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
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 |
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A late 18th century oval walnut tea caddy. The lid and the front contain an oval panel, each decorated with a floral display executed in a mixture of penwork and inlay. A very similar caddy (same woods same design and inlay) in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is stamped on the rim GILLOWS OF LANCASTER. The V&A caddy is illustrated at fig 47. Tea Caddies an Illustrated History, written by Gillian Walkling V&A publications. |
© 1999 Antigone Clarke and Joseph O'Kelly
