Various Properties
A PAIR OF GEORGE III OBLONG TEA CADDIES AND A MATCHING SLIGHTLY LARGER SUGAR BOX, each on shell and scroll base, the sides chased with Chinese figures picking tea and thatched pagodas each within a scroll surround and on a matted ground and with lion's masks, shells, scalework and foliage, the hinged cover similarly chased and with seated Chinaman finials, by Emick Romer, 1762, with silver-mounted leather casket, the hinge mounts with maker's mark IW, circa 1760
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III OBLONG TEA CADDIES AND A MATCHING SLIGHTLY LARGER SUGAR BOX, each on shell and scroll base, the sides chased with Chinese figures picking tea and thatched pagodas each within a scroll surround and on a matted ground and with lion's masks, shells, scalework and foliage, the hinged cover similarly chased and with seated Chinaman finials, by Emick Romer, 1762, with silver-mounted leather casket, the hinge mounts with maker's mark IW, circa 1760
height of sugar box 5¾in. (14.5cm.)
(36ozs.) (3)
height of sugar box 5¾in. (14.5cm.)
(36ozs.) (3)