Chinese Tortoiseshell Box
"Tea Caddy" English Tortoise Shell & Mother-of-Pearl Double Compartment 19th-c.
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Regency Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy from the 1st quarter of
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
H 5.75 in W 7.63 in D 4.75 in
English Georgian Chinroserie Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy with Ball Feet, C. 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Georgian Chinroserie bow front tortoise shell tea caddy with a hinged tiered lid, Chinese
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Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Tea Caddies
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Foil
H 5.75 in W 9.25 in D 5.75 in
A pair of Spanish-colonial Viceregal mother-of-pearl inlaid bureau-cabinets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
. Included are mother-of-pearl covered altarpieces, lecterns, caskets, boxes, tables, coffers, cabinets, and
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Antique 18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Cabinets
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Mother-of-Pearl, Teak
H 83.86 in W 45.28 in D 83.86 in
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English Tortoiseshell Pagoda Form Tea Caddy, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Tortoiseshell Pagoda Form Tea Caddy, Early 19th Century
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19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Tea Caddy
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Located in Vancouver, BC
antique tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other receptacle used to store tea. When these pieces were
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Antique Tea Caddy Mahogany Tea Caddy Georgian, Scotland, 1810
Located in Vancouver, BC
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Antique tea caddy
An antique tea caddy is a box, jar, canister
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Located in Chicago, IL
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Located in Roma, IT
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Located in London, GB
A rare Chinese export tortoiseshell tea caddy made for the Dutch market.
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Early 19th Century Irish Mahogany Single Tea Caddy with Armorial Crest
Located in Dallas, TX
..................Single irish tea caddy's are rarer still!!!!!
Tea caddy: A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other
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Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
bronze original handle. The interior with two tole ware lidded tea jars and a centre box lined for
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Regency Period Papier Mâché Tea Caddy
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Chinese pound, equal to about a pound and a third avoirdupois. The earliest examples that came to Europe
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Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
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George III Period Mahogany Tea Caddy
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