Caddy, Tea
Description
Silver tea caddy with classical Grecian design and repoussé images. Engraved with the initials "EP." Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879) purchased this French tea caddy for her brother Edward. She acquired this and several other items from Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763-1850), one of the Parisian silversmiths patronized by Napoleon.
Date
circa 1816