$720
Quillwork Inlaid Fruitwood Tea Caddy, England, 1797, hexagonal box with hinged lid, with finely rolled polychrome and gilt paper under glass panels, depicting flowers, cornucopia, a basket of fruit, grain stalks, date "1797," one panel centered with watercolor on silk painting of a girl with a lamb, two panels enhanced with mica chips; the fruitwood framework with contrasting rope and dark brown borders, the interior with two compartments with blossom painted lids, the interior of the lid with a partial label inscribed "The work of my grandmother at --- A:C Howden ----.," (fading, toning, losses to inlay), (imperfections), ht. 5 7/8, wd. 4 3/8, lg. 8 7/8 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
