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Description:
Ref: 744TC http://hygra.com/box/744TC 

Partridge wood single compartment tea caddy strung with boxwood and opening to a lidded tea compartment. The top is canted to the front and back. The interior lid is of maple. Both the inside of the lid and the inside of the caddy retain 
a lot of the original lining.  

Origin: UK;  Circa: 1790; Materials: .

Size:  11.6 cm wide by 10 cm by 12.1 cm:  4.6 inches wide by  3.9 inches by  4.8  inches.

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

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Front view showing the interesting “feathery” figure of partridge wood.

Back view with original double hinges.

The figure of the back is less pronounced.

 

The partridge wood at the side uses some of the sapwood which is a lighter colour to the heartwood.

 The partridge wood at the side uses some of the sapwood which is a lighter colour to the heartwood.

there is a shallow crack in the sap wood on one side.

 The lid has a finely turned bone handle.

An 18th C lock would have been simpler and have only one hole in the lock plate.

The lid and the inside of the caddy retain 
a lot of the original lining.

When first made the lid would have been supported by the tea. The triangular supports at the corners are a later addition.

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