A George III yew veneered box, a Victorian boxwood container and three modern turned fruitwood tea-caddies, circa 1800 and later

the yew and fruitwood box strung with ebony and boxwood and with a later brass plaque engraved 'To A. From A. / Emergency Chocolates in Celebration of Many Happy Heywood Hill Literary Prize Parties', the three modern caddies, after Regency models and in the form of two apples and a pear (5)

The George III box was a gift from the artist Angela Conner to Andrew, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004)

The Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth, The House, London, 2002, p. 145, the turned fruitwood tea-caddies and the Victorian container illustrated on the Duchess's desk.

A decorative group, lid of the box slightly warped, later velvet lining, old marks and scratches throughout. Victorian canister with losses to varnish and lacking glass liner. Modern fruit form boxes, generally good, each inscribed R.W to the reverse. 17.5cm high (canister)
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