Victorian Silver Tea Caddy, C.S. Harris, 1900

Name: Victorian Silver Tea Caddy, C.S. Harris, 1900
SKU: as1006a2450
Price: 525.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Here we have a top quality and good size late Victorian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy. The caddy is shaped like a French Bombe sideboard, with a flat back and a scalloped bulbous front. It has a hinged lid and stands on four paw feet. There are no initials or personalisation of any kind.

The tea caddy was made in London by renowned silversmiths C.S. Harris & Sons and dates to 1900, the last full year of Queen Victoria's long reign. Charles Stuart Harris was the son and grandson of silversmiths and founded his own firm in 1852, probably taking over his father’s business. He established a reputation for top quality workmanship and supplied silverware to many high end stores as well as selling under his own name. The firm operated from a number of premises in Hatton Garden and Clerkenwell and in 1897 became C.S. Harris & Sons Ltd. In the early 1930s they were absorbed into Israel Freeman & Sons Ltd.

Condition is very good, with no dings or dents and just the superficial surface wear that you would anticipate after 125 years of good service. The hinge is in good working order and the lid snaps shut securely. Please make sure to view all the photographs.

The tea caddy is 12.8cm / 5ins wide, 8.3cm / 3.2ins deep and stands 9cm / 3.5ins high. It weighs in at a very substantial 244.4g / 8.62oz of solid Sterling Silver.

The hallmarks, on the back of the body, are nice and clear to read with just some rubbing to the makers' mark. They show the lion passant for Sterling Silver, the leopard's head assay mark for London, the date letter e for 1900 and the trefoil shaped C S H makers' mark for C.S. Harris & Sons. There is a second partial set of marks on the inside of the lid.

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Price

£525.00

$699.88

€600.29

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