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Antique Boxes in English Society
1760 -1900
by
ANTIGONE
Tea Caddies and Tea
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ANTIQUE BOXES at the Sign of the Hygra 2 Middleton Road London E8 4BL Tel: 00 44 (0)20 7254 7074 email: boxes@hygra.com |
Antique Boxes in English Society Tea Caddies and Tea |
| George Hepplewhite's designs in his 'Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide' of 1788 in which he offers both chests for metal containers and all wooden caddies. | |
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Comparing the chests in the two design books we notice similar use of straight, concave and convex shapes, but in the Hepplewhite boxes the rococo ormolu mounts are replaced with neo classical style inlays. The look is more restrained. The decoration on the three Hepplewhite caddies is also in the neo classical Adam style and mirrors many of the motifs, which were currently in use. Paterae, stylised flowers, festoons of flora, urns. |
© 1999 Antigone Clarke and Joseph O'Kelly |
The caddies are the three prevailing shapes of the late 18th century. Square, oval and oblong. They are flat on the top and they have no feet or other support. Two have small drop handles on the top. |
