AN ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENGRAVED-IVORY INLAID INDIAN ROSEWOOD TEA CADDY

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29.11.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 147 | AN ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENGRAVED-IVORY INLAID INDIAN ROSEWOOD TEA CADDY
AN ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENGRAVED-IVORY INLAID INDIAN ROSEWOOD TEA CADDY

VIZAGAPATAM, CIRCA 1760

Decorated with stylised foliate borders, the interior refitted with kingwood cannisters, the silver handle and lock replaced in the 19th century, the central glass box later, minor losses

6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high; 11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) wide; 7 in. (17.5 cm.) deep





Literature

A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - II', Country Life, 9 January 1953, p. 96, pl. 5.

Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Adam Room'.
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