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 Antique Satinwood Hexagonal Tea Caddy Inlaid with Ovals depicting stylized Paterae circa 1790

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Ref: 877TC http://hygra.com/box/877TC 

Hexagonal single compartment tea caddy veneered with satinwood and inlaid with marquetry ovals depicting paterae. The top and front have a framing of cross banded kingwood. The caddy retains some of its original leading.

Origin: UK;  Circa: 1790; Materials: satinwood on a pine structure.

Size: 16.2 cm wide by 9 cm by 11.8 cm:   6.3 inches wide by  3.5 inches by   4.7 inches.

Condition: good overall; working lock and key; see images; as each person has different criteria and antiques by their very nature have wear  please enlarge the images and ask for extra information as needed. 

Keywords: tea caddy, antique Georgian, satinwood, patera, paterae, 

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The inlays were not always made by the cabinet makers who made the boxes. More ambitious work was often executed by masters of marquetry. The oval medallions of marquetry were usually bought in from specialist craftsmen. For example, Joseph Binns worked in London and on his trade card dating from the last decade of the 18th century, he described himself as "Oval Shell & Stringing Maker, Dyed Woods of Different Colors..."

The subtle shading is achieved by dipping the separate fretted  pieces of wood into molten lead or hot sand.

 

 

The patera motif in its various forms was an abstraction of a shallow dish used in the classical world for offering libations.

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The caddy is built on a pine structure. It still retains traces of its original leading. 
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The caddy has green felt on the bottom framed with boxwood faceings. 

 

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