A PAIR OF GEORGE II "DUTY DODGER" SILVER TEA CADDIES
MARK OF JOHN NEWTON, LONDON, CIRCA 1735
Upright oblong form with domed pull-off caps, with plain reserves framed by bands of diaperwork, rosettes and shells, sliding bases each engraved with scratch-weights 8=10, engraved to either side with rococo arms of Platt of Wiggin, Co. Lancaster impaling Piggott
5.1/2 in .high (14 cm.)
16 oz. (496 gm.)
A PAIR OF GEORGE II "DUTY DODGER" SILVER TEA CADDIES
MARK OF JOHN NEWTON, LONDON, CIRCA 1735
Upright oblong form with domed pull-off caps, with plain reserves framed by bands of diaperwork, rosettes and shells, sliding bases each engraved with scratch-weights 8=10, engraved to either side with rococo arms of Platt of Wiggin, Co. Lancaster impaling Piggott
5.1/2 in .high (14 cm.)
16 oz. (496 gm.)
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