Live Auction 6853Christie's Interiors
A GEORGE III WALNUT NOVELTY TEA CADDY IN THE FORM OF A STACK OF BOOKS
Lot 114

A GEORGE III WALNUT NOVELTY TEA CADDY IN THE FORM OF A STACK OF BOOKS

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed2 October 2012

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GBP 3,500

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A GEORGE III WALNUT NOVELTY TEA CADDY IN THE FORM OF A STACK OF BOOKS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With pale-wood veneered leaves and punched walnut veneers simulating the spines on an oak carcase, a sliding top section revealing the key-hole
9 in. (22.5 cm.) long

Specialist note

For similar see Sotheby's, The Robert Harman Collection, 12 November 1999, lot 30.