MARK OF SAMUEL TAYLOR, LONDON, 1763 (2), AND EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1819 (1)

Details

A SUITE OF GEORGE III SILVER MATCHING TEA CADDIES
MARK OF SAMUEL TAYLOR, LONDON, 1763 (2), AND EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1819 (1)
Rectangular, the sides chased in the Chinoiserie taste with figures and vases of fruit and flowers, the pagoda form covers hung with pendant bells, each engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms within a chased rococo cartouche, the two by Samuel Taylor engraved on the undersides W.H & A.H / TO / I.V.B & E.H.B / Sept 13th 1803, in an associated green shagreen case with fitted blue velvet interior, the sugar caddy and tea caddy by Taylor and marked on undersides, the tea caddy by Farrell marked on underside and flange of cover
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, the sugar caddy
43 oz. 4 dwt. (1,344 gr.)

Provenance

The two caddies by Taylor were presented to John Valentine Baker (1774 - 1847) and his wife Elizabeth (Eliza) Hope Holder (1784 - 1858) by the bride’s parents, William and Ann Holder of Bristol, in 1803.
‌Acquired from Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London by Ann and Gordon Getty, 10 December 1984.

Literature

G‌lanville, Philippa, English Decorative Arts: Silver in England, London, 1987, p. 120.
Mcgill, Forrest, A Curious Affair: The Fascination Between East and West, San Francisco, CA, 2006, pp. 32-33.

Exhibited

San Francisco, CA, Asian Art Museum, A Curious Affair: The Fascination Between East and West, 17 June - 3 September 2006.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Baker impaling Holder, for John Valentine Baker (1774 - 1847) and his wife Elizabeth (Eliza) Hope Holder (1784 - 1858), daughter of William and Ann Holder, of Bristol, whom he married on 13 September 1803 at St. Nicholas’ Church, Bristol. Baker was a ship’s Captain in the East India Company. He died at his house in Devonshire Street, Mayfair,‌ London in 1847.

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