Furniture & Works of Art - 21st September 2010

Lot 508

A late George III harewood and marquetry tea caddy

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1300

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Description

A late George III harewood and marquetry tea caddy, of canted rectangular form, with banding and stringing, the front with an applied engraving of a young girl holding a nest of eggs, with a bead border and flanked by husks, the hinged cover with a central oval figured veneered panel, beads and trailing leafage, a brass loop handle, revealing a pair of lidded compartments, with turned ivory handles, 5.25in (13.4cm) h, 8.25in (21cm) w.