Inlaid Wooden Tea Caddy and Octagonal Box with Dominoes

Description:

Inlaid Wooden Tea Caddy and Octagonal Box with Dominoes, probably Continental, early 19th century, square tea caddy with a floral bouquet inlaid on the top, kite-shaped escutcheon, opens to a lead foil-lined cavity with a lift-off cover; the octagonal box with contrasting bone and mahogany panels with geometric inlaid circles, raised on turned bone feet, the box containing twenty-six ebony and bone dominoes, (cracks, losses),ht. 3 7/8, 2 1/4 in.
Estimate $400-600

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