Lot 161
161
A SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY TEA-CADDY with moulded rectangular lid and divided interior, the bombé body mounted with shaped hasp and lockplate and pierced arabesque plaques, the sides with carrying- handles, on claw-and-ball feet, with maker's mark IW, restorations, one foot loose, with later removable fittings to the interior, 19th Century

Details
A SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY TEA-CADDY with moulded rectangular lid and divided interior, the bombé body mounted with shaped hasp and lockplate and pierced arabesque plaques, the sides with carrying- handles, on claw-and-ball feet, with maker's mark IW, restorations, one foot loose, with later removable fittings to the interior, 19th Century
11½in. (29cm.) wide
Provenance
R. M. Broadhead, Esq., sold in these Rooms, 9 April 1981, lot 15

Lot Essay

The mark is probably that of John Wright. A tea-caddy with silver mounts marked I.W., presumably also for John Wright, is illustrated in R.Edwards and P.Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev.ed., London, 1954, vol.II, p.340, fig.4

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