A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY CASE

Lot 58
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Lot 58 | A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY CASE
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£ 15 000 – 20 000
A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY CASE

THE CADDIES AND HANDLES WITH MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1795

Comprising a pair caddies and another smaller, each plain oblong and with cut corners and hinged domed covers with hinged ring handles, later engraved on covers with the initials AR within the Garter motto and with earl's coronet above, the ebony veneered and silver-mounted case on four claw-and-ball feet, the hinged domed cover with ball finial, with reeded mounts, ram's mask drop-ring handles and oval lock plate, the interior lined in green velvet, marked on caddies, caddy covers and handles

the caddies: two 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) long, one 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.); the case 12 in. (30.5 cm.) long

40 oz. 5 dwt. (1,252 gr.) weighable silver





Provenance

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929), of Mentmore, co. Buckingham and Dalmeny House, co. Linlithgow, Prime Minister of Great Britain.

A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 15 July 1998, lot 170.



Literature

A. Stevens, K. Richenburg and G. Walkling, The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Woodbridge, 2022, p. 313, fig. 17.30.



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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