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Pair of tea caddies
Marked by: Peter Archambo I (English (London), first mark entered 1721, died in 1767)
English (London)
1745–46
Medium/Technique
Silver (sterling standard)
Dimensions
Each: 12.7 x 7.5 x 10.2 cm (5 x 2 15/16 x 4 in.) Weight of pair: 33 oz 18 dwt (1056 g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.101.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Struck under base with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1745-6) and with maker's mark of Peter Archambo I; interiors of the covers struck with lion passant and with maker's mark of Peter Archambo I
InscriptionsEngraved under the bases: "In Memory of Mrs. D. Barclay"
ProvenanceBy 1928, Mrs. William Saloman; January 4-7, 1928, sold in the property of the late Mrs. William Saloman, American Art Association, New York, lot 311. By 1974, The Phillip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation; June 20, 1974, sold by The Phillip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation at Sotheby's, London, lot 83. December 3, 1991, sold by an anonymous owner at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, lot 237, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)