A related brass-mounted ivory tea-caddy, dated circa 1800 and veneered with panels of ivory and fine tortoiseshell stringing, was acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1991 (inv. no. W.52 -1919) and is illustrated in G. Walkling, Tea Caddies, London, 1988, fig. 58. A further similar tea-caddy was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 6 June 1996, lot 3