Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
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
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Late 18th Century Tea Caddy
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful late 18th century tea caddy from England. Made of fruitwood with satinwood inlay. Inside
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century French Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Napoleon III tea box, crafted of black ebonised wood. The inlay is in Boulle
Category
1860s Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass
Antique English Georgian Style Inlaid Mahogany Bombe Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Georgian style mahogany tea caddy.
Of bombé form with fruit wood inlay, gilt
Category
Early 20th Century English Georgian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass
Hand Carved Crafted Fruit Wood Coco Georgian Victorian Tea Caddy Centerpiece LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Crafted Fruit Wood Coco Georgian Victorian Tea Caddy Centerpiece LA
Very rare 19th
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass, Metal
H 11 in W 18.25 in D 13.5 in
Victorian Black Walnut Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, Circa 1880.
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Victorian Black Walnut Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, Circa 1880.
Beautiful and unique geometric
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
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Country Fruitwood Tea Caddy, Mahogany Inlay
Located in Port Chester, NY
A sweet fruitwood tea caddy or decorative box, inlayed with light mahogany. No key.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood, Mahogany
Antique Melon Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fruitwood melon tea caddy with a fantastic green and brown mottled decoration featuring a steel
Category
Early 19th Century German Georgian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Georgian Fruitwood Pear Form Tea Caddy
Located in Hudson, NY
Late 18th century Georgian fruitwood pear form tea caddy.
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century English Tea Caddy
Located in Houston, TX
19th century English tea caddy in fruitwood.
Category
19th Century English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Unusual Rare Fruit Treen Melon Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Very rare fruit tea caddy with small creases to the top projecting from the stalk. The tea caddy
Category
19th Century European George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
George III Fruitwood Pear-Shaped Tea Caddy, Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb George III fruitwood pear-shaped tea caddy late 18th century with a stem finial and metal
Category
18th Century Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
ENGLISH GEORGE III FRUITWOOD OVAL TEA CADDY WITH INLAY
Located in San Francisco, CA
THE COVER WITH A MARQUETRY SHELL RESERVE ABOVE SIDES INLAID WITH A REPEATING PATTERN OF SLENDER VERTICAL STRINGING; OF RICH PATINATION.
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19th Century English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Inlaid Tea Caddy with Canted Corners
Located in Litchfield, CT
English, ca. 1800-1820.
Exceptional quality and design of inlay patterns
Category
19th Century American Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Fruitwood Tea Caddy, circa 1850
Located in London, GB
Fruitwood tea caddy, English, circa 1850.
An unusual fruit wood tea-caddy with domed glass top
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1850s English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Category
Early 1800s Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
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.
Category
19th Century English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Category
1790s English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Georgian Period Pear Shaped Treen Tea Caddy
Located in Savannah, GA
refined than this simple fruitwood tea caddy in the shape of a pear? Carved from treen as a novelty, the
Category
Early 1800s English Neoclassical Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass
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
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Metal
Antique Fruitwood Pear Tea Caddy
Located in Toronto, ON
This classic and collectible tea caddy from England shows beautiful aged patina and elements of its
Category
1890s English Georgian Antique Fruitwood 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
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Georgian Tea Caddy Melon Fruitwood Treen
Located in Northampton, GB
Melon tea caddy with a fantastic green and brown mottled decoration and featuring a shaped wooden
Category
19th Century European Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Sycamore
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
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Pearwood
A George III fruitwood pear tea caddy, English, circa 1800
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George III fruitwood pear tea caddy, English, circa 1800.
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Swedish Treen Fruitwood Caddy
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Excellent Swedish treen caddy circa 1830.
2 tone use of woods, standing on brass feet.
Evidence
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish William IV Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
George III Melon Tea Caddy
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare late 18th century tea caddy in the form of a melon. Retaining its original green mottled
Category
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Fruitwood 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
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Regency Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with Pagoda Top, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
An excellent and rare Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
ENGLISH Circa 1820
The caddy measures 7
Category
Late 18th Century German George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
English Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy With Fruit Wood Sea Shell Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century English Georgian mahogany tea caddy with herringbone and banded inlaid borders and
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
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
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
English Georgie III Antique Pear Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Georgian antique pear fruitwood tea caddy,
Late 18th century
The antique fruitwood tea
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Fruitwood Tea Caddy in the Form of a Pear
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fruitwood tea caddy in the form of a pear, with steel hinge and lock plate, the wood a
Category
Early 1800s Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
18th Century Apple Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good example of a late 18th century apple shaped fruitwood tea caddy.
Category
1780s English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
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
Category
Late 18th Century German George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Unusual Early 19th Century Fruitwood Caddy with Carved Hippo
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare fruitwood tea caddy, circa 1810.
Complete with a carved hippo on the lid which forms the
Category
Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
English Antique Fruitwood Pear Tea Caddy
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare and beautifully patinated pear tea caddy of elegant proportions, the hinged lid opening to a
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
A Handmade Victorian Fruitwood & Inlay Tea Caddy
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Handmade Victorian Fruitwood & Inlay Tea Caddy With Zinc Lining
A tea caddy is a box, jar
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Zinc
Early 19th Century Georgian Fruitwood Pear Form Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully shaped pear form tea caddy with a rich warm finish and patination. Intact stem of
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass
18th Century style Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
18th century style apple beautifully patinated apple tea caddy, in wonderful original conditioner
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
English George III Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine English mahogany tea caddy with fruitwood inlay from the reign of George III. The interior
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Mahogany
A Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Located in Dublin, IE
A Georgian Fruitwood Tea Caddy in the shape of a pear.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fruitwood tea caddy featuring a column design and elaborate steel escutcheon and cut steel finial
Category
19th Century Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
French Charles X Fruitwood Tea Caddy, circa 1820
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Charles X fruitwood tea caddy, circa 1820.
Category
1820s Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
A FRUITWOOD TEA CADDY IN THE FORM OF A PEAR
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century George III fruitwood tea caddy in the form of a pear of fine colour and patina.
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
An Apple Shaped Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Located in Dublin, IE
Height:5"
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Fruitwood 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
Category
Early 19th Century German George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Sycamore
Antique Melon Fruitwood Tea Caddy, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Melon tea caddy with a fantastic green and brown mottled decoration featuring a shaped wood stalk
Category
19th Century German George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Mulberry Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy with wonderful simulated Mulberry, has a early transfer print on the
Category
19th Century British Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Fruitwood Melon Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fruitwood Melon Tea Caddy with a green and brown mottled decoration featuring a steel lock, hinge
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
19th Century Fruitwood Carved Pear Tea Caddy
Located in Woodbury, CT
Fruitwood carved pear tea caddy. 19th century, carved with stem, having original locking mechanism
Category
Early 1800s British Federal Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Category
Early 1800s British Federal Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Category
Early 19th Century German George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Antique Melon Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fruitwood Melon Tea Caddy with a fantastic green and brown mottled decoration and superb patination
Category
19th Century German Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Melon Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fruitwood Melon Tea Caddy with a fantastic green and brown mottled decoration featuring a steel
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
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
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
An Unusual Biedermeier Architectural Tea Caddy
Located in New York, NY
An unusual early 19th century German Biedermeier fruitwood and ebonized tea caddy modeled as a
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Category
Early 1800s British Antique Fruitwood 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
Category
19th Century German George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
Alexander Field Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, London, 1796
By Alexander Field
Located in Southampton, NY
George III period tea caddy in octagonal form, with fruitwood handle in the form of pineapple, by
Category
1790s English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Category
19th Century British George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
English Georgian Pear Tea Caddy in Pear Wood
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian pear tea caddy in pear wood, hand carved from a single block of wood, complete
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Fruitwood
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Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass
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 Apple Treen Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy carved from Treen as a novelty Apple with a but...
Category
Early 1800s European Georgian Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Wood
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 Apple Treen Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy carved from Sycamore as a novelty Apple with a ...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Sycamore
Late 19th Century French Wood Veneer Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique French tea caddy in Napoleon III style. The box is made of veneer beechwood, with beautiful grain. The lid is in slayed with lighter maple wood. At the center wood inlande...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Beech, Birdseye Maple
19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry Sewing Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French Napoleon III marquetry sewing box. Made of mahogany with thuya wood top inlaid with brass and mother of pearl. Brass trim frames the lid and the base. The inter...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass
19th Century Napoleon III Wood Marquetry Teacaddy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined antique French tea caddy from the end of Napoleon III. The box is beautifully inlaid with different types of wood and brass, outside around a bronze rim. Inside two tea box...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic antique fruitwood tea caddy available at 1stDibs. An antique fruitwood tea caddy — often made from wood, hardwood and fruitwood — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the antique fruitwood tea caddy you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 19th Century. An antique fruitwood tea caddy made by Georgian designers — as well as those associated with Regency — is very popular. A well-made antique fruitwood tea caddy has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Alexander Field are consistently popular.
How Much is a Antique Fruitwood Tea Caddy?
The average selling price for an antique fruitwood tea caddy at 1stDibs is $4,100, while they’re typically $425 on the low end and $15,834 for the highest priced.
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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