Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780 Drawings & Prints The Museo de Arte Moderno

The Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City held a solo exhibition of his work in 1995

The tall chest has provenance of the same family ownership for more than 7 generations

which he covers with black and then rubs with a palette knife to create dramatic and revealing images

The body of the helmet having two bands of Lantsa/Sanskrit characters

the name being an old Irish battle cry for "clear the way") was a Thoroughbred racehorse

Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780 Drawings & Prints The Museo de Arte ModernoSOLD 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