THE TEA CADDY WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL WATTON SMITH, BIRMINGHAM, 1894, THE CANDLESTICKS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM COMYNS, LONDON, 1893, THE ÉTUI, LONDON, WITH INDISTINCT MARKS, CIRCA 1910
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A silver-mounted tortoiseshell tea caddy, pair of candlesticks and étui
The tea caddy with maker's mark of Samuel Watton Smith, Birmingham, 1894, the candlesticks with maker's mark of William Comyns, London, 1893, the étui, London, with indistinct marks, circa 1910
The octagonal tea caddy with domed cover and scroll ring handle, applied with four panels of scrolling foliage, and similar borders and lock-plate, the interior fitted with flat cover with stud finial, the candlesticks each on spreading circular base and with cylindrical stems and detachable circular nozzles, with open-work pierced mounts and gadrooned borders, the oblong etui with cut corners and mounted with rosettes, husks, swags, masks, foliate scrolls and baskets of flowers, the hinged cover with shell thumbpiece and oval cartouche engraved with the initials VB, the tea caddy marked on mounts and handle, the candlesticks on mounts and nozzles, the etui on base mount only
The tea caddy 5½in. (14cm.) high
The candlesticks 4½in. (11.8cm.) high
The étui 5in. (13cm.) long (4)
The tea caddy with maker's mark of Samuel Watton Smith, Birmingham, 1894, the candlesticks with maker's mark of William Comyns, London, 1893, the étui, London, with indistinct marks, circa 1910
The octagonal tea caddy with domed cover and scroll ring handle, applied with four panels of scrolling foliage, and similar borders and lock-plate, the interior fitted with flat cover with stud finial, the candlesticks each on spreading circular base and with cylindrical stems and detachable circular nozzles, with open-work pierced mounts and gadrooned borders, the oblong etui with cut corners and mounted with rosettes, husks, swags, masks, foliate scrolls and baskets of flowers, the hinged cover with shell thumbpiece and oval cartouche engraved with the initials VB, the tea caddy marked on mounts and handle, the candlesticks on mounts and nozzles, the etui on base mount only
The tea caddy 5½in. (14cm.) high
The candlesticks 4½in. (11.8cm.) high
The étui 5in. (13cm.) long (4)