Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780 Recently Added Paper filigree work was fashionable

Paper filigree work was fashionable during the last part of the eighteenth century through to the early part of the nineteenth century

Qianlong mark & period

A finely painted river scene with trees and mountainous landscape behind

The lidded dispenser having a faceted lid with a turned finial

Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780 Recently Added Paper filigree work was fashionableSOLD 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