Details
A GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1751
Bombé form, on rectangular base, the shoulders chased with scrolls, foliage, rocaille and fishscale, the slightly domed slide cover with stylized shell hinge finial, the sides later engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto with scrolling foliate mantling, marked under base and cover
3¼in. (8.3cm.) high
(12oz. 10dwt., 396gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1751
Bombé form, on rectangular base, the shoulders chased with scrolls, foliage, rocaille and fishscale, the slightly domed slide cover with stylized shell hinge finial, the sides later engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto with scrolling foliate mantling, marked under base and cover
3¼in. (8.3cm.) high
(12oz. 10dwt., 396gr.)
Exhibited
Asprey, London, Tea for the Collector: An Exhibition in Conjunction with Iroquois Brands Ltd, April 18 - May 7, 1988, cat. no. 75.