sugar box ca 1720 simeon soumaine rare survivals in early american silver this pair of octagonal tea caddies and matching sugar box emulate contemporary english design they also evoke the passion for teadrinking and its costly accessories that became as fashionable in the colonies as they were abroad each vessel is engraved with the arms and crest of the bayard family of new york although only one tea caddy entered the metropolitans collection in 1964 642495ab the set was reunited in 2015 with the purchase of the matching caddy and sugar box 2015931ab 2ab sugar box 677865 2hhyfg1.jpg from 677865 jpg View Photo