Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780 Sculpture 5" long X 4

5" long X 4

This beautiful jewel is in very good condition and is quite a statement piece

each chair back having central carved oval paterae and carved bosses & acanthus leaf spandrels

Zacharia Mbutha is a well known artist internationally whose work is held in public and private collections worldwide

the frame being of easel form and having a crest with two birds astride a flowering urn

Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780 Sculpture 5" long X 4SOLD 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