ID 820256
Lot 514 | A GEORGE III STAFFORDSHIRE PINK ENAMEL CASKET ENCLOSING THREE TEA CANISTERS
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 10 000
CIRCA 1770-1775
The casket of rectangular form with gilt-metal mounts opening to three velvet-lined fitted sections with removable tea-caddies, each finely painted with idyllic pastoral views together with three pink boxes of the same period finely painted with waterfowl and 'fancy' birds
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high, 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) wide, 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) deep, the casket
Provenance
Acquired from Parish Hadley by Ann & Gordon Getty in 1978.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Gilding, Ceramic, Porcelain, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Tea caddies |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Gilding, Ceramic, Porcelain, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Tea caddies |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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