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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A FINE GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY SET WITH SATINWOOD CASE
MARK OF AMYE VIDEAU, LONDON, 1749
Details
A FINE GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY SET WITH SATINWOOD CASE
MARK OF AMYE VIDEAU, LONDON, 1749
Comprising two oblong tea caddies and one rectangular sugar box, the tea caddies on rectangular bases, the sugar box on four trefid feet, each very finely chased with architectural balustrades with birds and flower urns, rococo scrolls and flowers against a matte ground, the tea caddies with sliding domed covers, the sugar box with hinged cover, all chased with flowers and leaves and applied with bud finials, each box engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest within a rococo cartouche, each marked under base, the caddies also marked on sides, in a fitted satinwood case circa 1770 with banding and inlaid with paterae, with silver mounts and key
4¾in. (12cm.) high; 47oz. 10dwt. (1489gr.) (4)
MARK OF AMYE VIDEAU, LONDON, 1749
Comprising two oblong tea caddies and one rectangular sugar box, the tea caddies on rectangular bases, the sugar box on four trefid feet, each very finely chased with architectural balustrades with birds and flower urns, rococo scrolls and flowers against a matte ground, the tea caddies with sliding domed covers, the sugar box with hinged cover, all chased with flowers and leaves and applied with bud finials, each box engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest within a rococo cartouche, each marked under base, the caddies also marked on sides, in a fitted satinwood case circa 1770 with banding and inlaid with paterae, with silver mounts and key
4¾in. (12cm.) high; 47oz. 10dwt. (1489gr.) (4)
Provenance
Alastair Dickenson, London, 1996