Antique kingwood tea chest
Circa 1790
Height: 6.25 ins / 15.88 cm
Width: 11.25 ins / 28.58 cm
Depth: 6 ins / 15.24 cm
Price: £1750
An extraordinary 18th Century kingwood tea chest of superb quality, with chevron stringing and brass stringing, shell paterae to the front and a very large shell motif on the lid. The interior houses two lift out cannisters with sliding tops, both decorated with shell paterae and chevron stringing.