A George III silver tea caddy, by William Adby, London 1769, rectangular bombé form, the pull-off cover with a gadroon border and flower finial, later crest, on four pierced bracket feet, height 13.8cm, approx. weight 9oz. The crest is that of Haughton, Hunter, Ingram, Ledsam, Lowfield, Loxdale, and others.