A PAIR OF LARGE GEORGE I SILVER TEA CADDIES

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN FARNELL, LONDON, 1716

Details

A PAIR OF LARGE GEORGE I SILVER TEA CADDIES
Maker's Mark of John Farnell, London, 1716
Each octagonal, with a cylindrical neck and domed cover, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms, helm and crest in elaborate baroque mantling, the inside of one sliding base with scratched inscription, the other base scratched holds .1/3 of a pound; marked on body and under base
5.5/8in. (14.3cm.); 21oz. 10dwt. (683gr.)
Farnell, John (2)

Provenance

S.J. Shrubsole

Lot Essay

The inscription scratched on the interior reads; "This tea Caddie was given by Mrs. Fuller to her daughter Eliza wife of WM. Churton, & by her was transmitted to her daughter Eliza wife of H.P. Churton m. 1852, who in turn left it to her son Henry Churton AD 1878"