Two modelled as a pear, two as an apple and one shaped as an urn, with remnants of silver-foil lined interior
The largest: 7¹⁄₄ in. (18.5 cm.) high
‌The smallest:4 in. (10 cm.) high

The larger apple: Sold, Christie's, South Kensington, 19 September 2006, lot 1212.
The smaller apple: Sold, Christie's, South Kensington, 17 March 2009, lot 442.
The urn: Sold, Christie's, South Kensington, 1 February 2011, lot 128.
The smaller pear: Sold, Christie's, South Kensington, 1 February 2011, lot 129.

Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.

Please note the description should read: A group of sycamore and fruitwood tea caddies, probably German, mid-19^thcentury.
For related examples see M. Walecki, The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Woodbridge, 2022, pp. 131 – 132.

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