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A Good George III Mahogany Tea Caddy.
The hinged lid with a brass loop handle, mounted within a pair of boxwood and ebony edged, cross banded panels surrounded by a down swept concave mould, with ogee mould lower edge, the body enclosing two tea divisions. The front inlaid with ebony and boxwood stars, flanking a central cluster diamond, topped further boxwood and ebony line inlay. The corners and edge moulds picked out with boxwood rounded moulds. The whole on four ogee bracket feet.
Date c 1760
Height 6 3/4" Width 10 1/2" Depth 6 1/2"
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