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Lot 85

A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER OCTAGONAL TEA CADDIES

MARK OF JOHN NEWTON, LONDON, 1731

Closed20 January 2010

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER OCTAGONAL TEA CADDIES
MARK OF JOHN NEWTON, LONDON, 1731
Later chased with foliate scrolls and flower-heads around rococo cartouches, one side embellished with fish-scale decoration, the other engraved with initials CH, both with slide-off covers and pull-off caps
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high
12.5 oz. (388 gr.) (2)

Possibly Catherine Heron, née Gregge-Hopwood, wife of General Peter Heron (1770-1849) of Moor Hall, Cheshire.