23rd Apr, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Jewellery, Watches & Silver
2001
A Pair of George II Silver-Mounted Cut-Glass Tea-Caddies
Apparently Unmarked, Circa 1750
the oblong section glass caddies with faceted corners, the silver mounts engraved with foliage scroll and rocaille and later engraved with a coat-of-arms, each with a silver-mounted stopper with ring handle, in fitted silver-mounted shagreen covered caddy, the lock-plate later engraved with the same coat-of-arms
the caddies 12.5cm high, the case 25.5cm wide
The coat-of-arms are those of Ramsay impaling those of Sandilands for William Ramsay of Barnton and his wife the Hon. Mary Sandilands, daughter of James, 10th Lord Torphichen, who he married in 1828.
Ramsay was the eldest son of George Ramsay and his with Jean. He was to be described as 'the richest commoner in Scotland' when he inherited the estates of his father as a child. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford and was to go on to become MP for Stirlingshire in 1831 and later for Midlothian. Silver-mounted glass caddies like the present examples, while rare, are not entirely unknown. There is, for example, a set of three of 1768 which were owned by the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. They are now in the collection of the Royal Academy, having been presented to them in December 1898 (object number 03/5934).
The silver mounts on the glass caddies and the shagreen caddy are all unmarked. The silver mounts have some overall scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. There are some minor chips to the glass bottles which are a slightly differing colour, one may be replaced. The shagreen caddy has had a new lockplate added and a silver plate base added underneath.
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