Teapoy
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1825
Materials
Rosewood, glass bowl, velvet interior
Measurements
79 x 49 x 38.5 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428641.1
Summary
A rosewood teapoy, English, circa 1825. Gadrooned detail throughout, the canted rectangular top opening to reveal a pair of tea caddies, a glass container and another empty velvet-lined compartment, the lock stamped GR PATENT below a crown, raised on a column profusely carved with acanthus leaf and studded or gadrooned collars, the concave-sided platform base with winged squat legs and paw feet.
Marks and inscriptions
On the lock: GR PATENT below crown