Lot Essay
This pattern of reed-banded Roman sarcophagus chest, with altar-hollowed dome, was introduced in the 1740s and featured in Thomas Chippendale's, Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director, 1754 (pl. 129).
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MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TEA-CADDY
MID-18TH CENTURY
Of sarcophagus form, with rectangular moulded lid with brass handle enclosing an interior with two mahogany divisions, with bombé body, on bracket feet, the underside inscribed indistinctly in ink 'G W 59 ... 1820(?)'
6 in. (15 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
MID-18TH CENTURY
Of sarcophagus form, with rectangular moulded lid with brass handle enclosing an interior with two mahogany divisions, with bombé body, on bracket feet, the underside inscribed indistinctly in ink 'G W 59 ... 1820(?)'
6 in. (15 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
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