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MARK OF JOHN FARNELL, LONDON, 1723
Details
A pair of George I silver tea-caddies
Mark of John Farnell, London, 1723
Each oblong with canted angles on slightly domed conforming base and with reeded and moulded borders, the detachable sliding cover with domed lid and ball finial, the sides layer engraved with Chinoiserie scenes of figures in wooded landscapes and on pedestals and with scrolling foliage, rocaille, temple bells, cartouches and flowers, the cover engraved with fantastic creatures and flowers and with bands of flowers and rocaille, the bases engraved 'I*K', each marked on base and shoulder
4½in. (11.5cm.) high
11oz. (357gr.) (2)
Mark of John Farnell, London, 1723
Each oblong with canted angles on slightly domed conforming base and with reeded and moulded borders, the detachable sliding cover with domed lid and ball finial, the sides layer engraved with Chinoiserie scenes of figures in wooded landscapes and on pedestals and with scrolling foliage, rocaille, temple bells, cartouches and flowers, the cover engraved with fantastic creatures and flowers and with bands of flowers and rocaille, the bases engraved 'I*K', each marked on base and shoulder
4½in. (11.5cm.) high
11oz. (357gr.) (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 9 October 1969, lot 154.
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