Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1880s, unmarked, the smaller in vaulted form with brass gothic revival strapwork, mixed wood veneers including burlwood, rosewood, and mahogany, the interior with twin lidded tea compartments, retaining much of their original tin lining (5 x 8 x 4 1/2 in.); the second in oak, rectangular waisted form with brass inlaid escutcheons, opening to twin hinge-lidded tea compartments flanking a central slanted reservoir, raised on four bracket feet (5 x 12 1/4 x 8 in.).
From the Collection of a Lady, Williamsburg, Virginia Some areas of veneer cracks and light scratching; domed example with patch and repair near one hinge, interior lid lining possibly later; oak example's base panel with looseness.
