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A Rare George III Mahogany, Silver & Mother-of-Pearl-Mounted Tea CaddyCIRCA 1760 Height: 6.25" Width: 10.25" Depth: 6.5" Inventory Number 8489-296 Price$12,600DescriptionThe geometrically-inlaid case with hinged top opening to three pinchbeck-mounted mother-of-pearl canisters. Provenances- IllustratedC. Gilbert, Masterpieces of English Furniture: The Gerstenfeld Collection, Christie's Books, 1998, 'Tea Chests and Tea Caddies,' Chapter 11, pp. 182-187, fig. 111, p. 248. Additional InformationThe unusual mother-of-pearl canisters (two tea and one sugar) relate to similar examples attributed to English goldsmith and entrepreneur, James Cox (c.1723–1800). |
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