Lot 159
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Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Estimate: £7,000 - £9,000
Description
A set of two silver-gilt George III tea caddies and matching sugar box
WT, London 1812-13
each of circular bulbous form, the covers with seated figure on a C-scroll and floral ground with a cartouche engraved with initials, the caddy with further C-scroll and floral ground enclosing reserve panels of Chinoiserie decoration and armorials, all on four lion mask legs with paw feet, two with hinged lids and the larger sugar caddy with removable cover and having two Chinoiserie figural handles (3)
15cm high, 18cm across handles, 54oz
Heraldry:
The arms of Grenfell of Taplow, Bucks. impaling Molineux