A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES
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A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES

MARK OF ALBARTUS SCHURMAN, LONDON, 1764

Closed25 September 2012

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GBP 5,625

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A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES
MARK OF ALBARTUS SCHURMAN, LONDON, 1764
Of bombé form, chased with flowers set on fluted vertical bands, the bases with scrolls and rocaille work and later engraved with the twin crests of Sackville-West, on shell and scroll-embellished bracket feet, the hinged covers with a leafy branch finial surmounted by a fly, in silver-mounted shagreen box lined in blue velvet edged with silver braid and retailed by J.W. & F.B. Thomas of New Bond St.
12¼ in. long (31 cm.)
33 oz. (1039 gm.) (3)

Specialist note

The bases of the caddy are engraved with initials WESW for William Edward Sackville-West, a younger brother of Mortimer, 1st Baron Sackville