Details
A FEDERAL MAHOGANY SERPENTINE TEA-CADDY
NEW ENGLAND, 1780-1800
The molded upswept hinged rectangular top with serpentine front edge surmounted by a brass handle over a conforming case enclosing a green velvet-lined fitted interior, now with a pearlware tea caddy decorated with floral sprays, on a molded base (pearlware tea caddy cracked and lacking its lid)--7in. high, 13in. wide, 7in. deep
NEW ENGLAND, 1780-1800
The molded upswept hinged rectangular top with serpentine front edge surmounted by a brass handle over a conforming case enclosing a green velvet-lined fitted interior, now with a pearlware tea caddy decorated with floral sprays, on a molded base (pearlware tea caddy cracked and lacking its lid)--7in. high, 13in. wide, 7in. deep
Provenance
Isaac Green, Windsor, Vermont
Israel Sack, Inc.
Israel Sack, Inc.
Literature
American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection (Washington, D.C., 1974), vol. 4, p. 941, P3759