March Interiors
Timed Online Auction, 20 March - 2 April 2025
Silver
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Current Bid11 bids
Current bid
ZAR 7 000
Location
Cape Town
Delivery
Additional delivery charges apply
Shipping
Need more information?
About this Item
London
A George I silver tea caddy, Edward Gibbon, London, 1720
octagonal, with detachable cover, ball finial, raised on a flared footrim, restorations, 140g, 10,5cm high
Notes
This tea caddy's assay is likely to date to a two-week period between May 19, 1720, and June 1, 1720. It would possibly have been among some of the last silver items made and assayed as Britannia silver (95.8% silver) before the shift to the sterling silver standard (92.5%). The assay date falls between the annual date mark change on 19 May (St. Dunstan's Day) and the transition to the sterling standard on 1 June, when the crowned lion and lion passant hallmark were reinstated. This tea caddy would be a unique and valuable addition to any collection.
Other lots that might interest you
A George III silver punch ladle, maker's mark worn, London, 1790
ZAR 800 - 1 000
A George III silver cream jug, Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, London, 1818
ZAR 2 500 - 3 000
A pair of Victorian silver grape scissors, Martin Hall & Co, Sheffield, 1860
ZAR 2 000 - 4 000
An Edward VII silver claret jug, Mappin & Webb, London, 1901
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Three George VI silver bowls, Robert Pringle & Sons, London, 1945
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Four silver-mounted cut-glass toiletry bottles
ZAR 1 500 - 2 000
