Description
A Victorian coromandel and brass mounted domed tea chest by George Betjemann & Sons, London, the engraved brass work, gilt rubbed, with inset Wedgwood jasperware classical roundels, the hinged cover with a vacant shield, and two engraved coat of arms of Edinburgh city and Charles Lawson, the interior with a watered silk cover lining and a central plush lined recess with a cut glass bowl flanked by a pair of hinged dome lidded canisters with applied plaques engraved Black and Green, the back edge with an inset plaque inscribed 'STEPHENSON & SON, 25 Princess St. EDINBURGH', the sides with a pair of hinged open handles, the front signed 'G.BETJEMANN & SONS, MAKERS LONDON', on a flared base, 8.5in (21.5cm) h, 13.75in (35cm) w.
Charles Lawson was the Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1862 - 1865.
Stephenson & Son at 25 Princess Street, Edinburgh, 1860 - 1864.
