Sugar box
Samuel Taylor
Category
Silver
Date
1763 - 1764
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
12.5 cm (Height); 10.4 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246849.3
Summary
Sugar box, sterling silver, by Samuel Taylor, London, 1763/4. Part of a matched set with a pair of tea canisters of 1770/1, also by Taylor, and contained in a rosewood case of 1840 with silver mounts by Charles Reily and George Storer (NT 1246191). The raised body of the sugar box is also an inverted pear-shape and has a plain lip moulding. It and the flattened, ogee-domed cover are chased with scrolls, flowers, foliage, shellwork and fluting. There is an applied sunflower finial to the cover. The applied, domed foot is cast and has a pierced outer band of scrolls and flowers and an inner band of chased matting. Heraldry: none. Scratchweight: none.
Full description
For further information see the master object entry.
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; 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: Hallmarks: marked on the underside with the maker’s mark ST in script in a heart-shaped punch for Samuel Taylor (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 2645), date letter ‘H’, leopard’s head crowned and lion passant.
Makers and roles
Samuel Taylor, goldsmith