PROBABLY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, CIRCA 1770

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A SET OF THREE GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED ENAMEL TEA CADDIES AND CASKET
PROBABLY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, CIRCA 1770
The rectangular casket with hinged cover and drop ring handles cast with scrolls and flower heads, fitted with a rectangular sugar box with hinged cover and two rectangular caddies with lift-off circular covers, all painted with Italianate pastoral scenes of figures in wooded landscapes within frames of gilt scrolls and on a pink ground painted with white diaper, with scrolling chased gilt-metal mounts
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long, over handles, the casket

Provenance

Countess Telecki; Christie's, London, 18 March 1958, lot 63.
Mortimer Lieberman Lesser (1918-2012) and Ruth Moira Thom Lesser (1914-2014), sold,
Georgian Frivolities: The Mort and Moira Lesser Collection of English Enamels: Bonhams, London, 19 October 2011, lot 54.
With Ronald Phillips Ltd., London.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above at the International Fine Art and Antiques Dealer Show, New York, 19-25 October 2012.

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Lot Essay

A very similar set sold at Christie's, London, 4 June 2013, lot 194. Further almost identical sets can be found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (obj. no. 64.101.837), and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. no. C.424 to D-1914).

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