silver tea caddy - Holland
this is a silver tea caddy fully embossed with floral garlands, cupids and a bees towing bunches of flowers, The tea caddy has Dutch marks 1904, silver 934/1000 and silversmith mark SBL. It has also Chester import mark for the same year.
The tea caddy is 3 1/4 in. high (cm. 8) and was bought from an Italian dealer.
This item is not for sale, but most of my pieces were bought through the Internet. On the right bar of this page there are some links to silver and antique dealers websites
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