THE PROPERTY OF SIR MICHAEL HEATHCOTE, BT.
A SET OF TWO GEORGE II BOMBE TEA CADDIES AND A SUGAR BOX, each on four foliage, scroll and shell feet, the sides chased with festoons of flowers and foliage with scrolls and scalework below, with fluted angles and similarly chased covers with butterfly finials, by William Cripps, 1752, contained in a silver-mounted shagreen case, engraved with a crest and cypher, circa 1752, maker's mark perhaps CN
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A SET OF TWO GEORGE II BOMBE TEA CADDIES AND A SUGAR BOX, each on four foliage, scroll and shell feet, the sides chased with festoons of flowers and foliage with scrolls and scalework below, with fluted angles and similarly chased covers with butterfly finials, by William Cripps, 1752, contained in a silver-mounted shagreen case, engraved with a crest and cypher, circa 1752, maker's mark perhaps CN
(25ozs.)
The crest is that of Heathcote.
The cypher, W.H., is presumably for Sir William Heathcote, 1st Bt., although as he died in 1751, it may be for his grandson, Sir William Heathcote, 3rd Bt. (1746-1819) (3)
(25ozs.)
The crest is that of Heathcote.
The cypher, W.H., is presumably for Sir William Heathcote, 1st Bt., although as he died in 1751, it may be for his grandson, Sir William Heathcote, 3rd Bt. (1746-1819) (3)