A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN FITTED CASE

Lot 137
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ID 992590
Lot 137 | A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN FITTED CASE
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£ 4 000 – 6 000
A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN FITTED CASE

MARK OF FREDERICK VONHAM, LONDON, 1763

Each of oblong section on scrolling base, chased with Chinese figures and buildings, lions' masks and quatrefoils within scroll panels, the plain sliding covers and the hinged cover with shell and scroll borders and flower finials; together with twelve teaspoons with leaf-shaped bowls and stems applied with insects, unidentified maker's mark J.D. with trefoil above and a pair of matching sugar tongs, marked on bases and covers, and spoon handles; all in silver-mounted fish-skin box, with silver feet, lock-plate and handle, marked on bases, covers and spoon and spoon handles

the caddies 6 in. (15 cm) and 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high

49 oz. 12 dwt. (1,544 gr.) weighable silver





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 152.



Literature

A. Stevens. K. Richenburg and G. Walkling eds., The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Woodbridge, 2022, p. 308, fig. 17.16.



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