Box
Reily and Storer
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1840
Materials
rosewood & silver & velvet
Measurements
200 x 380 x 210 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246191
Summary
Rosewood case with sterling silver mounts by Charles Riley and George Storer, London, 1840/1 and a velvet lining, containing a matched set of a pair of tea canisters of 1770/1 (NT 1246849.1 & 1246849.2) and a sugar box of 1763 (NT 1246849.3), all by Samuel Taylor, London.
Full description
The silver mounts are cast and consist of a pair of neo-rococo scroll drop handles, a circular lock plate with floral decoration and a shaped oval plate to the cover with a scroll surround and a plain central reserve engraved with the crest of a hawk or falcon rising proper and belled. This crest relates to a number of families - see James Fairbairn, Fairbairn's Book of Crests of Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 1968, plate 105, no. 4.
Provenance
Probably acquired by Margaret Anderson, the Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville, DBE (1863-1942); recorded as having been at Polesden Lacey in the 1943 probate valuation following Mrs Greville’s death (p. 103); bequeathed with Polesden Lacey to the National Trust in memory of Mrs Greville’s father, William McEwan (1827-1913).
Credit line
Polesden Lacey, the Greville Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Reily and Storer, maker Samuel Taylor (1749-1811), silversmith