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Lot 282
Antique Mahogany Tea Caddy and Two Silver Mounted Horn Cups
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
England, the Mahogany tea caddy circa 1850, rectangular form with ornate brass handle to lid, now open interior was once divided into three sections (7 x 11 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.) (some scattered marks and losses to veneer; missing escutcheon/lock); two horn cups, circa 1925, each with silver shield mount to body, the larger with glass underside, engraved with AC monogram, the smaller with hallmark of W. Drummond & Co., London, without monogram (4 3/4 in. larger) (largest with crack vertical crack to base).

Private Collection, New Bern, North Carolina