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Description:
Ref: 686TC
Victorian  two compartment Tea Caddy of complex shape  with eight sides and domed top, in burr walnut with gilded brass and malachite mounts by Stephenson, 99 Oxford Street. London  circa 1880.
The wood is burr walnut enhanced with extra painted lines in black. This was a 
technique sometimes used in the late 19th century. It gave the figure of the wood an 
overall strength, which hinted at marble and harmonised well with applied brass decoration. 
The escutcheon is in the neo-gothic style, in the late 19th century fashion for traditions 
harking back to what was perceived as a national heroic past.

Origin: UK, Stephenson's 99 Oxford St., W. ;  Circa: 1880 ; Materials: burr walnut with gilded brass on a mahogany structure.

Size: 26 cm wide by 17.5 cm by 15.5 cm:  10.2 inches wide by  6.9 inches by 6.1  inches.

Condition: good original overall; working lock and key; see images

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