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19th century Tunbridgeware rosewood tea caddy

19th century Tunbridgeware rosewood tea caddy

Code: 2180

Dimensions:

H: 5" (12.7 cm)W: 8.5" (21.6 cm)D: 5" (12.7 cm)

£1,250.00

 Tunbridgeware rosewood tea caddy, of concave sarcophagus form with tessellated and floral inlay, the lid with central panel depicting Hever Castle, opens to an interior with two lidded foil lined tea boxes. Stands upon turned bun feet.  English, circa 1860 - 1890

Attributed to Henry Hollamby (1819-1895). The Hollamby family was involved in the Tunbridge Ware industry in the very early part of the nineteenth century. At the age of 12 in 1831, Henry was apprenticed to George & James Burrows, and, by the age of 26, was running his own business at 6 Edgar Terrace in the High Street. Ten years later he had premises in both Chapel Place and on the Parade along with a manufactory employing upwards of twenty people in Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells. Hollamby specialised in the portrayal of famous buildings and places on his work which was both retailed and wholesaled to other sellers in the town, and pictorial blocks were also sold to other towns in both England and Ireland. He exhibited at both the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 and the 1862 Great Exhibition with considerable success The business closed in 1891.