A CASED GEORGE II SILVER RECTANGULAR BALUSTER TEA CADDY AND A SWING HANDLED BASKETTHE TEA CADDY BY J. COLLINS, THE BASKET BY EDWARD ALDRIDGE & JOHN STAMPER, BOTH LONDON 1755The tea caddy with a bird and boy finial to the domed cover, the body chased with figures seated in pillared buildings, foliage and scrolls, engraved with a crest and coat of arms, on four foliate pad feetThe basket with a scroll and floral swing handle, a chased C-scroll and floral border, a pierced body, engraved with a matching coat of arms, on a C-scroll and floral baseThe tea caddy 12cm (4 3/4in) high, the basket 15cm (6in) long542g (17.45 oz) grossIn a fitted shagreen box with silver mounts The arms of Richard ASTELL (1717-1777), timber merchant of London and gentleman of Everton House Bedfordshire and his wife Sarah BAGNALL (1717-1767) formerly of London. They were first cousins who married in London in 1740.Richard ASTELL was the son of William ASTELL (1672-1741), a London timber merchant by Mary BAGNALL (1686-1753). Sarah BAGNALL was the daughter of John BAGNALL (1678-1742) gentleman of London by Hannah KENNET (1737-1807) formerly of Bradford Yorkshire. The blazon:gules, a lion passant per pale or and argent between four crosses crosslet of the last (Astell) - impaling - ermine, two bars or, overall a lion rampant azure (Bagnall)crest: a cross crosslet or, entwined with a serpent vert (Astell)