AN AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER 'JAPANESQUE' TEA CADDY, MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875

AN AMERICAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER 'JAPANESQUE' TEA CADDY
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1875
of ovoid form with spot-hammered surface, the body applied with a gilt flying dragonfly and a spider weaving an engraved web, the cover with applied gilt geometric ornament, underside engraved GEORGIE in stylized script, marked on underside and numbered 3683-5624 and with French import marks
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high; 8 oz. 10 dwt. (266 gr.)

Provenance
Presumably Georgine Gabrielle de Flahaut, Marquise de la Valette (1822-1907), third wife of Felix de la Valette, Marquis de la Valette (1816-1881), to her nephew
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927), to his son
Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice (1874-1914), to his son
George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912-1999), by descent to the present owner

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH COLLECTION