An early 19th century harewood tea chest, of rectangular form with boxwood edging and stringing, the front with a mother of pearl tear drop escutcheon and the sides with Sheffield plate open eliptical handles, the hinged cover inset a coloured engraving of Venus with attendants on a boat, revealing a bowl aperture and flanked by a pair of hinged lidded canisters with printed roundels of cherubs, 6.75in (19.6cm) h, 12.5in (32cm) w.
An early 19th century harewood tea chest, of rectangular form with boxwood edging and stringing, the front with a mother of pearl tear drop escutcheon and the sides with Sheffield plate open eliptical handles, the hinged cover inset a coloured engraving of Venus with attendants on a boat, revealing a bowl aperture and flanked by a pair of hinged lidded canisters with printed roundels of cherubs, 6.75in (19.6cm) h, 12.5in (32cm) w.
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