Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Georgian Novelty Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Shaped as an Apple
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this superb Georgian
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Early 1800s European Georgian Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood
Continental Antique Apple Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Shaped as an Apple
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this superb
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Early 1800s European Georgian Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Steel
Georgian Novelty Apple Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Shaped as an Apple
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this superb Georgian
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Sycamore
American Treen Apple Motif Tea Caddy, 1900s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
American Treen Apple Motif Tea Caddy, 1900s
American Treen apple motif tea caddy dating circa
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Early 20th Century American Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood
An English Fruitwood Apple Form Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine novelty fruitwood tea caddy in the form of an apple. lathe turned and with a soft honey
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
A Hand Painted Apple Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A 20th Century Hand Painted Hinged Lidded Tea Caddy In The Shape Of An Apple With A Metal Patinated
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19th Century British Regency Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood
19th Century French School Still Life Painting
Located in Winter Park, FL
chain. In the background is a tall pewter candlestick, a tortoise shell tea caddy with small key, and
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19th Century French Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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19th Century English Tunbridge Ware Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
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Antique Continental Pear Fruit Novelty Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
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Early 1800s European Georgian Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Steel
English Hexagonal Tea Caddy of Satinwood, circa 1790
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome hexagonal English tea caddy of inlaid satinwood from the Georgian-era featuring a top with perimeter inlay surrounding a metal pull ring, the front with a similar inlay su...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Georgian Octagonal Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III octagonal tea caddy inlaid with various woods on a harewood ground, the central panels veneered with coucous wood and banded by holly stringing around a kingwood band...
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1780s English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Ebony, Kingwood, Harewood, Holly, Burl
Antique English George III Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian octagonal Inlaid Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of octagonal form veneered in Harewood with inlaid twin Tuscan Columns ...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Boxwood
Georgian Rosewood Oblong Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive, good quality, late 18th century rosewood oblong shaped tea caddy having satinwood strung mouldings and original brass hinges, with working lock and key.
Constru...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Rosewood
Continental Antique Georgian Melon Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
The Tea Caddy is an exceptional example shaped as a Melon and made from Sycamore with a beautiful mottled patination showing colours of moss green and subtle orange. The Tea Caddy su...
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Early 1800s European George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood, Sycamore
Antique Melon Fruitwood Tea Caddy England 1790-1800
Located in London, GB
Antique Melon fruit wood Tea Caddy Date 1790-1800
Origin English
This Early fruit wood tea Caddy is in excellent condition and it has the most beautiful original patina.
The hinge a...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique English George III Tortoiseshell and Silver Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Small oval tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with applied pressed silver with a rippled design. The front has an ornate silver escutcheon. The tortoiseshell & silver tea caddy interior contain...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Silver
Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Burr Yew Inlaid Tea Caddy Circa 1780
From our Tea Caddies collection, we are thrilled to offer this square Georgian Burr Yew wood inlaid Tea Caddy. The Caddy of square form with c...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Boxwood, Yew
Georgian Ribbed Bucket Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare and unusual George III tea caddy in the form of a ribbed bucket.
The tea caddy of beautiful shape with a ribbed exterior carved from alternating panels of plain Sycamore and...
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Late 18th Century British George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Cut Steel
Isamu Noguchi Akari 24N, Ozeki, 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
Akari model “24N” by Isamu Noguchi.
Original shade in washi & bamboo rims
Structure in black lacquered metal
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1950s Japanese Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Metal
Georgian Oval Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Oval Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of elongated Oval form veneered in Harewood with Boxwood stringing to the lid aro...
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Late 18th Century British George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian Masonic Freemasons Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Masonic Scenes
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this extremely rare Georgian Masonic Tea caddy. The Tea Caddy of box form with chequered edging and...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Satinwood, Tulipwood, Yew
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Antique Treen Fruit Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Treen apple tea caddy with great color and patination, has button stalk and ornate cut steel
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Early 19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Steel
George III Fruitwood Apple Tea Caddy
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine late 18th century novelty fruitwood tea caddy in the form of an apple. Lathe turned and with
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1790s English Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Fruitwood
Regency Fruitwood Apple Form Tea Caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English Regency period fruitwood tea caddy in the form of an apple, circa 1820.
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19th Century English Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Georgian Fruitwood Apple Form Tea Caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English pear wood tea caddy in the shape of an apple, the interior with remnants of a foil
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Pearwood
Georgian Period Apple Shaped Treen Tea Caddy
Located in Savannah, GA
refined than this simple fruitwood tea caddy in the shape of an apple? Carved from treen as a novelty, the
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Metal
Fruitwood Tea Caddy in the Form of an Apple
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fruitwood tea caddy in the form of an apple, with steel hinge and lock plate, the wood a
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Early 1800s Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Fruitwood Barrel Tea Caddy
Located in London, by appointment only
England, Early 19th century.
An exceptional and very rare early 19th-century tea caddy in the
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Rare 18th Century English Quince Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare English tea caddy in the form of a quince, retaining original hinge, lock, escution, stem and
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century style Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
18th century style apple beautifully patinated apple tea caddy, in wonderful original conditioner
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19th Century Dutch Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Rare circa 1820 Treen Hand Carved Apple Tea Caddy Original Key
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely early 19th century Treen carved wood apple tea caddy
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Silver Plate
Georgian English Antique Fruitwood Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Downingtown, PA
English antique fruitwood tea caddy,
Late 18th century
The antique fruitwood tea caddy is in
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Wood, Fruitwood
George III Apple Shaped Tea Caddy Treen, circa 1800
Located in London, GB
An excellent example of a late 18th century apple shaped fruitwood tea caddy.
Great colour and
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Late 18th Century German George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Fruitwood
Hand Carved Apple Tea Caddy in Hardwood with Lined Interior, 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand made tea caddy Lidded box in the shape of an Apple, made from hardwood and dating to
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19th Century English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
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Hardwood
18th Century Apple Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good example of a late 18th century apple shaped fruitwood tea caddy.
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1780s English Antique Apple Tea Caddy
George III English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Located in Downingtown, PA
George III English antique fruitwood tea caddy,
Late 18th century
The antique fruitwood tea
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Apple tea Caddy with wonderful red blushing and realistic stalk, has steel lock and escutcheon and
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19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Apple tea caddy with a wonderful colour and original stalk, steel lock and escutcheon.
The
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Early 19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tea Caddy in the shape of an Apple, this is smaller than most and has a lovely patination. Like
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19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Treen Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Apple tea caddy with a wonderful colour and original stalk, steel lock and escutcheon.
The
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Early 19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Treen Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Small Apple Tea Caddy with ornate stalk and steel escutcheon, hinge and lock, has fantastic
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Early 19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Apple tea Caddy with wonderful red blushing, replacement hinge, lock and escutcheon.
The apple
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19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Steel
Antique Green Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Extremely rare apple tea caddy with a fantastic green mottled decoration and replacement authentic
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Early 19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
George III Fruitwood Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
A George III fruit wood apple tea caddy with a wonderful colour and original button stalk, steel
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Early 19th Century German George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Apple Tea Caddy with good patination.
Inside there are traces of original lining.
This
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18th Century and Earlier German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Iron
Antique Treen Apple Tea Caddy Early 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Perfectly shaped treen apple tea caddy with wonderful faded decoration to its body. The top has a
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19th Century British George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
English Victorian Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Kirkland, WA
English Victorian Apple Tea Caddy
This is a wonderful English apple wood tea caddy in the shape
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Mid-19th Century European George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Fruitwood Carved Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Woodbury, CT
Early 19th century fruitwood carved apple tea caddy with carved stem, original locking mechanism
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Early 1800s British Federal Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Treen Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tea Caddy in the shape of an apple with turned button stalk, has ornate steel escutcheon, hinge and
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19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Iron
Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fruit Wood Tea Caddy in the shape of an Apple. Has a tapered button stalk to the lid. The oval
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19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
A Late 18th Century Apple Tea Caddy
Located in New York, NY
A fruit wood tea caddy in the form of an apple, stained on the top with green lines. Retaining much
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood
Antique Apple Treen Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Apple tea caddy with wonderful red blushing to the exterior and realistic stalk. The apple tea
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Early 19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Treen Apple Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Treen apple tea caddy with button stalk, steel escutcheon, lock and hinge, has beautiful color and
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Early 19th Century German George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Sycamore
Apple Treen George III Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Treen apple tea caddy with great color and patination, has button stalk and oval cut steel
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19th Century German George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Steel
Antique Treen Apple Fruit Tea Caddy with Button Stalk, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique treen apple tea caddy with lovely blonde colour, has button stalk and oval cut steel
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Early 19th Century German George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Cut Steel
19th Century Apple-Wood Carved Tea Caddy
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century fruitwood carved apple tea caddy with carved stem and carved bone escutcheon. Lined
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Early 1800s British Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Blonde Treen Apple Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique apple tea caddy with great blonde color and patination, has button stalk and oval cut steel
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19th Century German George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
An Apple Shaped Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Located in Dublin, IE
Height:5"
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
A Frutiwood Apple Shaped Tea Caddy.
Located in Dublin, IE
A Fruitwood Apple Shaped Tea Caddy.
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18th Century and Earlier Irish Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
English Georgian Apple Shaped Turned Tea Caddy in Applewood
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian apple shaped teacaddy turned from apple wood. This type of tea caddy, most often
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Hardwood
Treen Pear Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Pear tea caddy with a wonderful colour and original stalk, steel lock and escutcheon.
The
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19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Antique Pear Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in London, GB
A rare Georgian fruitwood treen tea caddy modelled in the form of a pear; the pear's carved stalk
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Rare Wine Barrel Tea Caddy, 1800
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Exquisite and unusual tea caddy in the shape of a wine barrel with ebonized strapping. The
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19th Century Antique Apple Tea Caddy
English Early 19th Century Melon Shaped Tea Caddy Carved in Walnut
Located in Wells, ME
English walnut carved "Melon" tea caddy. This melon shaped tea caddy is an unusual shaped caddy
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Early 19th Century English Country Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Iron
Barrel Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
more familiar fruit-shaped examples, such as pears, apples and melons.
This Tea Caddy comes with a
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19th Century German Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Iron
18th Century Fruit Wood Carved Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Woodbury, CT
18th century fruitwood carved apple tea caddy with carved stem, original locking mechanism, and key
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18th Century and Earlier British Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Fruit Wood Carved Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Woodbury, CT
18th century fruit wood carved apple tea caddy with carved stem, original locking mechanism, and
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Late 18th Century British Antique Apple Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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Antique Apple Tea Caddy For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique apple tea caddy you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and fruitwood, every antique apple tea caddy was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique apple tea caddy, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century. An antique apple tea caddy made by Georgian designers — as well as those associated with Regency — is very popular.
How Much is a Antique Apple Tea Caddy?
Prices for an antique apple tea caddy start at $425 and top out at $13,600 with the average selling for $5,000.
Finding the Right tea-caddies for You
There are lots of uses for your vintage, new or antique tea caddies, but they can certainly serve their original intended purpose if needed.
When tea first gained popularity during the 1800s, and teatime became commonplace in homes all over England, it was an expensive commodity owing to excessive taxation. (This, of course, inevitably yielded a black market for tea leaves.) Tea drinkers hoarded their precious goods, which began to arrive in London ports from China during the 17th century, under lock and key. In luxury homes, tea leaves were stowed away in a decorative jar or canister called a tea caddy that was fitted with a lock, or, alternatively, the container was kept in a secured chest or storage cabinet.
Tea was thought to be not just a delicious drink but also to have medicinal benefits. The Chinese had been praising the healthy properties of tea, and wealthy Europeans were eager to discover its benefits for themselves during their ritual afternoon tea. The idea of “teatime” wasn’t a social event in upper-class British homes until the 1830s or 1840s. During Queen Victoria’s reign, small baked treats might be served with your beverage, and teakettles and coffeepots were part of tea services that could include teacups, saucers, a milk pot and other accessories.
When tea cultivation was relegated to British colonies such as India, and the British East India Company could no longer hold onto its trade monopoly with China, tea was no longer a ritual confined to the wealthy. Today, antique and vintage tea caddies are collector’s items all over the world.
Tea caddies weren’t unique to Europeans. The earliest pieces originated in China. Surviving hand-painted examples from China or elsewhere in Asia made of porcelain might feature enameled landscapes or other designs. At the Taft Museum of Art, there are striking enameled 18th-century-era tea caddies of copper that were given to the institution in 2014. Wooden tea caddies materialized over time and were seen as sturdier than their ceramic counterparts.
Today, there are all kinds of ways to use a vintage tea caddy if you’re passing on tea. They’re a welcome decorative flourish on the mantel in your living room, for example. A metal tea caddy, lined with a plastic bag, can be used to cultivate an herb garden on your kitchen windowsill. An old wooden tea caddy can help keep your paper clips or pushpins organized on your desk too. If you’re always on the go, a tea tin is good for packing earbuds, hand sanitizer, gum or whatever else that might get easily lost in a roomy crossbody messenger bag or other shoulder bag.
Teatime or not, find antique and vintage mid-century modern tea caddies, tortoiseshell caddies and more on 1stDibs.
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