ANTIQUE 20thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER CHINOISERIE TEA CADDY, LONDON c.1900
20th Century Victorian silver tea caddy, shaped as a Chinese ginger jar on stand, heavy and profusely embossed, depicting c-scrolls and flowers surrounding a Chinese figure in landscape and reverse showing a dragon on matted ground, the domed pull-off lid set with a cast floral finial. Inside the jar is richly gilt and standing on a very elaborate base.
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1900 (e), Maker's mark G&SCoLD for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd.
Reference Number: A6461
20th Century Victorian silver tea caddy, shaped as a Chinese ginger jar on stand, heavy and profusely embossed, depicting c-scrolls and flowers surrounding a Chinese figure in landscape and reverse showing a dragon on matted ground, the domed pull-off lid set with a cast floral finial. Inside the jar is richly gilt and standing on a very elaborate base.
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1900 (e), Maker's mark G&SCoLD for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd.
Reference Number: A6461
20th Century Victorian silver tea caddy, shaped as a Chinese ginger jar on stand, heavy and profusely embossed, depicting c-scrolls and flowers surrounding a Chinese figure in landscape and reverse showing a dragon on matted ground, the domed pull-off lid set with a cast floral finial. Inside the jar is richly gilt and standing on a very elaborate base.
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1900 (e), Maker's mark G&SCoLD for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd.
Reference Number: A6461
DESCRIPTION
Antique early-20th Century Victorian very rare and unusual solid silver tea caddy, shaped as a Chinese ginger jar on stand, heavy and profusely embossed, depicting c-scrolls and flowers surrounding a Chinese figure in landscape and reverse showing a dragon on matted ground, the domed pull-off lid set with a cast floral finial. Inside the jar is richly gilt and standing on a very elaborate base. All parts are Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1900 (e), Maker's mark G&SCoLD (Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, 112 Regent st, London)
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 19cm
Width: 10cm
Weight: 470g