Edward Dobson
Tea Chest
1769
Physical Qualities
Tortoise shell, silver-gilt, ivory, velvet liner, 4-1/8 x 6-3/8 x 4-3/8 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Richard L. Goodbar, Lutherville, Maryland, in Honor of Evelyn Cole Dell (Mrs. Samuel Mills Dell, Jr.)
Object Number
2001.28.1
Holds the pair of tea caddies. The arms of Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet are on the top of the box under the silver-gilt handle.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Mr. Richard L. Goodbar, Lutherville, MD; C.J. Vander (Antiques) Ltd., London, 1985.