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Silversmith:
Bateman, Peter
Silversmith:
Bateman, Ann
Silversmith:
Bateman, William silversmith
Silver; bright cut borders and engraved armorials
Silver; the oval body with two compartments, beneath a stepped and slightly domed cover surmounted by a stained bone pineapple finial on a silver cast leaf-shaped calyx. The lid is secured by a lock at the centre front, opposite a concealed hinge. The top and lower edge of the caddy have applied bands of reeding. The sides are decorated with a lower border of alternating roundels and leaves reserved in a striated band with narrow bands of engine turning above and below; the upper border is of bright-cut paterae, Vitruvian scrolls and foliage. The lid has borders of machine engraved decoration. Below the lock is a crest of a boar's head over the initials 'JML'. On the back is engraved a coat of arms, sable goutté argent, a canton ermine.
History note: Cossey, Ada Frances who bequeathed the tea caddy to Mrs Richards
Given in memory of Ada Frances Cossey, Newnham College, by Mrs. P.W. Richards
Weight: 430 g
Weight: 13: 16 oz: dwt
Method of acquisition: Given (1990-01-22) by Richards, P. W., Mrs.
George III
Production date:
AD 1800
: Peter, Ann and William Bateman registered their mark in January 1800
To The Finial
Height 17 cm
Height 6⅝ in
Across The Base
Width 14.7 cm
Width 5¾ in
Body
Borders
Cover
Decoration
Inscription present: lion passant
Inscription present: monarch's head
Inscription present: leopard's head crowned
Accession number: M.2-1990
Primary reference Number: 157642
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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