A LATE GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED MAHOGANY AND IVORY TEA CADDY**

CIRCA 1800, LATER FITTED WITH MIRROR AND VELVET-LINED COMPARTMENTS,

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A LATE GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED MAHOGANY AND IVORY TEA CADDY**
circa 1800, later fitted with mirror and velvet-lined compartments,
With a later mirror over a later blue velvet-lined drop-in compartment, with inscribed paper label to underside From Sale/Collection/Dowager Duchess/of/Montrose, also bearing a plaque D. SHERRATT & CO.,/61, BRIDGE STREET ROW,/CHESTER., lock stamped SECURE/PATENT/LOCK, now lacking interior lids and wells, the feet replaced, originally with handles
7in. (18cm.) high, 11½in. (29cm.) wide, 7½in. (19cm.) deep

Provenance

Collection of the Dowager Duchess of Montrose.

Lot Essay

The escutcheon medallion of this caddy is ensigned with the coronet of a Countess. It is labelled as forming part of the Collection of the Dowager Duchess of Montrose. This is likely to have belonged to Duchess Violet Hermione (d.1940), who in 1876 married Douglas 5th Duke of Montrose (d.1925) of Buchan House, Scotland.

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