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Teapoy

1820-1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Rosewood teapoy decorated with marquetry of various woods arranged in geometric patterns. It consists of a receptacle enclosed by a lid and fitted with lidded compartments each containing a glass bowl. Below is a semicircular drawer covered with pleated silk and decorated with a large tasseI. This drawer fits within a curved bar, which is secured to a turned shaft resting on an octagonal platform supported on four curved legs with brass lion paw feet castors.


Object details

Categories
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Drinking
Object type
Teapoy
Parts
This object consists of 7 parts.

  • Teapoy
  • Drawer
  • Cannister
  • Cannister
  • Glass
  • Glass
  • Key
Materials and techniques
Rosewood
Marquetry
Brief description
A rosewood teapoy inlaid with Tunbridge-ware marquetry, English, 1820-1830
Physical description
Rosewood teapoy decorated with marquetry of various woods arranged in geometric patterns. It consists of a receptacle enclosed by a lid and fitted with lidded compartments each containing a glass bowl. Below is a semicircular drawer covered with pleated silk and decorated with a large tasseI. This drawer fits within a curved bar, which is secured to a turned shaft resting on an octagonal platform supported on four curved legs with brass lion paw feet castors.
Dimensions
  • Length: 44.5cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Height: 78.7cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • Width: 44.5cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr. F.L. Lucas
Object history
Bequeathed by Frederick Louis Lucas. See Nominal File MA/1/L2213. Mr Lucas left to the Museum the choice of items from his houses and one fifth of his residual estate. At the time of his death this piece was in the Drawing Room at his house, Ascot Wood, Ascot, Berkshire.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.5:1-1931

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Record createdOctober 12, 2005
Record URL
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