Details
A pair of Queen Anne silver tea caddies
with maker's mark of R. Hutchinson II of Colchester, London, 1713, Britannia Standard
Plain octagonal and with detachable domed covers and baluster finials, each engraved with a coat-of-arms within a baroque, shell, scroll and foliage cartouche, marked on bases, sides, necks and covers
4¾in (12cm.) high
10ozs. (341grs.)
The arms are those of Parradine, as confirmed by the Visitation of Essex in 1664 and recorded on the funeral certificate of Thomas Parradine, a gentleman, (d.1628) buried at St Mary le Bow, Cheapside, London. The arms are possibly for The Rev. Robert Parradine who married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. John King (1652-1732) at Canons Asby in 1712. (2)
