Two Victorian silver-mounted tortoiseshell tea caddies, Chester / Birmingham, 1897/1900

the first tapered rectangular with engraved oval plaque on top, maker's mark CS over FS; the second rectangular with cut corners and rococo-style mounts, by S.W. Smith. Together with a double tea caddy in composition tortoiseshell with associated Georgian silver mounts by Thomas Nash I and maker's mark IW, both London, circa 1760; 3 pieces

good condition
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A caddy of the octagonal model is illustrated Noel Ridley, Stones' Pocket Guide to Tea Caddies, 2002, fig. 83, p. 41.