Sold for:
$705
$705
Two Inlaid Wooden Tea Caddies, England, 18th/early 19th century, including a mahogany veneer Georgian bombe-shaped box with brass swing handle and inlaid blossom on the hinged lid and brass escutcheon, the interior with three compartments, the center cavity with covered tin cannister, (joinery separation on the lid), 6 x 10 1/8 x 5 3/4.; a rectangular caddy with figured wood veneer and crossbanded string inlaid borders and hinged domed top, containing two interior lead foil lined compartments toped with similar veneer and inlay and ivory knops, 5 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-06-04
