Description
A Regency tortoiseshell octagonal tea caddy by Thomas Lund, of Pagoda form, the hinged cover with white metal stringing and a turned ivory finial, the front with a button catch to an ivory banded interior, the front edge stamped 'LUND, MAKER 57. CORNHILL. LONDON.', with a lidded compartment having a turned ivory handle, 5.25in (13cm) h, 4.75in (12cm) w. Thomas Lund was at 56 and 57 Cornhill, London from 1819 until 1840 as 'Manufacturer of Improved Letter Copying Machines for Counting Houses or Travelling, Portable Writing Desks, Dressing Cases, Pocket Books &c, &c,'. An almost identical caddy is illustrated in Marked London Furniture by Christopher Gilbert, 1996, p.309, pl.580.
