| DESCRIPTION |
Very unusual Victorian silver cylindrical tea caddy with a tightly fitting pull-off lid. The heart shaped and blank cartouche to the body is flanked by a pair of griffins and around the other side is a mask of The Green Man. |
| SILVERSMITH |
Charles Boyton |
| DATE or HALLMARK |
1888 |
| ASSAY OFFICE |
London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS |
198 |
| HEIGHT in INCHES |
to the top of the lid knop 4 ½, maximum diameter 3 ½+ |
| SILVER STANDARD |
.925 sterling silver |
| OVERALL CONDITION |
good, clean inside, no repairs but possible erasure to the heart shaped cartouche and minor bumps, other minor body bumps mostly lost within the profuse decoration |
