Fine pair of antique English firedogs, or tool rests, in brass, with vasiform finials above a turned pillar, with applied rose form decoration and cast anthemion form central motif. The whole raised on a stepped plinth base. Circa 1880.
Chinese export black lacquer
tea chest with gilt decoration; rectangular, with cut corners
and paw form feet and a
stepped lid opening to two engraved pewter tea caddies. Circa 1840. (Minor losses to lacquer and feet; wear to decoration.)
Antique English papier mache lap desk in black lacquer decorated with gilt stencil and inlaid with abalone shell, having a shaped top opening to a fitted interior with writing slope and wells for pens and inkwell. Circa 1860.
Rare George II Tea Caddy with Hidden Drawer, rectangular with stepped hinged top surmounted by a brass carrying handle, brass escutcheon and sliding side panel revealing a hidden drawer (patch above keyhole, lacks interior dividers).
One of the rarest of this form of tea caddy, the concealed drawer would have held your silver teaspoons.
Antique French Brass Perfume Box with openwork engraved brass body and domed top opening to a felt lined interior with three gilt cut crystal bottles and stoppers. Circa 1830-50.
Rare Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy inlaid with mother of pearl; rectangular with cut corners; the stepped lid opening to two lidded compartments; the front panel heavily inlaid with engraved mother of pearl floral form decoration. Provenance: From the Estate of Joseph Stanley, New Hope, PA.
Exceptional Regency bombι tea caddy in tiger tortoiseshell, having a pagoda shaped top opening to an interior with two lidded compartments and ivory surround. Circa 1800-20. (One back foot replaced.)
Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.75 x 6
