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Description:
Ref: 735TC http://hygra.com/box/735TC

Two compartment tea caddy with saw-cut mahogany cross banded with boxwood. Inside the two compartments have supplementary lids of solid mahogany with turned handles.  The Caddy retains some of its original lead foil on the inside.

Origin: UK ;  Circa: 1800 ; Materials: mahogany on a pine carcass. .

Size: 18.5 cm wide, 10.2 cm deep, 12 cm high:  7.3  inches wide by  4  inches by 4.7  inches.

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

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Inside the two compartments have supplementary lids of solid mahogany with turned handles.

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There is evidence of the original foil on the underside of the lids. 

Interior of lid: the pine structural wood is clearly seen under the foil.