Tea caddy in coopered barrel form, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840. An unusual advertising piece with brass straps, ebony inlay and acorn finial.
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Tea caddy in coopered barrel form, modelled as a miniature barrel and raised on a mahogany plinth with a cavetto edge, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840. The body with a well patinated surface bound by two thick brass straps, constructed to replicate the appearance of a full sized coopered barrel while retaining the functionality of a tea caddy.
The lid, also with a cavetto edge, is inlaid with a star motif and surmounted by a turned finial in the form of an acorn. To the front, the caddy is inlaid in ebony with the word Tea, executed in a three dimensional effect.
The interior is fitted for use as a tea caddy. This example is highly unusual in its execution, with the coopered barrel form in miniature scale and quite possibly unique.
Such pieces were produced during a period when tea caddies were highly sought after, and this example would have likely served as a novelty advertising or shop display piece.
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Provenance
-Exhibited at the East India Company, Mayfair, London
-Grosvenor House antique fair 1970’s purchased by a private collector
DETAILS
Stock Number:
323982
Dimensions:
Width: 23
Depth: 14
Height: 25.5
Place of origin:
England, UK
Date of manufacture:
Circa 1840
Seller:
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