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Georgian tea caddy of sarcophagus form

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An early 19th-century tea caddy in sarcophagus form.

The exterior is veneered with richly textured coromandel, decorated at its seams with lighter banding.

Inside are two compartments, each covered by a coromandel lid with a turned knob of bone in the center.

The underside of the lid is finished with a piece of light red velvet, and a bone escutcheon covers the opening to the lock box.

Width: 7-1/2”; height: 5-1/8”; depth: 4-1/2”;

English, ca. 1820

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Price: $225

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Inventory #25601


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