λ  A 19th century Anglo-Indian buffalo horn tea chest

λ  A 19th century Anglo-Indian buffalo horn tea chest, of sarcophagus shape, all over engraved with scrolling leaves and flowers, with panels of ribbed decoration, the hinged lid with a gadrooned finial, revealing a sandalwood and ivory interior, the ivory with lac floral bands, with a pair of lift-out hinged canisters flanking a cut-glass sugar bowl, on nulled flattened bun feet, Vizagapatam, c.1830-50, 23.5cm high, 36.2cm wide, 20cm deep.

Provenance: Antigone Clarke & Joseph O'Kelly.