comprising: painted tea caddy with metal mounts, ring handles, and lead lining; painted box with crackled finish and initials "A.B." to lid and painted interior; inlaid oval tea caddy with lead paint lining; inlaid rectangular box with bone escutcheon and initials to lid (possibly MR), marbled paper to interior of lid; ball foot mahogany veneer box with broken key; rectangular inlaid box with probably birch veneer with key; metal mounted faux alligator stamped leather covered box with silk lining; four 20th century bird's-eye maple boxes, made in Morocco per labels to undersides, one with key; largest 5-7/8 x 14-3/8 x 8-3/4 in.
Provenance: The Collection of Michael Rainey, Beaufort, South Carolina
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The Collection of Michael Rainey, Beaufort, South Carolina
wear including losses, scratches, and abrasions overall, accretion and surface dirt, cracking and some scattered losses to veneered and inlaid surfaces, boxes with painted surfaces with losses to paint at interiors and exteriors; some hinges broken, oxidation and verdigris to metal elements; tea caddies with crumbling and losses to lead paint at interiors, painted tea caddy lacking one lid, others possibly associated; inlaid "MR" box with dry surface; alligator box with some metal mounts detached but retained, dryness and scuffing to leather, losses and discoloration to silk
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