A George III fruitwood tea caddy modelled as a cantaloupe melon and stained in green, the cover with stalk finial, with oval steel escutcheon, some defects, circa 1790 -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high

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A George III fruitwood tea caddy modelled as a cantaloupe melon and stained in green, the cover with stalk finial, with oval steel escutcheon, some defects, circa 1790 -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high
See Colour Plate.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 295.

A similar tea caddy was sold by Sotheby's, The W.J. Shepherd Collection of Treen, Wednesday 30th November 1983, lot 636.

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