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Shreve, Crump & Low Sterling Silver Octagonal Banded Tea Caddy w Hidden Hinge

$ 472.56

Availability: 83 in stock
  • Composition: Sterling Silver
  • Age: 1900-1940
  • Brand: Shreve & Co.
  • Style: Arts & Crafts/Mission

    Description

    Shreve, Crump & Low Sterling Silver Octagonal Banded Tea Caddy w Hidden Hinge
    Unidentified Engraved Heraldic Crest with the lettering JAM & JAM displayed on a banner beneath the Bull's (Cow???) Head.
    Unusual octagonal form with three applied bands encircling the outside with the bottom band attached to four feet.
    Shreve & Co. have used this type of applied decoration with many of their other fabrications.
    Hidden hinge barely visible from the outside.
    Domed octagonal lid with oval finial.
    Measures:  3 5/8" long x 2 15/16" wide x 4 1/8" high (to finial)
    No dents, dings or repairs,
    lightly polished.
    Weighs 8.3 ounces on my postal scale
    No monograms or monogram removal
    Excellent condition with not dents or repairs.
    Very slight teeter totter when standing on all four.
    Possibly a match for the Shreve & Co.
    Fourteenth Century I
    flatware pattern
    From a pet free and smoke free home.
    Shipping cost includes insurance coverage.
    #1130