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Silver tea caddy engraved with a cartouche, by Charles Hatfield

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An image of Tea Caddy/Tea Cannister. Hatfield, Charles (silversmith, English). The body is formed of sheet silver folded or seamed to make a five-sided box. The foot rim is then applied. The box and its cover are then gilded, and the armorials engraved. The oblong caddy stands on a stepped base, and has a hinged stepped cover. The front is engraved with a baroque cartouche containing a coat-of-arms argent on a fess sable between three falcons volunt azure a leopard's face between two mullets or in chief point a baronet's badge. Silver-gilt, height, to top of cover, 12 cm, width, base, 8.9 cm, weight 440 g, 1728-1729. Georgian.

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Tea Caddy/Tea Cannister. Hatfield, Charles (silversmith, English). The body is formed of sheet silver folded or seamed to make a five-sided box. The foot rim is then applied. The box and its cover are then gilded, and the armorials engraved. The oblong caddy stands on a stepped base, and has a hinged stepped cover. The front is engraved with a baroque cartouche containing a coat-of-arms argent on a fess sable between three falcons volunt azure a leopard's face between two mullets or in chief point a baronet's badge. Silver-gilt, height, to top of cover, 12 cm, width, base, 8.9 cm, weight 440 g, 1728-1729. Georgian.

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  • Accession Number: M.27-1982
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 78
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1296 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
  • Filesize: 112.79kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2007:07:25 14:19:51

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18th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC armorials box cartouche Charles Hatfield container English engraved Fitz_AA Georgian gilded gilding silver-gilt tea caddy tea canister

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