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Lot 665

Mahogany Tea Caddy & Sewing or Jewelry Box and Inlaid Georgian Hepplewhite Period Knife Box

Estimate: $500 - $550
Starting Bid
$250

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1st and 2nd items: Two (2) English antique wood boxes, including a George III mahogany tea caddy, paper lined, with a hinged lid, brass top handle, brass escutcheon, and bracket feet, 5 in. H x 8 in. W x 5 in. D, and a Victorian multi-faceted veneered sewing or jewelry box with a hinged lid, line inlay, interior mirror to the lid, and a velvet lining to the base, 4 1/2 in. H x 9 1/4 in. dia., both 19th century. 3rd item: George III inlaid Hepplewhite knife box, mahogany with fruitwood inlay and chevron inlaid banding to edges, serpentine front with hinged lid having an inlaid patera to exterior and inlaid to star to interior, metal hinges and metal shield-shaped escutcheon. 15 in. H x 9 in. W x 12 in. D. English, circa 1790.

Condition

1st and 2nd items: The tea caddy is missing the original fitted interior, exterior with minor wear. Jewelry/Sewing box with wood shrinkage to the top and one side, and scattered surface abrasions. 3rd item: 1" area of narrow loss to patera, shrinkage cracks to front of case and to interior of lid. Repair to 1 rear corner. Lacking lock and interior fittings.

Provenance

A Kentucky estate.

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