THE TEA-CADDIES, MARK OF GEORGE METHUEN, LONDON, 1744, THE CASE MOUNTS WITH MARK OF SAMUEL MERITON, LONDON, 1799

细节

A set of three George II silver-gilt tea-caddies
The tea-caddies, mark of George Methuen, London, 1744, the case mounts with mark of Samuel Meriton, London, 1799
Each oblong, with moulded borders, chased with upper and lower bands of scrolls, foliage, rocaille, diaperwork and flowers, the hinged stepped cover with a border of rocaille, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a floral cartouche, the cover engraved with a crest, each marked on base and cover, the larger caddy also engraved with scratchweight 'Sett 40"8', in a lined and fitted later case, with silver-gilt escutcheon, handle, and hinges, marked on hinge plates
4¾in. (12cm.) high
40oz. (1,272gr.)
The arms are those of Storer with Guthrie in pretence for Thomas Storer Esq. (1717-1793) of Belleisle and Frome, Jamaica and Golden Square, London, and his wife Helen, daughter and co-heir of James Guthrie (d.1728) of Westmorland, Jamaica, whom he married in 1742. (3)

来源

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 4 May 1978, lot 96

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品专文

Thomas Storer is recorded as a merchant of Bellisle in Jamaica. The Gentleman's Magazine for 1793 notes his death on 21 July 1793 at his house in Golden Square in the parish of Westmorland. His son Anthony Morris Storer (1742-1799) purchased the estate of Purley Park, co. Berkshire and left his library to Eton College.