A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF PEARL caddy set CIRCA 1760

with carved panels and late rococo silver mounts, apparently unmarked, the interior lined with red velvet and fitted with two tea caddies and a sugar box in mother-of-pearl, also with five scroll-back silver teaspoons by William Turner of London, c. 1760, and a shell-back silver teaspoon and pair of silver sugar nips, of similar date.

Overall good conditon, with very minor chips and losses to mother-of-pearl, minor wear to the velvet lined interior. The caddy containining: A Set of Five George II Silver spoons, circa 1755 with the maker's mark WT for William Turner, and engraved D to the reverse of the handle; a George III silver spoon with indistinct maker's mark BO, and engraved E.L to the reverse of the handle; a pair of George II Silver Sugar Nips with indistinct makers mark ...W.
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