Caddy
Frederick Kandler (d.1778)
Category
Silver
Date
1745
Materials
Silver
Measurements
173 x 125 x 98 mm
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516469
Summary
Silver gilt oblong tea caddy, scroll feet, body chased with panels of Chinese figures in gardens - scenes of gardening, harvesting, fruit-picking, etc. Chinese busts at shoulders and corner panels of flowers at the base. Detail of snake, lizard, locust, etc. Scallop shell motif along base. Cat in a hat at top. Sliding cover with pansy finial. George II by Frederick Kandler 1745. Attributed to Osterley Park.
Provenance
Christie’s inventory of Anglesey Abbey’s silver, commissioned by the National Trust in 1971, suggests the caddy came from Osterley Park (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents National Trust
Makers and roles
Frederick Kandler (d.1778)