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A SILVER TEA CADDY
MAKER'S MARK OF EOFF & SHEPARD, FOR BALL, BLACK & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1855
Shaped oval, the sides and back elaborately repousse and chased with panels of oriental architecture in an exotic landscape enclosed by matted foliate scroll and shell borders, the front panel repousse and chased with Chinese figures in an exotic garden and engraved with initials E.R.S. below a crest, the hinged domed cover chased with a border of matted foliate scrolls and shells and surmounted by a Chinese figure finial above a chased landscape, marked--5 1/4in. long
13 oz. 10 dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF EOFF & SHEPARD, FOR BALL, BLACK & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1855
Shaped oval, the sides and back elaborately repousse and chased with panels of oriental architecture in an exotic landscape enclosed by matted foliate scroll and shell borders, the front panel repousse and chased with Chinese figures in an exotic garden and engraved with initials E.R.S. below a crest, the hinged domed cover chased with a border of matted foliate scrolls and shells and surmounted by a Chinese figure finial above a chased landscape, marked--5 1/4in. long
13 oz. 10 dwt.)