A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA CADDY of architectural form, crossbanded overall with boxwood and ebonised lines with spreading stepped roof surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above symmetrical facades of five bays to front and back with elaborately rusticated architrave and two bays to the ends, the hinged roof enclosing a green silk-lined fitted interior of three compartments and eight slots for measuring implements, upon a moulded plinth base