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A pair of George III tea caddies
of vase shape, each on a foliate, flute and bead-decorated rising square base, the beaded vase-shaped bodies decorated with friezes of rising stiff foliage, goat's masks, lion's masks and drapery swags and with beaded shoulder mounts and oval cartouches engraved with monograms and coronets, each with a fluted upper section and beaded and foliate-chased domed detachable cover with baluster finial, probably Samuel Wood or Samuel White, London 1772 - 7½in. (19cm.), 24.25oz. See Frontispiece (2)
of vase shape, each on a foliate, flute and bead-decorated rising square base, the beaded vase-shaped bodies decorated with friezes of rising stiff foliage, goat's masks, lion's masks and drapery swags and with beaded shoulder mounts and oval cartouches engraved with monograms and coronets, each with a fluted upper section and beaded and foliate-chased domed detachable cover with baluster finial, probably Samuel Wood or Samuel White, London 1772 - 7½in. (19cm.), 24.25oz. See Frontispiece (2)