A GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY AND COVER, AND AN AMERICAN SILVER SUGAR BASKET WITH SWING HANDLE
A GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY AND COVER, AND AN AMERICAN SILVER SUGAR BASKET WITH SWING HANDLE

THE CADDY MARK OF DANIEL PIERS, LONDON, 1751; THE SUGAR BASKET OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1880

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A GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDY AND COVER, AND AN AMERICAN SILVER SUGAR BASKET WITH SWING HANDLE
THE CADDY MARK OF DANIEL PIERS, LONDON, 1751; THE SUGAR BASKET OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, 1880
The tea caddy and cover shaped square, elaborately repousse with panels of garlands, ribbons and ruins, engraved with armorials within cartouches to two sides, the cover with two putti-form finals, marked under base of caddy and to rim of cover; the sugar basket shaped oval on a conforming footed base, applied with two cartouches to sides, one initialed, and with silver-gilt interior, marked under base
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide, the basket; 19 oz. (593 gr.)

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