Details
In the Chinoiserie style, shaped as a pagoda on four fluted feet, the reeded angles with baluster finials, the sides chased with Chinese landscapes featuring figures and buildings with a verdant landscape, the hinged cover with fluted scale-work rim and chased with foliage and pagodas above, with bird finial, the front with keyhole and lock, key lacking, marked on base and in cover
6 in. (15 cm.) high
18 oz. 6 dwt. (569 gr.)
Provenance
Terence J. Fox (1938-1996), collector and founder of Iroquois Brands, a manufacturer and marketer of tea,
The Terence J. Fox Collection of Tea Equipage,; Christie's, New York, 18 October 1995, lot 366.
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A very similar pair of caddies by Charles Thomas and George Fox, also from the Bayreuth Collection, was sold in The Collector sale, Christie's London, 31 October 2023, lot 81. They were illustrated in A. Stevens, K. Richenburg and G. Walkling eds., The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Woodbridge, 2022, p. 317, fig. 17.43.

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