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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
Price: $225
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Inventory #25601
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