Exceptional English Domed Top Tea caddy in harewood with satinwood stringing and brass carrying handles and interior fitted with compartments for teas and sugar bowl. Circa 1770.
Exceptional Antique English Papier-Mâché Sewing Cabinet, also called a
“Ladies Companion”decorated with gilt stenciling and inlaid with mother
of pearl shell, having a rectangular scalloped lid decorated with a scene of
abbey ruins which opens to a fitted interior with ivory sewing implements; the
front with two cabinet doors opening to an interior with a central mirrored
door flanked by drawers. The top drawer fitted and lined, the bottom
drawer is a lap desk with inkwell. Circa 1835-50 ...click for details
Rare Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy inlaid with mother of pearl; rectangular with cut corners; the stepped lid opening to two lidded compartments; the front panel heavily inlaid with engraved mother of pearl floral form decoration. Provenance: From the Estate of Joseph Stanley, New Hope, PA.
18th-century English Tea Caddy in nicely figured mahogany inlaid with boxwood, satinwood and ebony; rectangular with cut corners, the hinged lid opening to two lidded compartments and raised on brass ball feet. Circa 1780-90.
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 Rolled Paper Tea
Caddy, hexagonal, with zebra striped inlaid banding and
green, blue and gilt colored quillwork decoration. The hinged top with silver pull opens to an interior with a “floating” lid. English,Circa 1790.
Also known as “quill work” or “rolled or scrolled paper” tea caddies, these undecorated boxes would have been purchased from a cabinetmaker and decorated at home or in schools by ladies as a gen ...click for details
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.
