Papier mâché two compartment tea caddy the japanned surface decorated with naturalistic paintings of flowers; The design is artfully orchestrated. Rococo trellised flora both frames and intersects the naturalistic rendition of the frames and intersects the naturalistic rendition of the the flowers and bird in a fluid cartouche. This is executed in gold leaf and provides a glamorous and exotic highlight against the subtlety of the realistic colour of the main pictures.
Origin: UK; Circa:
1850; Materials: Papier
Mâché.
Size: 20cm wide by 12.3
cm by 14.11 cm: 7.9
inches wide by 4.9 inches by inches.
Condition: good
overall; working lock and key; see images
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Keywords: tea caddy, Papier Mâché, painted, japanned, flower painting, passion flower, peacock,
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