Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, by Joseph Angell II the Younger, 1866

19th century

Sold by Skippings Fine Arts

Description

A gorgeous Victorian sterling silver tea caddy, by Joseph Angell the Younger (1815-1899)

With lid, lock (but lacking key), the oval panelled body with bright cut engraving, two vacant cartouches, oval beaded finial to the hinged lid, the caddy has a classic beauty, still very much anchored in the Georgian tradition

The firm of Joseph Angell and Son was one of the largest and most important silversmithing and jewellery, manufacturers and retailers in London in the mid 19th century. Having begun as manufacturing silversmiths to the trade, they opened their own retail premises at no.10, The Strand, in 1849. On the retirement of Joseph Angell (senior) in January, 1848, his son, Joseph Angell (junior) continued the family business under his own name, and with his own mark.

Joseph Angell the Younger joined the Society of the Arts in 1850, and in 1851 participated in the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace with an intricately chased shield, "Alexander and Darius at the Battle of Issus" commissioned by Rundells, subsequently acquired by Her Majesty the Queen.

Angell also included a series of picturesque tea and coffee services and claret jugs of eccentric shapes ornamented either with champlevé enamel and engraved arabesques or applied cast decoration, which won him a Prize Medal.

His firm also exhibited in New York in 1853 and in the International Exhibition in 1862, winning other medals. A claret jug by Joseph Angell II is in the collections of the Victoria and Albert museum.

The tea caddy presented here is hallmarked London, 1866.

Physical Dimensions

Height

13cm (5.12")

Width

13.6cm (5.35")

Depth

9.2cm (3.62")

Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA705759

Dealers Notes

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Description

A gorgeous Victorian sterling silver tea caddy, by Joseph Angell the Younger (1815-1899)

With lid, lock (but lacking key), the oval panelled body with bright cut engraving, two vacant cartouches, oval beaded finial to the hinged lid, the caddy has a classic beauty, still very much anchored in the Georgian tradition

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The firm of Joseph Angell and Son was one of the largest and most important silversmithing and jewellery, manufacturers and retailers in London in the mid 19th century.

Skippings Fine Arts

Having begun as manufacturing silversmiths to the trade, they opened their own retail premises at no.10, The Strand, in 1849. On the retirement of Joseph Angell (senior) in January, 1848, his son, Joseph Angell (junior) continued the family business under his own name, and with his own mark.

fig 1. Antique Victorian sterling silver tea caddy, by Joseph Angell II the Younger, 1866 — fig 1. Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, by Joseph Angell II the Younger, 1866

Joseph Angell the Younger joined the Society of the Arts in 1850, and in 1851 participated in the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace with an intricately chased shield, "Alexander and Darius at the Battle of Issus" commissioned by Rundells, subsequently acquired by Her Majesty the Queen.

fig 2. Antique Victorian sterling silver tea caddy, by Joseph Angell II the Younger, 1866 — fig 2. Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, by Joseph Angell II the Younger, 1866

Angell also included a series of picturesque tea and coffee services and claret jugs of eccentric shapes ornamented either with champlevé enamel and engraved arabesques or applied cast decoration, which won him a Prize Medal.

fig 3. Antique Victorian sterling silver tea caddy, by Joseph Angell II the Younger, 1866 — fig 3. Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, by Joseph Angell II the Younger, 1866

His firm also exhibited in New York in 1853 and in the International Exhibition in 1862, winning other medals. A claret jug by Joseph Angell II is in the collections of the Victoria and Albert museum.

The tea caddy presented here is hallmarked London, 1866.