A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT TEA CADDIES, MARK OF AUGUSTINE COURTAULD, LONDON, 1733

A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT TEA CADDIES
MARK OF AUGUSTINE COURTAULD, LONDON, 1733
Each rectangular, on stepped foot, the front and back finely engraved with a coat-of-arms within baroque cartouche, the sides later engraved with a cypher 'M' under a duke's coronet, the hinged stepped cover engraved with a flowerhead within strap work cartouche, each marked inside cover and under base, one with scratch weight 12=19
4 1/8 in. (10.8 cm.) high
25 oz. 8 dwt. (792 gr.)
The arms are those of Churchill quartering Spencer impaling Trevor for Charles, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-1758) and his wife Elizabeth (d.1761), daughter of Thomas, 2nd Baron Trevor, whom he married in 1732.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION