TC571: Rare straw work tea caddy from the second half of the 18th Century. 
Straw marquetry is usually referred to as Napoleonic prisoner of war work. The reason for this is that most pieces available today, were made in England in prisoner of war camps and prison ships between 1793 and 1815. Dartmoor and Norman Cross were two of the chief centers, but such prisons were scattered throughout England with some of the work dating back to 1756.

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