Lot 14
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A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EBONY TEA-CADDIES AND A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY
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A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EBONY TEA-CADDIES AND A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EBONY TEA-CADDIES AND A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each caddy with a stepped top enclosing a silver paper-lined interior with a lid, one lid with inscription on the underside 'See Christina's note Pierce was born c&i.1827 - The shells here were given to me by Trelawny c.1882 being relics from his old cruisings in the days of the 'younger son''; the tray with solid gallery and bracket feet
The caddies: 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; 4 in. (10 cm.) square; the tray: 1½ in. (4 cm.) high; 1- in. (20.5 cm.) square (3)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, London, 1754 illustrated a related domed 'tea-chest' pattern for such caddies. These caddies of beautifully figured mahogany are wreathed with black reeds in the George III 'Etruscan' fashion popularised from the late 1760s by the architect Robert Adam (d. 1792) and by the antiquarian interest in Etruscan/Greek vases.

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