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Interiors: Antiques, Silver & Collectables - Day Two 04/12/2018
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Lot 702

A late Victorian small silver tea caddy & fluted bowl. (2).

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Condition Report

A late Victorian small silver tea caddy, the oval form with engraved lion crest above a lobed lower body, with twin lion mask and drop ring handles and repeated lobed detail to the domed and hinged lid, hallmarked Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co (William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman), London 1898, maximum height to finial measuring 4 3/8 inches (11 cm). Together with a small circular silver bowl with wrythen fluted decoration, hallmarked Thomas Hayes, Birmingham 1890. Total weight 9.09 ozt (282.8 grams).

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    Both caddy and bowl appear in good overall condition, displaying some general tarnishing and expected surface wear, marks and scratches. Residues of polish. A few minor surface nicks, dints and bumps. Hinged lid to caddy appears in good working order and sits well when closed. The finial appears to be at a slight slant. Some rubbing to hallmarks but mostly clear and legible.

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