A GEORGE III SILVER MINIATURE TEAPOT AND SIMILAR TEA CADDY
A GEORGE III SILVER MINIATURE TEAPOT AND SIMILAR TEA CADDY

THE TEAPOT WITH MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, CIRCA 1780; THE TEA CADDY LONDON, 1782, MAKER'S MARK SW, FOR SAMUEL WOOD OR SAMUEL WHITE, LONDON, 1782 (GRIMWADE, NO. 3808)

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A GEORGE III SILVER MINIATURE TEAPOT AND SIMILAR TEA CADDY
The teapot with maker's mark of Thomas Heming, circa 1780; the tea caddy London, 1782, maker's mark SW, for Samuel Wood or Samuel White, London, 1782 (Grimwade, no. 3808)
Each of plain oval straight-sided form, the teapot with straight spout, wood handle and hinged flat cover engraved with guilloche and surmounted with a vase-form final, the tea caddy engraved with foliate borders, the hinged flat cover with baluster finial, the teapot marked under base with maker's mark only, the tea caddy marked under base and cover
The teapot 5in. (12.8cm.) long over handle, the tea caddy 21/8in. (5.5cm.) long; gross weight 4oz. 10dwt. (144gr.) (2)