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Victorian walnut veneered two compartment tea caddy inlaid in strips of geometric marquetry circa 1880

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Reference: TC125

Description:
A Victorian walnut two compartment tea caddy with a domed top inlaid with a parquetry made of woods of several colors, the inside having twin compartments with supplementary lids, circa 1880.

(See our book Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, and Society -- 1700--1880, ISBN: 0764316885 Antigone Clarke & Joseph O'Kelly, A Schiffer Book for collectors Chapter 6 and figures 98, 99, 100).

Origin: United Kingdom

Circa: 1880

Materials: Pine construction with walnut veneer and inlay in many woods

Size: It measures 7 inches wide by 4.3 inches deep and it is 5.1 inches high including feet: 18. cm wide by 10cm deep by 13cm high.
Condition: good overall, working lock and key.

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Inside the caddy has two compartments each with a supplementary lid having turned ebony pulls.

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There is some leading in the compartments, consistent with the age and period of the caddy.

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