A pair of George III silver tea caddies

A pair of George III silver tea caddies,

by Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, London 1764,

cushioned rectangular form, embossed and chased foliate scroll decoration, the pull-off covers with a foliate finial, engraved with a crest, height 11cm, approx. weight 15oz, in a fitted green velvet lined silver-mounted tortoiseshell caddy, probably Dutch East Indies, the mounts with foliate decoration, the tortoiseshell with carved foliate decoration, with a lock, on four claw and ball feet, length of caddy 17.5cm, height of caddy 14cm.

The crest is that of Debenham of Suffolk.