TC541: Inlaid mahogany two compartment tea caddy circa 1790. The top and front have central oval marquetry medallions depicting conch shells. Inside there are two compartments with supplementary lids with turned bone pulls. in the 18th century manner the lids do not have supports but would be expected to sit on the tea. The orchestration of the inlays is complex. The top has the central cartouche inlaid in a panel of well figured flame mahogany. This is framed by inlaid stringings in light and dark woods and a cross banding of mahogany. the caddy is edged in boxwood having facings to the bottom and the lid. The caddy stands on cast gilded brass feet. 

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