Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 218
No. 138 (1781) At South Kensington Museum Sugar-basins were made to match the creamers, butare now seldom met with. Sugar-baskets of openworkwith glass linings (No. 139) are also scarce, but are desir-able if of good pattern and in good condition. The hall-marks are on the bottom or in the piercing. … No. 140 (1755) From the collection of Mr. Heber R. Bishop, New York TEA-CADDIES The earliest caddies were generally plain, and rectangularor octagonal in shape ; they were filled by removing thebottom, which was made to slide in grooves. All throughthe reign of Queen Anne tea-caddies were made, and…
Plate · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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