A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER TRIANGULAR TEA CADDIES

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Lot 171 | A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER TRIANGULAR TEA CADDIES
A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER TRIANGULAR TEA CADDIES

MARK OF ANTHONY NELME, LONDON, CIRCA 1716-18, BRITANNIA STANDARD

Each plain of triangular section and with detachable cylindrical covers with moulded borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate cartouche, marked on sides, bases and covers

4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

13 oz. 1 dwt. (407 gr.)

The arms are those of Shore.





Provenance

G. A. Bosman Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 19 May 1955, lot 73, (£165 to Crichton), one of the pair.

One with Crichton Brothers, London.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 April 1996, lot 102.



Literature

A. Stevens, K. Richenburg and G. Walkling ed., The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Woodbridge, 2022, p. 305, fig. 17.7.



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