The tea-caddy, of casket form, shaped oblong, on four pierced scroll bracket feet with cast knight terminals, and with pierced scroll apron with grotesque masks, the sides engraved with cartouches framing applied silver vignettes depicting on the front Aeneas and Dido, on the back a shepherd and a shepherdess, and on the sides Diana, the hinged cover with engraved strapwork and at each corner a silver medallion figuring a putto, and with pineapple finial, the cover engraved with crest and inscription 'Dunoon, 10th July 1861', marked on base, cover and lock; the shell-shaped caddy-spoon with grapevine-wrapped ring handle, marked in shell
the tea-caddy 7¾ in. (19.3 cm.) high
gross weight 33 oz. 5 dwt. (1,035 gr.)
The crest is that of Duncan, for Andrew Duncan of the Royal Thames Yacht Club

Won by Andrew Duncan in his yacht The Glance, a cutter of 36 tons of the Royal Thames Yacht Club at the Royal Northern Yacht Club Regatta, held at Dunoon on 11 July 1861, in the first race of the day for cutters of royal yacht clubs of 20 tons upwards.
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 13 July 1994, lot 67.
A Private Family Trust; Christie's, London, 14 June 2005, lot 99.