Rare 18th century fruit wood apple shaped tea caddy, having a circular hinged lid with carved ivory “stem”, opening to a tin-lined interior. Probably Continental, Circa 1760-80.
Antique Scottish Treen Tobacco Box of alternating fruit wood and mahogany sections; circular with ribbed body and turned lid with gallery and surmounted a wood finial. Circa 1800-1830.
Antique French Brass Perfume Box with openwork engraved brass body and domed top opening to a felt lined interior with three gilt cut crystal bottles and stoppers. Circa 1830-50.
Fine Scrolled Paper Tea
Caddy, hexagonal, with zebra striped inlaid banding and
green, blue and gilt colored quillwork decoration. The hinged top with silver knop opens to an interior with a “floating” lid. Circa 1790.
Fine Antique Chinese Export Black Lacquer Tea Chest having a lobed, stepped top and conforming case wtih gilt decoration of flowers and figures in gardens; the interior with two engraved pewter tea caddies and th whole raised on paw form feet. Circa 1840. Condition of the case is very good, interior caddies are badly dented.
Exceptional English paper filigree or quillwork tea caddy; octagonal with pyramidal lid, crushed abalone shell ground and rolled paper floral decoration, circa1790-1810. Provenance: The Cockrell Collection. Height, 5.5”; Length, 5.5”.
Exceptional Antique French Marquetry Tea Caddy with amboyna, kingwood,
rosewood and brass wire
inlays; the shaped top opening
to two lidded compartments with second “floating” lids. Circa 1870.
Exceptional Antique English Amboyna Wood Tea Chest, rectangular with hinged lid opening to a fitted interior with two lidded, removable tea caddies and space for a sugar bowl; the chest now mounted on a stand. Provenance: From the Estate of Joseph Stanley, New Hope, PA.
Fine William IV Teapoy in nicely figured rosewood, having a rectangular stepped top opening to an interior with two lidded tea caddies and a later crystal sugar bowl. The tea chest is supported by a hexagonal shaft with a gadrooned base and a tripartite plinth. English, Circa 1830.
Fine English Regency Break-Fronted Tea Caddy in “tiger” tortoiseshell having a pagoda shaped top opening to two lidded compartments, a shaped front and bun form feet. Circa 1815.
Repairs-mostly to back.
