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The Collins Australian Blackwood and Cedar Tea Caddy, circa…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
24-Apr-2007
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Description:
The Collins Australian Blackwood and Cedar Tea Caddy, circa 1805, probably by James Grove, The rectangular tea caddy of sarcophagus form with a hinged lid. the carcass made from pale mahogany pieces salvaged from the canted writing slope of a Georgian writing compendium, and recut to form a rectangular box, the exterior veneered with thick sheets of hand cut figured blackwood wattle, the lid of the box made from a solid piece of blackwood wattle with veneer applied to the edges and sloped panels around a rectangular central panel, the solid central panel inset with a rectangular brass plaque with shaped corners, bright cut engraved with the letters 'DC' in Old English font, and the heraldic crest of the family Collins (camel head with cross-hatched bar).
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Category:
Unclassified