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Ten-Sided Tea Caddy with hinged lid
ca. 1770
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English
English
Amboyna wood with ivory
Overall: 4 3/4 × 3 × 5 inches (12.1 × 7.6 × 12.7 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
F70.55
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Casey, Casey & Butts, Inc., London, England). Mrs. Allan Shelden Sr.
gift to Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969]
1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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English, Ten-Sided Tea Caddy with hinged lid, ca. 1770, amboyna wood with ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, F70.55.
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