AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY TEA CADDY
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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY TEA CADDY

1790-1800, VIZAGAPATAM

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY TEA CADDY
1790-1800, VIZAGAPATAM
Of rectangular form with hinged lid enclosing a fuchsia paper-lined interior with two divisions, the exterior decorated on each side and the lid with mansions in landscapes surrounded by foliate-decorated borders, on bracket feet
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 10½ in. (27 cm.) wide; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

A tea caddy of this form, and likewise decorated on the top with a border of intersecting vines, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (B-1936; A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 205, no. 49).

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