George I Britannia Standard Parcel-Gilt Silver Tea Caddy

MARK OF SAMUEL MARGAS, LONDON, 1716. Weight: 19.66 troy ounces. Samuel Margas who was born in London, circa 1690, coming from a dynasty of goldsmiths based in Rouen (Normandy). His father, also called Samuel, a goldsmith in Rouen, formed part of the large Huguenot diaspora in the 1670s-1690s.

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