| INDEX | ALL SILVER |
| DESCRIPTION | High quality antique English Victorian solid sterling silver octaform tea caddy with writhen finial, gadroon rim decoration and cast paw feet. Each foot is joined mid-leg with the rear left a fractionally different design (see image 3). Could be a replacement but more likely the silversmith picked a foot from the wrong box and did not notice. The old Garrard card found inside details the tea caddy but is not a formal receipt so I suspect this item was bought as a gift and the Garrard's salesperson wrote the card for the benefit of the recipient. |
| SILVERSMITH | William Aitken |
| DATE or HALLMARK | 1899 |
| ASSAY OFFICE | Chester |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS | 257 |
| HEIGHT inc. finial | 5", 128mm |
| SILVER STANDARD | ·925 sterling silver |
| CONDITION | excellent, thick silver, no engraving or erasure, no bumps or scratches, beautiful hinge action |
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| SOLD |
| Price £372 |
| item number m9176 |
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