The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse

The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse

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Two Victorian Oak Sentry-Box-Form Tea Caddies, Fourth Quarter 19th Century, Attributed to Lewis of Piccadilly

No reserve

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

each bearing a crowned monogram to the gable, the paintings signed Richard Simkin (1851-1926), one with a hinged lid enclosing a lidded zinc-lined interior with a bone handle, the other opening to three mahogany-lined drawers with recessed brass pulls


height of the caddy with drawers 11 in.; width 5 in.; depth 5 in.

28 cm; 12.5 cm;

height of the other caddy 10 ⅝ in.; width 4 ⅞ in.; 4 ¾ in.

27 cm; 12.5 cm; 12 cm

Apter-Fredericks, London;

From whom acquired by Aso O. Tavitian, 12 June 2008.

A single example was sold from A Private View: Property from the Country Home of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger, Sotheby’s London, 30 October 2018, lot 19, £4,375.