Lot 121
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
£1,375
Description
A Victorian silver tea caddy
Reilly and Storer, London 1851-52
of serpentine bombé form, with floral finial to the Chinoiserie decorated pull off cover, the sides similarly decorated and one with a coat of arms and motto ‘Benefictorum Memorum’ (Mindful of favours), all within a C-scroll and floral cartouche, the opposing cartouche blank, all on scroll feet, engraved to the underside ‘From Mrs. Temple to her niece Mrs. Kelham’
13.5cm high, 14oz
Reilly and Storer, London 1851-52
of serpentine bombé form, with floral finial to the Chinoiserie decorated pull off cover, the sides similarly decorated and one with a coat of arms and motto ‘Benefictorum Memorum’ (Mindful of favours), all within a C-scroll and floral cartouche, the opposing cartouche blank, all on scroll feet, engraved to the underside ‘From Mrs. Temple to her niece Mrs. Kelham’
13.5cm high, 14oz
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