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THE INITIALS AND CROWN ARE THOSE OF VIKTORIA AUGUSTE, WIFE OF WILHELM II.
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A GEORGE IV SILVER TEA CADDY
LONDON, 1829, MAKER'S MARK OF IW, POSSIBLY FOR JAMES WINTLE
IN THE ROCOCO STYLE, OF BOMBE FORM, RAISED ON FOUR SCROLL FEET HEADED BY MASKS AND ROCAILLE AND JOINED BY AN OPENWORK SCROLL APRON, THE SIDES ELABORATELY REPOUSSE AND CHASED WITH FLOWERS AND FRUIT ON A MATTED GROUND ENCLOSED BY ACANTHUS AND SCROLLS, AND ENCLOSING ON ONE SIDE A VACANT ASYMMETRICAL CARTOUCHE, THE DOMED COVER WITH SIMILAR DECORATION AND SURMOUNTED BY A FLOWER FINIAL, ENGRAVED UNDER BASE WITH MONOGRAM AV AND CROWN AND DATE 1895, MARKED ON BODY AND COVER--6 1/2IN. (16.5CM.) HIGH
(18 OZ. 10 DWT.)
LONDON, 1829, MAKER'S MARK OF IW, POSSIBLY FOR JAMES WINTLE
IN THE ROCOCO STYLE, OF BOMBE FORM, RAISED ON FOUR SCROLL FEET HEADED BY MASKS AND ROCAILLE AND JOINED BY AN OPENWORK SCROLL APRON, THE SIDES ELABORATELY REPOUSSE AND CHASED WITH FLOWERS AND FRUIT ON A MATTED GROUND ENCLOSED BY ACANTHUS AND SCROLLS, AND ENCLOSING ON ONE SIDE A VACANT ASYMMETRICAL CARTOUCHE, THE DOMED COVER WITH SIMILAR DECORATION AND SURMOUNTED BY A FLOWER FINIAL, ENGRAVED UNDER BASE WITH MONOGRAM AV AND CROWN AND DATE 1895, MARKED ON BODY AND COVER--6 1/2IN. (16.5CM.) HIGH
(18 OZ. 10 DWT.)