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An antique Sheffield plate coffee or tea spirit urn of elegant…
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Auckland
Date:
2-Apr-2009
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Description:
An antique Sheffield plate coffee or tea spirit urn of elegant neo-classical design, the tea casket/caddy shaped urn with lion mask and ring carry handles to the sides, plain but with a foliate bordered shield cartouche, (vacant), and gadrooning to the prominent edges, reeding to the tap, the domed cover with a foliate finial, the urn body raised on reeded legs terminating in paw feet, supported on a shaped plinth on ball feet, the plinth gadrooned spirit urn insert with an oval pierced cover. Height 36.5 cm
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Category:
Precious Objects: Tea Caddies