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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISE SHELL CASE
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISE SHELL CASE
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISE SHELL CASE
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISE SHELL CASE
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISE SHELL CASE

LONDON, 1771, MARK T.I. (GRIMWADE NO. 3840)

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES IN SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISE SHELL CASE
LONDON, 1771, MARK T.I. (GRIMWADE NO. 3840)
Each plain oval and engraved with scenes of Chinese figures in landscapes, one harvesting melons, one picking flowers, one contemplating herself, another holding bells, the hinged cover applied with flower sprig finial, the body engraved on the side with a crest in a shield, one with silver-gilt interior, one lead lined, with contemporary tortoiseshell veneered case with silver mounts, the applied central cartouche later engraved with a crest, with key, each marked underneath and in cover
the caddies 4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm.) high; the case 9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) wide
gross weight 19 oz. 19 dwt. (621 gr.)
来源
C. Baird Esq.; Sotheby's, London, November 14, 1963, lot 146.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1986, lot 43.
A Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2001, lot 334.
出版
C. Truman ed., The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 104, p. 142.
A. Stevens, K. Richenburg, G. Walkling ed., The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Woodbridge, 2022, p. 312, fig. 17.15.
展览
London, 9 Halkin Arcade, Brand Inglis Ltd., A Loan Exhibition of English and Continental Silver, July 1978, no. 27.
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 104.
注意事项
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Harry Williams-Bulkeley International Head of Silver Department
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CHINOISERIE DESIGN SOURCES
In her chapter on silver tea caddies in Stevens el al., op. cit., p. 311 Jeanne Sloane notes that the beautifully engraved scenes of Chinese figures engraved on the present caddies are copied from the designs of the French decorative painter Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728-1808). Working in London by 1750, he published works which were highly influential in the revival of chinoiserie in England, especially amongst the silk weavers, cotton printers and porcelain manufacturers, not to mention the silversmiths and engravers. Pillement's engravings were published in London as A New Book of Figures and Ornaments in 1755 and One hundred and Thirty Figures and Ornaments and some Flowers in the Chinese Style followed in 1761.

ROBERT CLEE
Sloane also cites research by the late Robert Barker into the work of the virtuoso engraver Robert Clee (b.c.1710-1773) to whom the engraved figures and ornament on these caddies might be attributed. Barker noted that work in a particular style, both sophisticated and accomplished, is not found after Clee's death in 1773. He advertised himself as 'Engraver At the Golden Key in Panton Street Near Leicester-Fields, London'' on his magnificent trade card. His intricate and naturalistic style is displayed to great effect on other trade cards executed by him, such as that for the cut-glass manufacturers Maydwell and Windle's of Norfolk Street, Strand, now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. E.858-1997). Similarly accomplished is the card he engraved for the Haymarket chemist Richard Siddatt, an example of which is preserved in the Wellcome Collection, London.

L'Ouie from Le Cinq Sens, designed by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728-1808). © Alamy Stock Photo

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