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A cased pair of Victorian silver tea caddies in carved ebony box Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox, London 1845, the case possibly Anglo-Indian, Galle district, Ceylon image 1

Lot 58

A cased pair of Victorian silver tea caddies in carved ebony box
Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox, London 1845, the case possibly Anglo-Indian, Galle district, Ceylon

Fine Decorative Arts

1 July 2025, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £5,120 inc. premium

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A cased pair of Victorian silver tea caddies in carved ebony box

Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox, London 1845, the case possibly Anglo-Indian, Galle district, Ceylon
Cylindrical low bellied form with a flared rim, the pull off cover with a figural finial, in Chinese dress, the cover engraved with tracery and scrolling foliate decoration, the caddies with further engraved tracery and scrolling, with six cartouches, one vacant four with engraved bouquets the front cartouche engraved with armorial of SOMERS latterly COCKS, both contained side by side in the fitted ebony highly carved lockable case, carved with heavy scrolling and acanthus leaves, in the rococo manner, the lid with carved armorial of SOMERS latterly COCKS, stamped CVM, the interior with blue velvet lining, height of tea caddies 12.2cm, weight of tea caddies 20oz.

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The arms are those used by the SOMERS family of Worcestershire / Herefordshire. Records show that the crest was that used with the arms of John SOMERS (1651-1716) 1st Baron Somers, created 1687. John SOMERS was Lord Chancellor of England. He was unmarried and on his death in 1716 the barony became extinct. The very unusual crest used with his arms is blazoned as: a coat of mail hanging on a laurel tree all proper. Notably the caddy has the same crest except that the 'coat of mail' is replaced by a 'coat of armour'.

The heir to John SOMERS 1st Baron was his sister Mary SOMERS (born 1653) and she had married a Charles COCKS (died 1727) of Worcester. It is their issue (later SOMERS-COCKS) that inherit the arms of SOMERS, which are quartered with the arms of COCKS, with the crests of both SOMERS and COCKS being commonly used.

The most likely branch of the family relating to is the later descendants of Charles COCKS (1725-1806) 1st Baron Somers by his second wife Anne POLE (1752-1833). The 1st Baron's third son Philip James Somers COCKS (1774-1857) had three sons: Charles Richard Somers COCKS (1814-1876); Philip Reginald COCKS (1815-1899) who in 1883 inherited the title 5th Baron Somers; Arthur Herbert COCKS (1818-1881). Notably the third son, of the Bengal Civil Service, married in India in 1847 Anna Marion Jessie ECKFORD (1830-1914).

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