A George III satinwood, kingwood crossbanded and harewood strung polygonal urn-shaped tea caddy, the domed cover with bats' wing patera and Van Dyke frieze, on a spreading socle and square platform, the interior with subsidiary cover, circa 1785 -- 8in.(20.3cm.) high.

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A George III satinwood, kingwood crossbanded and harewood strung polygonal urn-shaped tea caddy, the domed cover with bats' wing patera and Van Dyke frieze, on a spreading socle and square platform, the interior with subsidiary cover, circa 1785 -- 8in.(20.3cm.) high.
See Illustration.

Further details

Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, 1968. Section XX, a similar urn-shaped caddy is illustrated plate 320.

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