An Unusually Large and Rare 19th Century English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, with serpentine-shaped front and pagoda lid, featuring two interior compartments with a cut crystal sugar bowl, and accented with silver and bone banding, all raised on flattened bun feet

An English 19th Century Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy of Unusual Undulating Form, with sterling escutcheon and medallion, bone banding, and pewter stringing, fitted with two interior conforming compartments, one for green tea and one for black, all above a flaring crenelated skirt raised on flattened ball feet

A Rare 1840 Italian Empire Mahogany Sewing Box, the satinwood and ebony parquetry top of unusual “clamshell form” opening to reveal fitted compartments below the original mirror supported with ormolu accented bone corinthian columns below a delicate carved bone gallery, raised on two lyres above a rectangular base containing one drawer with original key lock

A Fine 19th Century Regency Jewelry Box, in mahogany with ebony banding, brass inlay and bone escutcheon.

An Unusually Shaped 1820 English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with pagoda lid, silvered ball feet, pull and escutcheon, the top lifting to reveal bone banding surrounding two fitted subcompartments, one for green tea and one for black

A Rare 19th Century Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl Jewelry Box, Now a Side Table, incorporating a lap desk and raised on a later stand

A Rare 19th Century English Regency Macassar Ebony Jewelry Box now fitted as a Side Table, the box with brass inlaid stringing and raised on a later base

An English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy of Unusual Sarcaphogus Shape, with pagoda lid, two fitted interior compartments for green and black tea, pewter stringing, silver escutcheon, and a wonderfully exaggerated apron raised on ball feet

An 18th Century Variegated Terra Cotta/rouge Marble Fireplace Surround carved with rocaille motifs

A Stately Regency Neoclassical Tea Caddy, with unusual “support columns, convex interior lids, pagoda exterior lid, sterling accents, bone banding, and pewter stringing

A Sophisticated First Quarter 19th Century English Regency Casket-Shaped Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with bone stringing and banding, pewter and sterling silver detailing, the whole raised on bone ball feet

An Exceptional Late 19th Century Straw Marquetry Jewelry Box, most likely created by French nuns who perfected the art in the late 18th and 19th centuries, the exterior depicting a watch tower on the Port de Le Havre, with a French galleon in view, and the interior fitted with compartments and drawers depicting village scenes and a military trophy

A Pair of Louis XV Ormolu Chenets, each fitted with a seated figure, one female supporting an exotic bird on her wrist and one male, both dressed in fanciful Oriental costumes and raised on a rocaille bases cast with scrolls and acanthus leaves; cf. the pair included in the Estate of John Hay Whitney, 1982

A Magnificent Pair of Late 18th Century French Brass Andirons with spheroid finials and thick brass volutes affrontees bases

An Unusual Double Bombé Mid-19th Century English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, with flared skirt and pagoda lid, embellished with silver and bone stringing, sterling escutcheon and plaque, and raised on bone flattened bun feet

A 19th Century English Regency Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy inlaid with bone and silver stringing, the pagoda lid centered by a silver medallion above an unusual “waisted” rectangular base with concave plinth raised on ball feet

A Sophisticated 19th Century Regency Bow Front Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, with bone and silver inlaid stringing, silver escutcheon and matching medallion centering the pagoda lid, all raised on silvered ball feet

A 19th Century Regency Chinoiserie Hinged Wedding Box, lacquered in black and red with gilt motifs of flowers, butterflies, war and peace, resting on a conforming moulded stand with bamboo motif legs and X-shaped stretcher

A 19th Century English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, the pagoda top opening to reveal two lidded compartments within a bombé form with canted corners, the whole raised on bone ball feet

A 19th Century English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, the lid centered with a silver medallion and opening to reveal two lidded subcompartments, one for green tea and one for black, above a serpentine base raise on bone ball feet

A Rare 18th Century English Pear Shaped Tea Caddy carved in pear wood

A 19th Century English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, the domed lid quarter inlaid with pewter stringing and centered by a silver medallion above a rectangular form fitted with two lidded sub-compartments, one for green tea and one for black, the whole raised on bone feet

A Rare 18th Century Italian Miniature Mechanique Secretaire, the broken pediment top above two doors and three drawers, the lower section with tambour top (that automatically opens and closes by moving the top drawer) revealing a fitted gallery of smaller drawers above two long drawers, the whole raised on ball feet and retaining original green dye on portions of the marquetry

A 19th Century Small Burl Elm Wood Case with clasp, conforming wooden hinges and a partitioned interior

A Rare English Serpentine Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy embellished with bone banding and inlaid pewter stringing with an interior fitted with a single conforming lidded compartment

A Pair of 18th Century French Hand-Forged Wrought Iron Andirons with brass finials and adjustable brackets with hooks

A Pair of 18th Century French Hand-Forged Wrought Iron Andirons with shaped brass finials

A Pair of 18th Century French Hand-Forged Wrought Iron Andirons

A Pair of 17th Century French Hand-Forged Wrought Iron Andirons with tool hooks and candle bobeche finials

A Pair of 18th Century French Hand-Forged Wrought Iron Andirons with canted finials and tool hooks

A 19th Century English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with mother-of-pearl chinoiserie inlay, the pagoda top above a shaped front case raised on silver ball feet, the interior with two lidded compartments

A Russian Malachite Box with gold trim detail