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A pair of Old Sheffield plate gadrooned and foliate and shell-decorated bombe-shaped oblong tea caddies and a matching square sugar box, each on beaded scrolling foliage feet and with a gadrooned and shell and foliate-decorated domed detachable cover with shell finial, with rococo cartouches, each engraved with a crest, the undersides struck with unidentified marks - height of caddies 5½in, in a contemporary but non-matching silver-mounted shaped oblong shagreen tea caddy lined in purple plush, on claw and ball feet, the domed hinged cover with foliate and shell-decorated swing handle - length of caddy 12½in. (3)
The mark on the above pieces is illustrated on page 441 of History of Old Sheffield Plate by Frederick Bradbury. Although the Firm has not been identified Bradbury suggests a possible date of 1760 for this mark.
The mark on the above pieces is illustrated on page 441 of History of Old Sheffield Plate by Frederick Bradbury. Although the Firm has not been identified Bradbury suggests a possible date of 1760 for this mark.