Tea caddy
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Harewood, Ivory, Mahogany, Pine, Satinwood, Zinc
Measurements
130 x 192 x 107 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 546204
Summary
Rectangular mahogany two division tea caddy. Top of lid and front of base with inlaid, flamed satinwood whelks, on oval harewood backgrounds. Oval ivory escutcheon around key hole. Caddy on four brass bun feet. Remains of zinc lining on interior of pine carcass. Inscribed - Tea caddy mahogany ? with 2 shells inlaid £15 (notes inside)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
Tea caddy mahogany ? with 2 shells inlaid £15 (notes inside)