Antique George 111 Silver Bright Cut Tea Caddy Spoon, John Linwood, 1808

Antique George 111 Silver Bright Cut Tea Caddy Spoon Dated 1817 Fabulous Caddy Spoon in excellent condition. The bright cut engraving is as sharp today as the day it was made.

Antique George 111 Silver Bright Cut Sugar Basket 1794 Henry Chawner London Beautiful example of Geo 111 Craftsmanship with superb bright cut hand engraving with bat-wing fluting i...

George III sterling silver tea caddy spoon, London, 1817. Fiddle back pattern. By Richard Turner, spoonmaker, Islington Road. 0.50 troy oz. 15 grams. ...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver tea caddy has a cylindrical form. The upper and lower portions of this Aesthetic style silver tea caddy is embellished with bands of bright cut engraved floral bud designs; further vertical bands segment the body into five equal portions, each encompassed with undulating wrigglework borders. The anterior portion of the body is ornamented with a bright cut engraved rectangular cut cornered cartouche encompassed with a radiating simplified floral and scrolling foliate decoration and featuring the contemporary engraved crest of a lion's head collared and erased. The further four segments bear Chinoiserie bright cut engraved Chinese symbols representing the four seasons: spring (? / chun), summer (? / xia), autumn (? / qiu) and winter (? / dong). This antique silver tea caddy retains the original hallmarked flush hinged cover; the flush hinge indicates the fine quality of this piece. The cover is encompassed with further bands of bright cut engraved decoration, reflecting the designs to the body. This impressive cover is surmounted with the original, exceptional carved wood and sterling silver pineapple...