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ANTIQUE BOXES
at the Sign of the Hygra
2 Middleton Road
London E8 4BL
Tel: 00 44 (0)20 7254 7074
email: boxes@hygra.com

Antique Boxes in English Society
1760 -1900
by ANTIGONE
Tea Caddies and Tea
Tea Caddies and Tea


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Papier mâchè caddies of the early part this period tend to have elaborate mother of pearl decoration and in the best examples ,as the one illustrated, fine gilding .

In the later years of the century the quality of the decoration declined together with the rest of the papier mâchè industry.

© 1999 Antigone Clarke and Joseph O'Kelly