Lot 1564
Lot 1564
A FRUITWOOD GOURD-SHAPED TEA CADDY

PROBABLY GERMAN, MID-19TH CENTURY

Price Realised USD 882
Estimate
USD 800 - USD 1,200
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A FRUITWOOD GOURD-SHAPED TEA CADDY

PROBABLY GERMAN, MID-19TH CENTURY

Price Realised USD 882
Price Realised USD 882
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With steel escutcheon, hinges and later ring handle
6 in. (15 cm.) high including handle, 434 in. (12 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Collection of Mrs. J. William Griffith; Sotheby's, New York, 15 October 1993, lot 458.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
M. Walecki, The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Woodbridge, 2022, pp. 131-132.
Sale Room Notice
Recent scholarship has revealed that this tea caddy is probably German, mid-19th century.
For related examples see M. Walecki, The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Woodbridge, 2022, pp. 131-132.
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