A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES
Lot 120 PROPERTY FROM THE MELLON FAMILY COLLECTION

A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES

MARK OF JOHN LANGFORD & JOHN SEBILLE, LONDON, 1764

Closed17 May 2012

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A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TEA CADDIES
MARK OF JOHN LANGFORD & JOHN SEBILLE, LONDON, 1764
Each bombé-form, on a rectangular base, the bodies chased with rocaille, each centering a cartouche, two caddies engraved with a crest, the third engraved with a coat-of-arms, the covers with conforming decoration and a tea-leaf finial, in a later fitted wooden box, the cover inlaid with a silver cartouche, also engraved with the same crest, each marked under base and on cover bezel
The largest 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high; 30 oz. 10 dwt. (949 gr.) (3)

S.J. Shrubsole