A SUITE OF GEORGE III SILVER MATCHING TEA CADDIES - photo 1
A SUITE OF GEORGE III SILVER MATCHING TEA CADDIES - photo 2
A SUITE OF GEORGE III SILVER MATCHING TEA CADDIES - photo 3
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A SUITE OF GEORGE III SILVER MATCHING TEA CADDIES

Lot 513
23.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 820189
Lot 513 | A SUITE OF GEORGE III SILVER MATCHING TEA CADDIES
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
A SUITE OF GEORGE III SILVER MATCHING TEA CADDIES

MARK OF SAMUEL TAYLOR, LONDON, 1763 (2), AND EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1819 (1)

Rectangular, the sides chased in the Chinoiserie taste with figures and vases of fruit and flowers, the pagoda form covers hung with pendant bells, each engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms within a chased rococo cartouche, the two by Samuel Taylor engraved on the undersides W.H & A.H / TO / I.V.B & E.H.B / Sept 13th 1803, in an associated green shagreen case with fitted blue velvet interior, the sugar caddy and tea caddy by Taylor and marked on undersides, the tea caddy by Farrell marked on underside and flange of cover

6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, the sugar caddy

43 oz. 4 dwt. (1,344 gr.)





Provenance

The two caddies by Taylor were presented to John Valentine Baker (1774 - 1847) and his wife Elizabeth (Eliza) Hope Holder (1784 - 1858) by the bride’s parents, William and Ann Holder of Bristol, in 1803.

‌Acquired from Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London by Ann and Gordon Getty, 10 December 1984.



Literature

G‌lanville, Philippa, English Decorative Arts: Silver in England, London, 1987, p. 120.

Mcgill, Forrest, A Curious Affair: The Fascination Between East and West, San Francisco, CA, 2006, pp. 32-33.



Exhibited

San Francisco, CA, Asian Art Museum, A Curious Affair: The Fascination Between East and West, 17 June - 3 September 2006.
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