Lot 196
196
A REGENCY PENWORK, EBONIZED AND INALID-SATINWOOD TEAPOY**
THE COLLECTION OF EVELYN G. HAYNES (LOTS 193-207)
A REGENCY PENWORK, EBONIZED AND INALID-SATINWOOD TEAPOY**

CIRCA 1805

Details
A REGENCY PENWORK, EBONIZED AND INALID-SATINWOOD TEAPOY**
Circa 1805
With octagonal top with central reserve medallion depicting classical ruins within a scrolled surround enclosing a fitted interior with removable caddies, triangular compartments, and two glass mixing bowls, the underside of the top also decorated with classical ruins before a seascape, each panel of the body with further engraved panels on outswept foliate-decorated legs joined by concave stretchers, the glass mixing bowls possibly original
28½in. (72.5cm.) high, 14in. (35.5cm.) diameter
Provenance
Acquired from Stair & Company, New York, February 1966.

Lot Essay

The octagon teapoy has Grecian-scrolled legs in the antique fashion introduced around 1800, and is embellished with picturesque vignettes within foliated borders that are inspired by Grecian vases. A similar romantic vignette of a Gothic castle features on a George IV box illustrated in an exhibition catalogue issued by Hyde Park Antiques, Penwork; The Triumph of Line, New York, 1989.

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