A CHINESE EXPORT SILVERED METAL-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL TEA-CADDY, decorated overall with pierced foliate panels with scallop-shells, the stepped rectangular lid with C-scroll handle, enclosing a pink silk-lined interior with three silvered paper-lined rectangular lidded compartments, the body on claw-and-ball feet, formerly with handles to either side, one internal compartment inscribed in ink 18/1.25/:, another indistinctly inscribed in pencil B..., late 18th/early 19th Century