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Boulle Tea Caddy
19th Century French Louis XIV Style Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century French rectangular boulle tea caddy. Tea caddy has original double tea compartments
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French Napoleon III Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
this Antique French Boulle Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of square shape with slight bombe form featuring
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19th Century French Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very fine. Early 19th century Napoleon tea caddy. Brass inlay. Crystal vessel (not original).
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19th Century French Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
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Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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Nice Boulle Inlaid, Monogrammed Tea Caddy, French, circa 1860
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Nice Boulle Inlaid, Monogrammed Tea Caddy, French, circa 1860
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A nice boulle inlaid tea caddy, French circa 1860 in perfect condition. Tea caddy has original tea
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Located in New Orleans, LA
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Antique 19th Century French Tea Caddies
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Bronze
19th Century French Boulle Tea Caddy
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
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Materials
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Brass
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Located in Northampton, GB
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19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Regency Tea Caddies
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French Boulle tea caddy
Located in Sarasota, FL
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Located in Hudson, NY
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Located in Hudson, NY
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Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
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Tea Caddy Stamped Giroux in Boulle Marquetry Napoleon III Period, 19th Century
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A French Boulle Tea Caddy
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Boulle Tea Caddy For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the boulle tea caddy you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A boulle tea caddy — often made from metal, brass and wood — can elevate any home. When you’re browsing for the right boulle tea caddy, those designed in Regency and Victorian styles are of considerable interest.
How Much is a Boulle Tea Caddy?
Prices for a boulle tea caddy start at $850 and top out at $11,500 with the average selling for $2,260.
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.
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