Furniture & Works of Art - 1st July 2015
Lot 236
A Regency penwork and silver mounted tea chest
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £550
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Description
A Regency penwork and silver mounted tea chest, decorated with classical scenes of chariots within palmette borders, the hinged lid with a navette shape handle, the interior with three divisions with a pair of cut glass canisters each with an engraved silver hinged lid with Greek key and flower and foliage borders, the centres with a monogram, flanking a cut glass sugar bowl, the hinges, handle and lids hallmarked for Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson, London 1807, 15cm high, 31cm wide, 14.7cm deep, together with a Dutch silver repoussé decorated tea strainer by Bernard Muller.