Rare Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Tea Caddy with Secret Drawer

Decorated with four skulls to top with titles of a Witch, King, Beauty and Beggar to each Skull underneath. Lidded.

Of rectangular shape, inlaid with boxwood and ebony, with brass lion head handles on each side and a vintage satin-lined interior. With a key.

The rectangular top with rounded drop leaves, above two frieze drawers and two dummy drawers to the reverse, raised on a faux-rosewood grain painted ring-turned standard continuing t...

The rectangular padded seat covered in brown leather, opening to reveal a set of library steps, over a solid inlaid seat-rail and ring-turned tapering legs ending in castors. 18in. high, 34 1/2in. wide and 16 1/2in. deep. Opened, 36in. high and 49in. wide. Rooms organized during the Regency period as libraries often had floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. The upper shelves were difficult to reach, so movable library stairs were invaluable. Further, libraries were one of the most important rooms in a stately house, symbol of its owner's wealth, culture and status. As a consequence, designers, architects and cabinet or chair makers devoted much attention to its architecture and decoration. Hence, the emrgence of innovative ideas such as our bench. Enter the Regency era metamorphic library chair/bench (chairs are more common than benches)! The tables, chairs and stools containing library steps were patented in Great Britain by Robert Campbell in 1774 but this innovative chair-based design did not become immediately popular. Once the Regency was established, a neo-classical interpretation of Campbell’s Metamorphic Library Chair concept started to become popular in London. Any early attributions rely heavily on two contemporary sketches...

The rectangular hinged top with canted corners inlaid with a Turkish landscape design with an inside lift top and a lower drawer the interior fitted with a removable tray and mahogan...

In the style of Thomas Hope, the rectangular three-quarter galleried top over a single frieze drawer raised on caryatid front supports, above a plinth base and carved paw feet, the w...

Fine antique Regency inlaid brass rosewood tea caddy having a spectacular inlaid brass top and carved moulded rosewood edge, lift up lid opening to re...

PLEASE NOTE EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE DIMENSIONS!!! Quite possibly the largest and finest antique English inlaid rosewood monumental size Sarcophagus shape tea caddy we have ever procured. In mint condition, this caddy retains its exceptionally hand engraved brass inlay, rosewood exterior, with works of ebony within the corner scrolling volutes. The interior lids are original also retaining their exceptionally fine engraved brass inlays and the interior of each caddy box retains portions of its original foil lining. The center well has an extraordinary Anglo-Irish cut glass pedestal mixing bowl which may not be original but fits perfectly well (and is as receieved/purchased). The bottom of the caddy has its original bunn-shaped caddy feet...

A Very Attractive Late Regency Period Rosewood Tea Caddy, Of Elegant Sarcophagus Form, Having Domed Lid With Mother Of Pearl Inlaid Decoration, Enclosing Two Lidded Divisions, Raised...

The interior of the top of this tea caddy has two covered tea boxes and two holes for mixing jars which are missing. The legs terminate in the original brass castors.

For sale is this 19th Century Victorian antique rosewood inlaid marquetry tea caddy sarcophagus-form box, in good condition with marquetry to the top and front with brass star carryi...

Regency rosewood sarcophagus form Tea Caddy. With circular Brass keyhole escutcheon plate.