Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, Hester Bateman, London, 1784

George III sterling silver tea caddy with spoon. Made by Hester Bateman in London in 1784. Oval bowl with straight sides. Cover hinged and domed with vasiform finial. On front, brigh...

Hallmarked in London in 1790 by Hester Bateman, this handsome, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Tankard, is in traditional form, wit...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking double cover tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique George III sterling silver locking tea caddy has a plain rounded rectangular form with incurved corners. The surface of this caddy is plain and embellished to the lower portion of each side with fluted decoration. This antique Georgian tea caddy...

Beautiful Hester Bateman George III period baby spoon with very fine scroll decoration and wonderful period engraved initials S. M. on the back. Rare, early highly collectible piece...

Fine example of Adam-style, neoclassical design incorporated into a finely made silver basket by premier female silversmith, Hester Bateman. The basket is hand-pierced and engraved a...

Possibly by Hester Bateman, sterling silver basket bowl from 1770 (Georgian era), beautifully executed with pierced motifs, the center displaying an unidentified coat of arms. It mea...

A classic Antique George III Sterling Silver Half Pint Mug with a traditional tapered cylindrical form. The Mug has a spread foot and a acanthus leaf topped scroll handle. There isa ...

Hallmarked in London in 1785 by Hester Bateman, this handsome, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Brandy Saucepan, is plain in style, featuring reed borders, and a wooden handle. Th...

Sterling Silver Wine Coasters Hester Bateman Hallmarked London, 1793 This exquisite pair of George III period sterling silver wine coasters is the work of the legendary Hester Batem...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver tea caddy has a cylindrical form. The upper and lower portions of this Aesthetic style silver tea caddy is embellished with bands of bright cut engraved floral bud designs; further vertical bands segment the body into five equal portions, each encompassed with undulating wrigglework borders. The anterior portion of the body is ornamented with a bright cut engraved rectangular cut cornered cartouche encompassed with a radiating simplified floral and scrolling foliate decoration and featuring the contemporary engraved crest of a lion's head collared and erased. The further four segments bear Chinoiserie bright cut engraved Chinese symbols representing the four seasons: spring (? / chun), summer (? / xia), autumn (? / qiu) and winter (? / dong). This antique silver tea caddy retains the original hallmarked flush hinged cover; the flush hinge indicates the fine quality of this piece. The cover is encompassed with further bands of bright cut engraved decoration, reflecting the designs to the body. This impressive cover is surmounted with the original, exceptional carved wood and sterling silver pineapple...