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A set of three George II silver-gilt tea-caddies
The tea-caddies, mark of George Methuen, London, 1744, the case mounts with mark of Samuel Meriton, London, 1799
Each oblong, with moulded borders, chased with upper and lower bands of scrolls, foliage, rocaille, diaperwork and flowers, the hinged stepped cover with a border of rocaille, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a floral cartouche, the cover engraved with a crest, each marked on base and cover, the larger caddy also engraved with scratchweight 'Sett 40"8', in a lined and fitted later case, with silver-gilt escutcheon, handle, and hinges, marked on hinge plates
4¾in. (12cm.) high
40oz. (1,272gr.)
The arms are those of Storer with Guthrie in pretence for Thomas Storer Esq. (1717-1793) of Belleisle and Frome, Jamaica and Golden Square, London, and his wife Helen, daughter and co-heir of James Guthrie (d.1728) of Westmorland, Jamaica, whom he married in 1742. (3)
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