A pair of George IV silver-mounted glass sugar vases or tea caddies,

A pair of George IV silver-mounted glass sugar vases or tea caddies,
by Michael Starkey, London 1828,
plain vase form, hobnail cut decoration, the flush hinged covers engraved with an armorial and with a gadroon border, on raised circular base, height 15.4cm. (2)

The armorial is that of Fuller quartering another impaling Hanning, and another crest. Probably for John Bird Fuller (1801-1872) who married Sophia Hanning (c.1805-1883) on 22 Jun 1829, he was senior partner in Fuller's brewery.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
Purchased from Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 20 April 2005, lot 681.