A SET OF THREE GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDIES
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1758
Comprising a pair of tea caddies and matching sugar caddy, all rectangular with straight sides, finely engraved with floral trellis enclosing various species of flora, the hinged covers centered by an engraved coat-of-arms in a lozenge, marked on undersides and covers, sugar caddy engraved with scratch weight 20=1, tea caddies engraved with scratch weights 16=1, 15=9
4 5/8 in. (17.8 cm.) high
51 oz. 16 dwt. (1,611 gr.)
A SET OF THREE GEORGE II SILVER TEA CADDIES
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1758
Comprising a pair of tea caddies and matching sugar caddy, all rectangular with straight sides, finely engraved with floral trellis enclosing various species of flora, the hinged covers centered by an engraved coat-of-arms in a lozenge, marked on undersides and covers, sugar caddy engraved with scratch weight 20=1, tea caddies engraved with scratch weights 16=1, 15=9
4 5/8 in. (17.8 cm.) high
51 oz. 16 dwt. (1,611 gr.)