Live Auction 6853Christie's Interiors
A GEORGE IV TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY TEA CADDY
Lot 88

A GEORGE IV TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY TEA CADDY

CIRCA 1820

Closed2 October 2012

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GBP 3,750

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A GEORGE IV TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY TEA CADDY
CIRCA 1820
Of octagonal form with an overhanging pagoda top and flared base, with pewter stringing, with an ivory ball finial and feet
7½ in. (19 cm.) high

Specialist note

A similar caddy is illustrated in Noel Riley, Stones' Pocket Guide to Tea Caddies, p.41. pl 82.