"Joubert, Tea Caddy, Gilt Silver, Vermeil, Paris 1766"
Silver gilt tea caddy, rectangular and closed by a cylindrical dome-shaped stopper. Paris 1762-1768, possibly 1766-1767, the date letter is difficult to read. Master silversmith François Joubert received on September 6, 1749. Weight 67g - Height 7.3cm - Width 4.6cm - Depth 2.4cm. Good condition, traces of use, wear to the vermeil, numbered in a bay leaf at the beginning of the 19th century. A comparable tea caddy was exhibited in New York at the Metropolitan Museum, Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of French Domestic Silver, No. 86 of the catalog. Rare