Y A GEORGE II ROSEWOOD AND BRASS MOUNTED TEA CADDYIN THE MANNER OF ABRAHAM ROENTGEN, CIRCA 1750 Of bombe form, the hinged top opening to three liddedpartments16cm high, 24cm wide, 13cm deep After briefly working with various cabinet makers in Holland, in 1731 Abraham Roentgen began work in London, possibly working under William Gomm. He found his niche creating elegant, small furniture, often with brass inlay and mounts which could be bought from the metalwork pattern books and sales catalogues or Birmingham foundries. A related example of tea caddy attributed to Abraham Roentgen is currently held at the Met Museum, New York (Accession Number: 1999.147). For a further related example, see Christie's, Amsterdam, Furniture, Clocks, Sculpture and Works of Art, 27th September 2001, Lot 687 (€9,988). A related tea caddy of bombe form (but with additional engraved brass plaques) attributed to the firm Landall & Gordon exists in the collection of the Victoria & Albert museum, London (accession number W.11:1 to 2-1965). The firm published a trade card that illustrates a very similar tea chest to the example held in the collection.Literature:Helena Hayward and Sarah Medlam, The Continental Context: Germany, in John Channon and Brass-Inlaid Furniture 1730-1760, by Christopher Gilbert and Tessa Murdoch, pp. 24-36. Exh. cat. Temple Newsam House, Leeds; 1993. New Haven, 1993, pp. 122-25, pls. 161-69. Wolfram Koeppe, Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press, pages 52-53.