Lot 179
Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
£2,500
Description
A George III silver tea caddy
of simple cylindrical form with finely engraved borders of intertwined branch and garlands with star motifs between, with bright cut oval cartouche to centre below key hole with a crest of a pelican in piety, the flat flush hinged cover with identical border and with well formed branch foliate and flower head finial
9.5cm high, 9.5m diameter, 10oz
Heraldry:
Engraved with a crest common to a number of families; Atkins, Borthwick, Cramond, Hume and others
of simple cylindrical form with finely engraved borders of intertwined branch and garlands with star motifs between, with bright cut oval cartouche to centre below key hole with a crest of a pelican in piety, the flat flush hinged cover with identical border and with well formed branch foliate and flower head finial
9.5cm high, 9.5m diameter, 10oz
Heraldry:
Engraved with a crest common to a number of families; Atkins, Borthwick, Cramond, Hume and others
Footnote
Engraved with a crest common to a number of families; Atkins, Borthwick, Cramond, Hume and others
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