Tea caddy market still looks on the boil
With the bulk of the 377 lots at the Grantham rooms of Marilyn Swain (15% buyer’s premium) on April 10 being fairly mediocre, the late Victorian mahogany and satinwood Tous Les Louis Exhibition quality kneehole writing desk, right, was always going to shine out.
A later and smaller tortoiseshell piece was a 61/2in (17cm) wide trinket box with silver work by Wil…