Tea caddy
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1800
Materials
Brass, Gilt, Paper, Walnut
Measurements
131 x 133 x 102 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 546219
Summary
Walnut tea caddy, the lid composed of flat rectangular section with brass ovolo moulding and sloping front with two circular brass handles, the lower half of rectangular shape with four gilt claw-and-ball feet, lined with red paper, lock. Inscribed - Small tea chest C1800 65/- same shape as my satinwood bureau. Lining of red sticky paper renewed... (label inside)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
Small tea chest C1800 65/- same shape as my satinwood bureau. lining of red sticky paper renewed... (note inside)