Sold for:
$6,765
$6,765
Three-piece George III Sterling Silver Tea Caddy Set, London, 1762-63, Thomas Heming, maker, comprising two tea canisters with sliding lids and a sugar box with hinged lid, each rectangular decorated throughout in chinoiserie style with rocaille scrolls centering the "tea picker" pattern featuring a man picking tea leaves and placing them in a basket, ht. to 5 1/2 in., approx. 35.6 troy oz. Provenance: The Estate of Hugh Trumbull Adams, to benefit the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Collections Acquisitions Fund.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-07-15
