A set of three George II silver graduated tea caddies or condiment vases and covers, each cover with tapering foliate knop finial above fluting and undulating rim, the pentagonal lobed body with oval guilloche border above later engraved crest, inscribed 'Feroci Fortior', each reeded tapering base raised on a spiral fluted undulating pentagonal foot, London 1743 by Nicholas Sprimont, heights approx 15cm and 14cm, together with three Onslow pattern ladles (some faults). Note: Nicholas Sprimont (1716-1771) was born in Liège and apprenticed as silversmith to his uncle Nicholas Joseph Sprimont. He came to England in 1742 and worked as a silversmith until he founded the Chelsea Porcelain Factory in 1745. Owing to the shortness of his time as a silversmith, Nicholas Sprimont's work is considered extremely rare and important. His best-known pieces are in The Royal Collection.