Style: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture

Style: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 381. A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CADDY SET IN SHAGREEN CASE, JOHN HUGH LE SAGE, LONDON, CIRCA 1730.

A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CADDY SET IN SHAGREEN CASE, JOHN HUGH LE SAGE, LONDON, CIRCA 1730

Auction Closed

April 16, 08:57 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PATRICIA SCHUCKMANN, ATLANTA, GA


A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CADDY SET IN SHAGREEN CASE, JOHN HUGH LE SAGE, LONDON, CIRCA 1730


comprising two caddies and a sugar box chased with borders of shells and acanthus on matted ground and with hinged covers and hinged finials, six spoons with shell bowls, and one crested sugar nips by Francis Harache

the caddies and sugar box marked on bases with maker's mark only, the sugar tongs marked inside each bowl with maker's mark only, spoons apparently unmarked

34 oz 10 dwt

1076 g

height of sugar box 5¼ in.; length of case 9⅝ in.

13.3 cm; 24.5 cm

Please note that the case is made from shagreen, not fishskin