RARE SET OF 3 GEORGIAN TEA CADDIES BY EMICK ROMER

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RARE SET OF 3 GEORGIAN TEA CADDIES BY EMICK ROMER CIRCA 1770.

STUNNING SET OF TEA CADDIES, WHICH ARE RARE TO FIND IN THEIR ORIGINAL SET OF 3.

MADE BY NORWEGIAN SILVERSMITH EMICK ROMER (1724-1799) WHO WORKED IN ENGLAND.  EACH PIECE IS DATED 1770 ALONG WITH THE MAKERS MARK.

EMICK ROMER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SETTLED IN LONDON AROUND 1750, AND SOON BEGUN WORKING ON PIECES SUPPLIED TO THE CROWN AND NOBILITY, BEFORE RETURNING TO NORWAY IN 1795.

CENTRAL LARGER CADDY OF BELLIED RECTANGULAR FORM FLANKED EITHER SIDE BY 2 FURTHER CADDIES OF SLIGHTLY SMALLER PROPORTIONS.  SIDES ARE DECORATED WITH TRAILING FLOWERS WITH A CENTRAL BIRD.  FRONT CARTOUCHE ENGRAVED WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF BRADFORD CO. CHESTER DEVONSHIRE, WHICH WAS A BRANCH OF THE WELL KNOWN ROUS FAMILY. REVERSE CARTOUCHE DEPICTS A GRIFFIN STANDING ON A HEART SHAPED WREATH.

REMOVABLE LIDS DECORATED WITH BUD FINIALS AND STAMPED AROUND THE LIP.

STANDING ON BRACKET FEET WITH ENGRAVED SHELLS AROUND BOTTOM EDGE.

PRESENTED IN SUPERB CONDITION.