John Farnell
A Pair of George I Antique English Silver Tea Caddies, 1716
Height: 5 5/8"
Weight: 21 oz. 19 dwt.
Weight: 21 oz. 19 dwt.
London
H0650
$ 16,000.00
The arms are those of Impey, of Hammersmith, London. The inscription on one reads 'holds 1/3 of a pound', the other partly legible 'This tea Caddie was given by Mrs....
The arms are those of Impey, of Hammersmith, London.
The inscription on one reads 'holds 1/3 of a pound', the other partly legible 'This tea Caddie was given by Mrs. Fuller to her daughter Eliza wife of WM. Churton, & by her was transmitted to her daughter Eliza wife of H.P. Churton m. 1852, who in turn left it to her son Henry Churton AD 1878'.
Provenance:
The Impey family, Hammersmith, presumably given to Mrs Fuller, by bequest to her daughter,
Eliza Fuller (1784-1852), wife of William M. Churton (1770-1851), a hosier of 91 Oxford Street and Sutton Court Lodge, Chiswick, to their daughter,
Eliza Fuller (1808-1878), wife of Henry Parsons Churton (1804-1890), of 2 Westcott Place, Hammersmith, to their son,
The Reverend Henry Churton (d.1934),
With S.J. Shrubsole, New York.
A New England Collection; Christie's, New York, 16 April 1999, lot 219.
The inscription on one reads 'holds 1/3 of a pound', the other partly legible 'This tea Caddie was given by Mrs. Fuller to her daughter Eliza wife of WM. Churton, & by her was transmitted to her daughter Eliza wife of H.P. Churton m. 1852, who in turn left it to her son Henry Churton AD 1878'.
Provenance:
The Impey family, Hammersmith, presumably given to Mrs Fuller, by bequest to her daughter,
Eliza Fuller (1784-1852), wife of William M. Churton (1770-1851), a hosier of 91 Oxford Street and Sutton Court Lodge, Chiswick, to their daughter,
Eliza Fuller (1808-1878), wife of Henry Parsons Churton (1804-1890), of 2 Westcott Place, Hammersmith, to their son,
The Reverend Henry Churton (d.1934),
With S.J. Shrubsole, New York.
A New England Collection; Christie's, New York, 16 April 1999, lot 219.