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19th C.Walnut Tunbridge Ware Dome Topped Tea Caddy

Name: 19th C.Walnut Tunbridge Ware Dome Topped Tea Caddy
SKU: as237a2566
Price: 165.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

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We are offering for sale this attractive Victorian Walnut Dome Topped Tea Caddt. The Caddy has two bands of Tunbridge Ware marquetry on each side of the lid and down th front. The lid is wood lined and the two original lids, with their Turned ebony handles are present, as is hte vast majority of the original lining of the two tea compartments, which would have contained green and black tea.

unbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion.

The original lock is in working order and the key is present, as is the brass escutcheon.

Dimensions:

Width: 7 inches - 17.6cm

Height: 5 1/2 inches - 14cm

Depth: 4 1/2 inches - 11.4cm

Materials: Walnut and various natural coloured woods

Condition: Very good. See description above for details.

Price

£165.00

$223.26

€191.98

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