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Tea Caddy

1831-1832 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Depicting scenes of rural drinking.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, raised with chased and applied ornament and hinged lid
Brief description
Silver, London hallmarks for 1831-32, mark of James Charles Edington.
Physical description
Depicting scenes of rural drinking.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.00cm
  • Length: 16.80cm
  • Width: 13.80cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • On base: Maker, JCE in a rectangular shield (James Charles Edington), leopard, duty, date q, sterling

  • The four sides of the caddy are chased with Dutch peasant scenes after Teniers. Bears the engraved crest of Joseph Bond

  • Engraved on the front of the caddy is a crest and the letters J E B. (Joseph Bond).

Credit line
Bequeathed by Joseph Bond Esq.
Object history
Bequest - Joseph Bond Esq.
The four sides of the caddy are chased with Dutch peasant scenes after Teniers. Edington was the chief supplier of silver to the prestigious London goldsmiths, Green, Ward and Green in the 1830s and 1840s.
Collection
Accession number
812-1890

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
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