architectural cartouche with rustication and bird's heads, the other side engraved with a crest within a similar cartouche, marked under base and cover
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
13 oz. 15 dwt. (429 gr.)
The arms are those of Sharpe impaling those of Cartwright, for John Sharpe M.P. (1700-1756) of East Barnet and his wife Olive Cartwright of Holborn, whom he married in 1724.
Provenance
John Sharpe M.P. (1700-1756) of East Barnet ,
The Executors of the late Arthur Holden; Christie's, London, 16 May 1979, lot 149.
A Texas Collector; Christie's, New York, 18 April 1991, lot 339.
Literature
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 113, fig. 12.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Tea caddies |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Tea caddies |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
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