Description: A Very Rare George III fitted Tea Caddy, with two Tea Caddies and a Sugar Vase, circa 1765. The shagreen covered domed lidded box, lined with red velvet trimmed in gilt metal thread, brass handle, lockplate and paw feet, fitted with a pear shaped lidded sugar vase and a pair of lidded caddies, chased with flowers and rococo cartouches, with a set of six old Sheffield teaspoons. W:32cms (12.6ins). Illustrated in Crosskey, G., Old Sheffield Plate, Treffry Publishing, 2011, figure 266, page 261. A9934.
Origin: English
Circa:1765
Availability: Sold
Stock Ref: 108-A9934
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