Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780 Decorative Arts Lin Fengmian

Lin Fengmian

the figure is raised on a circular stepped variegated marble socle

stamped for Moscow 1894 with the assayer's mark for Alexander Vasilyevich and the Latin G

25" wide X 4" deep

the bowl with carrying lugs to the side and similarly decorated in under-glazed blue

Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780 Decorative Arts Lin FengmianSOLD A good antique Georgian scrollwork tea caddy, circa 1780. The caddy of hexagonal shape, the front, back & cover with overall decoration of paper scrolls in stylized floral & foliate motifs. The caddy having a hinged lid with a turned brass hinged finial pull, the top having chevron shaped inlay, the interior lid also decorated with floral design paper scrollwork & a turned ivory finial pull. Enclosed are twin compartments for storing tea with the