A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES, IN FITTED BOX
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES, IN FITTED BOX

MARK OF JAMES STAMP, LONDON, 1779

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES, IN FITTED BOX
MARK OF JAMES STAMP, LONDON, 1779
Each oval, with bright-cut engraving and engraved with a monogram, the flat top hinged with a tea-leaf finial, one with a lock, marked on the base and the underside of the cover; in a later ebony box stamped BRAMAH LONDON and together with a shell-shaped caddy spoon, mark of Samuel Godbehere and Edward Wigan, London, 1787, marked on the reverse
Each caddy 4 7/8 in. (11.1 cm.) wide; 24 oz. (751 gr.)
Provenance
Helen Flynn Conway Collection.
Bequest of Helen Flynn Conway, 1966.

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