Lot 673 : Sold for £360 hammer

Estimate £300-£500

A 19th Century mahogany tea merchants sample caddy case, recessed brass carrying handle, Bramah lock stamped Chapman Son & Co Charterhouse Buildings London E C, with hinged cover opening to reveal a compartmentalised interior of twelve divisions, each named as follows 'Gunpowder', ' Hyson No 2', 'Flowering Pekoe', 'Pekoe', 'Imperial', 'Young Hyson No 1', 'Orange Peko', 'Pekoe Souchong', 'Hyson No 1', 'Young Hyson No 2', 'Broken Orange Pekoe' and 'Souchong' , width 35cm

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