Pair Black-Lacquered Wall Brackets
tea caddy with hat-form lid with ball finial, floral decoration, pedestal base, gilt highlights, late 18th century, 5 in.; tea caddy of similar form, ball finial, flowers and quail in a landscape, pedestal-form base, 5-1/2 in.; pair wall brackets, figures in a landscape with pagoda within scrolling framework, late 19th/early 20th century, 8-5/8 in., one caddy with old repair and restoration to lid (finial reattached), top rim and shoulder and body with age crack from base into body, gilt losses; second tea caddy with chips to interior of lid, gilt and enamel losses, minor flakes to base rim, discoloration at shoulder; brackets with minor losses to gilt and enamel decoration, scratches and signs of wear. Provenance: Tea caddies Sotheby's, April 25, 2000; Tennessee Private Collection
Condition
one caddy with old repair and restoration to lid (finial reattached), top rim and shoulder and body with age crack from base into body, gilt losses; second tea caddy with chips to interior of lid, gilt and enamel losses, minor flakes to base rim, discoloration at shoulder; brackets with minor losses to gilt and enamel decoration, scratches and signs of wear