Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020
Lot 315
A VICTORIAN BRASS OVAL TEA CADDY PROBABLY BY HARCOURT & ALLEN
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1000
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Description
A VICTORIAN BRASS OVAL TEA CADDY
PROBABLY BY HARCOURT & ALLEN, MID-19TH CENTURY
repousse decorated with panels of Bacchanalian revelry with cavorting cherubs, rams and a horse, the silvered interior with foliate decoration, with a lift-out hinged lidded oval canister, the base stamped 'H&A 68', with a further pierced lidded lift-out compartment, with a mahogany base, with key
15.2cm high, 20.6cm wide, 17.2cm deep
Provenance
By family repute, this caddy was purchased at the Great Exhibition of 1851. It is believed the maker was Harcourt & Allen of Birmingham.