$666Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Dome Top Tea Caddy, English, Burr Walnut, Box, Gothic Taste, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dome top tea caddy. An English, burr walnut and brass capped loose leaf box, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Walnut
English Burl Yew Wood Tea Caddy with Dome Top
Located in Highland Park, IL
Early 19th century English burl yew wood tea caddy with dome top.
Yew, Burl
Unavailable
H 6 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
Antique Tunbridge Ware Tonbridge Castle Ash Tea Caddy, circa 1900
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tunbridge ware dome top tea caddy veneered in Hungarian ash with a view of Tonbridge Castle on the top, standing on four turned wooden feet.
Ash
Inlaid Mahogany Dome Tea Caddy
Located in Winnetka, IL
An inlaid mahogany dome tea caddy with brass tops inside.
Brass
19th Century Walnut Dome Top Tea Caddy with Crest
Located in Hixson, TN
This is a fantastic 19th century English tea caddy with a dome top. On the top are two brass mounts one of a crest and a scroll.
Brass
Circa 1750 English Georgian High Dome-Top Tea Caddy
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1750 Georgian high dome-top tea caddy, English. Canted lid to accommodate tall glass or porcelain caddies (now replaced by Victorian era purple velvet).
Boxwood
19th Century English Dome Top Tea Caddy with Brass Mounts
Located in Hixson, TN
A English Victorian brass mounted burr walnut domed rectangular tea caddy, applied with studded strapwork and escutcheons. The inside has had the dividers removed and a velvet lined ...
Brass
Dutch Dome-Top Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with Mounts, Circa 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Dutch late Regency or early Biedermeier period tea caddy, circa 1830, veneered in richly mottled tortoiseshell with deep amber, chestnut, and dark brown figuring. The compact ...
Silver
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H 4.5 in W 9 in D 4.75 in
Walnut Dome Top Tea Caddy with Brass and Bone Decoration, English, circa 1870
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Walnut dome top tea caddy with brass and bone decoration, English, circa 1870 Dimensions: W 9”, D 4.75”, H 4.5”.
Brass
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H 5.5 in W 9.75 in D 5.25 in
Burl Walnut Dome-Top Tea Caddy, with Elaborate Brass Work with Key English, 1860
Located in Banner Elk, NC
19th Century dome-top tea caddy, with elaborate and intricate brass work, with lids present and with original key, English, ca. 1860.
Walnut
19th Century Coromandel Wood Tea Caddy
Located in Hixson, TN
A middle of the 19th-century Victorian coromandel wood veneered dome top tea caddy. The caddy has gilded brass mounts.
Ebony
Victorian Rosewood Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
Dome Topped Tea Caddy From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Victorian Coromandel Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy.
Wood
English Regency Green Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very rare English Regency green turtle shell tea caddy, 19th century. Rare dome shaped green tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with silver stringing segmenting the tortoiseshell panels,...
Shell
19th Century English Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning early 19th century brass inlaid sarcophagus shaped tea caddy, with dome top opening to reveal an interior well fitted with twin compartments and a glass mixing bowl, the f...
Brass
George III Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy Dome lid, Two Compartment with Key
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Geoerge III tortoiseshell tea caddy. The dome top is decorated with a silver monogram plate and silver stringing from each corner to the center plate.
Silver, Brass
Georgian Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
From our tea caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this charming dome-topped rectangular green tortoiseshell tea caddy.
Tortoise Shell, Boxwood
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H 6.5 in W 9 in D 5 in
Great Shape & Color, English 19th Century Tea Caddy in Burl Walnut with Dome Top
Located in Lisse, NL
A very pleasing, late 19th century, double box tea caddy. This marvellous tea caddy is in very good condition and the walnut burl has a truly warm, deep and rich patina. The combina...
Wood, Burl
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H 4.25 in W 8 in D 4.5 in
Antique Dome Top Reticulated Brass Banded Tea Caddy Keepsake Trinket Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique dome top wooden trinket box or tea caddy with ornate floral brass banding.
Brass
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H 5.25 in W 3 in D 1.5 in
Chinese Canton Porcelain Famille Rose Dome Top Enameled Tea Caddy Qianlong 18 Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning rare Famille Rose “European-subject” Chinese porcelain tea caddy of fine quality, circa 1780. Exquisitely enameled to the front and back face of the dome-shaped rect...
Porcelain
Regency Dome Form Tea Caddy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb caddy - elegant form. Both the top and front silver medallions are monogrammed. The interior lids are original.
Metal
1870s Dome Top Walnut Tea Caddy with Key
Located in Raleigh, NC
1870s dome top walnut tea caddy with key in excellent shape.
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A Superb Tea Caddy.
Located in Dublin, IE
A Superb Late 18th Century Dome Top Mahogany, Satinwood, Inlaid Tea Caddy with remnants of the original zinc lining.
Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Rare dome shaped twin green tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with pewter string segmenting the tortoiseshell panels silver plate escutcheon, ball feet and finial.
Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Rare dome shaped twin green tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with pewter stringing segmenting the tortoiseshell panels, to the top it has a vacant silver initial plate.
Tortoise Shell
Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Rare Green tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with dome top with pewter stringing, silver escutcheon and ball finial.
A Calamander Wood Tea Caddy
Located in New York, NY
A fine mid 19th century dome topped tea caddy, opening to two further domed tea canisters marked G (green tea) and B (black tea) for the types of tea.
Brass
Penwork Tea caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Lovely little dome top coloured Penwork Tea Caddy with a charming rural lake scene of a house & trees upon a hill over looking a boat on a lake.
Georgian Single Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Unusual dome top Georgian single Tea Caddy, with ebony edging, escutcheon and ball feet.
Wood
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Inlaid boxes
Located in Boston, MA
1) Unusual dome shaped inlaid tea caddy, English 19th C 9w x 5h x 5d Dealer ref#10284 Images 2,3,4,5 & 6 $875 List 2) Inlaid banded box with hexagon inlay.
Wood
English George III Tortoiseshell Dome-Top Tea Caddy
Located in Natchez, MS
English George III Tortoiseshell Domed-Top Tea caddy with two compartments.
Dome Top Victorian 1850 Brass Inlaid Walnut Twin Lidded Tea Caddy
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A dome top Victorian 1850 brass inlaid walnut, twin lidded tea caddy.
Brass
English Regency Period Amboyna Wood Tea Caddy
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An English Regency Inlaid Amboyna Tea Caddy with brass mounts. The sarcophagus form with lion handles and scrolled feet. The interior with two compartments for tea with a replaced ...
Brass
Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy, Regency Style, England, Circa 1820
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive And Good Quality Early 19th Century Regency Period, Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy Having Boxwood Strung Decoration Throughout, The Hinged Pagoda Top Enclosing Two Lidded ...
Yew
Victorian Padouk Wood Tea Caddy with Silver Plate Accents, Circa 1860
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Rare Mid 19th Century Anglo-Chinese Padouk Wood Rectangular Tea Caddy Having Attractive Silver Plate Mounted Decoration Throughout, The Hinged Lid Enclosing Two Lidded Divisions, W...
Padouk
Handmade Victorian Burr Walnut & Inlay Tea Caddy With Brass Hinges
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Handmade Victorian Burr Walnut & Inlay Tea Caddy With Brass Hinges A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other receptacle used to store tea. When first introduced to Europe ...
Brass, Zinc
Antique mid 19th Century Rosewood tea caddy
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a 19th century handmade Rosewood tea caddy. This tea caddy has his original glass disposable in the center with two compartments on either side. The tea caddy stands on four ...
Wood
$729
H 3.55 in W 11.03 in D 5.12 in
Outstanding antique Victorian burr walnut and brass mounted jewellery box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut and brass mounted jewellery box, having a quality burr walnut box with quality brass mounts, to the centre of the lid a beautiful co...
Brass, Copper
$1,486
H 6.7 in W 13.78 in D 7.68 in
Antique Victorian English Burr Walnut Tea Caddy Sarcophagus Double Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
An antique Victorian English burr walnut tea caddy of classic sarcophagus form, raised on bun feet and of excellent colour throughout. The lid is beautifully shaped and finely carved...
Walnut
$1,363
H 4.5 in W 7 in D 3.75 in
Victorian Burr Walnut Stationary Box, Brass Bound, England, Circa 1860
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Good Quality Mid 19th Century, Victorian, Burr Walnut Stationary Box, With Profuse Original Brass Bound Decoration And Hinged Dome Lid, Enclosing Lined And Fitted Interi...
Walnut
Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality mahogany inlaid tea caddy having inlaid satinwood stringing, original ornate brass handles and escutcheon, lift up lid opening to reveal two tea caddies Dim...
Other
Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut tea caddy having a fabulous burr walnut box with an ornate engraved brass top opening to reveal two burr walnut arched top tea caddi...
Walnut
$275
H 5 in W 5.25 in D 4.5 in
Antique English Victorian Dovetailed Walnut Tea Caddy Small Desk Trinket Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Dovetailed Walnut Tea Caddy Small Desk Trinket Box. Item features dovetailed joints, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, very nice antique item. ...
Walnut
$931
H 4.34 in W 6.7 in D 3.55 in
Victorian Burr Walnut Studded Tea Caddy With Engraved Brass & Green Baize
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Beautiful Victorian Burr Walnut Studded TeaCaddy Chest With Engraved Brass Details & Camel Bone Supports 1800's Would make an ideal present for any occasion.
Brass
$986Sale Price|40% Off
H 4.73 in W 8.27 in D 4.73 in
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Walnut Veneer Parquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A 19th Century Antique English Victorian Ebonised Walnut Veneer Tea Caddy With Brass Handle & Lining A Charming tea caddy with decorative walnut veneer parquetry. A tea caddy...
Brass
$383Sale Price|20% Off
H 3.75 in W 6.3 in D 4.34 in
Lovely Antique Hand Made Burr Walnut Trinket Jewellery Box Stunning Patina
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this attractive small burr walnut trinket or jewellery box A good looking well made circa 1910 box, ideal for storing nick nacks and with the bu...
Walnut
Regency Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy, Ormolu Handles, England, Circa 1820
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Delightful Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy Of Sarcophagus Form Having Boxwood Strung Decoration, Original Ormolu Handles To Sides And Hinged Top Enclosi...
Yew
19th Century English Regency Burl Walnut Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century English Regency burl walnut tea caddy. Lovely shape and pretty details including decorative handles on the sides. Makes an elegant statement!
Brass
$7,223Sale Price|20% Off
H 46.26 in W 54.34 in D 15.36 in
Large Antique Glazed Display Cabinet, English, Drawing Room, Bookcase, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique glazed display cabinet. An English, walnut and boxwood drawing room bookcase, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Exceptional example, with superb co...
Glass, Walnut
Early Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Footed Bowl by Roycroft
By Roycroft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition This early Arts & Crafts hammered copper footed bowl by Roycroft is a beautiful example of American handcrafted design from the 1910s. The rou...
Copper
Folk Art Motorized Ferris Wheel, Custom Made, Metal & Hardwood, 1950s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1838 Custom made Carnival Folk Art motorized ferris wheel . Rotates with small lights added set on a wood base
Metal
French Vintage Tapestry Landscape with a Waterwheel
Located in Barntrup, DE
French vintage tapestry, wall hanging, from the second half of the 20th century. A beautiful French tapestry in Aubusson style, within a leaf border featuring a landscape, a house wi...
Cotton
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carved Thatched Roof Cottage Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic and rare example of Black Forest folk art, a tour de force of carving by a master woodworker. This lift top box in the form of a thatched cottage has many wonderful details...
Walnut
Late 18th Century Italian Pierce-Carved Wood Pediment Fragment
Located in East Point, GA
An Italian carved-wood pediment fragment, with its original finish, from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This antique wall ornament from Italy, with it's horizontal span of ov...
Wood
$1,015
H 4.14 in W 14.57 in D 8.86 in
Antique Butler's Work Box, English, Country House Tool Carry, Georgian, C.1790
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique butler's work box. An English, mahogany and fruitwood country house carry, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1790. Delightful work box with a charming, estate-...
Fruitwood, Mahogany
Antique Victorian Brass Doorbell With Wrought Iron Bracket
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Victorian brass doorbell with wrought iron bracket. Made in England circa 1900, this bronze ships bell has a custom-made wrought iron bracket, ready to install as a doorb...
Brass
Victorian Furniture by Simon Jervis
By Simon Jervis
Located in valatie, NY
Victorian Furniture by Simon Jervis. London: Ward Lock and Company, 1968. 96 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Includes works by William Morris, as well as pieces from the Art Nouveau ...
Paper
Regency Furniture by Clifford Musgrave, First Edition
By Clifford Musgrave
Located in valatie, NY
Regency furniture, 1800-1830 by Clifford Musgrave. NY: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Musgrave was curator of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, the ep...
Paper
Symbolism Paperback Book 1st Ed. 1995 by Michael Gibson
By TASCHEN
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Symbolism Paperback Book 1995 by Michael Gibson, 1st edition 1st printing.A study of the Symbolist movement, which emerged in the mid to late 19th century and expired during World Wa...
Paper
Pair of Solid Teak Outdoor Folding Chaise Lounge Chairs MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Solid Teak Outdoor Folding Chaise Lounge Chairs MINT!
Teak
$1,250 / set
H 14 in Dm 4.13 in
Pair of Antique Silver Plated Electrified Candlesticks Lamps with Shades
Located in Sheffield, MA
Slim and elegant, the pair of early 19th century English silver-on-copper candlesticks have been electrified for modern flame bulbs. The lamps have been weighted at the bottom and ha...
Silver Plate
$416Sale Price|33% Off
H 13 in W 6.7 in D 2.76 in
Italian 18/19th Century Hand Carved Giltwood Floral Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved giltwood floral ornament that once adorned a chapel .Original period piece that due it’s high age has a wonderful weathered look. Italy circa 1780/1850 , weath...
Wood
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.5 in W 22 in D 0.5 in
"In the Park, " Fine Watercolor by Woodstock artist, circa 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly stylized, reminiscent of the work of George Bellows and other masters of the 1920s and 1930s, this watercolor presents a placid view of a riverside park in luscious blues...
Paper
$1,713
H 18.12 in Dm 5.91 in
Bauhaus Telescopic and Flexible Desk Lamp of Brass with Brown Patina 1930s
By Kaiser Leuchten, Christian Dell, Kaiser Idell, Vilhelm Lauritzen
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Vintage Bauhaus telescopic desk lamp in the style of Christian Dell and Kaiser Idell. Most likely made in France or Belgium in the 1930s. The lamp is made of brass with beautiful br...
Metal, Brass
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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