A GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY SET WITH CASE
Lot 195

A GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY SET WITH CASE

MARK OF SAMUEL TAYLOR, LONDON, 1751

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A GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY SET WITH CASE
MARK OF SAMUEL TAYLOR, LONDON, 1751
Comprising a pair of tea caddies and a covered sugar bowl, the sugar bowl pyriform, with domed cover and chased shell finial, the tea caddies shaped rectangular, all three flat chased with flowers and vines, the tea caddies with original lead liners, now fixed, each engraved with a coat-of-arms, the caps and cover engraved with a crest, in fitted rosewood casket with brass inlay, caddies marked on sliding bases, sugar bowl marked under base and cover
The sugar bowl 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter, the caddy 7½ in. (18.5 cm.) high (4)

Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 1987, lot 203
S.J. Shrubsole, New York, 1987