A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN MAPLE WOOD CASE

Lot 59
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ID 992551
Lot 59 | A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN MAPLE WOOD CASE
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN MAPLE WOOD CASE

MARK OF DANIEL SMITH AND ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1784

Each of oval section, bright-cut with ribbon-tied floral garlands hung with musical and military trophies, engraved with contemporary monograms MB, in fitted contemporary marquetry box with bright cut silver-plated handle and escutcheon, marked underneath and in cover

the caddies 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) high; the box 12 in. (30.5 cm.) long

37 oz. 9 dwt. (1,166 gr.)





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 April 1996, lot 277.



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