A Vienna-style tea caddy and cover, 19th century

of rectangular form with rounded shoulder, painted with a medallion of Hector and Helen, reserved on a pink ground flanked by brightly painted, tooled and raised gilded panels, pseudo-shield mark in blue, script title in black (2)

The cover broken and repaired. The Caddy with traces of cork glued to rim, some wear to gilding, one lower corner with chip.
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