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Antique Continental Melon Fruit Tea Caddy
$18,914.24
£13,900
€16,229.10
CA$26,148.39
A$28,465.46
CHF 15,195.57
MX$343,643.35
NOK 191,065.38
SEK 177,582.71
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Stunning Mottled Patination
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this beautiful Antique Melon Fruit Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy made from Sycamore and of novelty form modelled as a melon with a spectacular mottled patination in four large segments finished with a steel cut escutcheon and naturally carved stalk. The Tea Caddy opens to reveal traces of the original silver foil lining and steel cut hinge. The Antique Melon Fruit Tea Caddy dates to the turn of the 19th century circa 1800 and is of continental origin.
It is commonly believed that the Fruit Tea Caddies are made from fruitwood and are of English origin however they are actually made from Sycamore wood and are Continental.
The Melon Tea Caddy comes complete with a working lock and tasselled key.
Sycamore, also known as Harewood is a member of the Maple family, found in Europe. It is light yellow in colour and is often a very clean wood, with a straight, fine grain. The wood is often pippy. However, these pips are usually a very similar colour to the rest of the wood making them hardly visible.
- Dimensions:Height: 4.93 in (12.5 cm)Diameter: 4.34 in (11 cm)
- Style:George III (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1800
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Northampton, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 501728GACE1stDibs: LU8027247882362
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