Antique Continental Novelty Pear Fruit Tea Caddy Circa 1800
Located in Northampton, GB
Free Worldwide Shipping Novelty Antique Fruit Tea Caddy From our Tea Caddy collection, we are
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Fruit Tea Caddy
Antique Continental Novelty Pear Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Novelty Fruit Caddy From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Continental Pear
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Cut Steel
Georgian Novelty Apple Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
lining for housing Tea leaves. The Apple Fruit Tea Caddy dates to the Georgian period during the reign of
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Hand Carved Crafted Fruit Wood Coco Georgian Victorian Tea Caddy Centerpiece LA
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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
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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
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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
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Unusual Melon Treen Tea Caddy 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
ring handle. This rare fruit tea caddy comes with a fully working lock and tasselled key.
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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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Antique Pear Fruit Treen Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique tea caddy in the form of a Pear, with beautiful shape and patination topped with a
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Antique Early 19th Century Tea Caddies
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Sycamore
Antique Continental Melon Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
delighted to offer this beautiful Antique Melon Fruit Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy made from Sycamore and of
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Antique Continental Novelty Pear Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Novelty Fruit Caddy From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Continental
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Antique Early 1800s European George III Tea Caddies
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Cut Steel
Georgian Novelty Apple Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
lining for housing Tea leaves. The Apple Fruit Tea Caddy dates to the Georgian period during the reign of
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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
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Antique Continental Melon Fruit Novelty Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Continental Melon Fruit Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy made from Sycamore and of novelty form modelled as a six
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Decoupage and Fruit Painted Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 19th century sarcophagus form tea caddy entirely decorated in original decoupaged
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Fine Fruit Wood Tea-Caddy c.1850
Located in London, GB
An unusual fruit wood tea-caddy with domed glass top containing dried flowers and foliage
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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
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies
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Fruitwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
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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Antique 19th Century Porcelain Doucai Tea Caddy Marked Fruit Decoration Chinese
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Antique 19th Century Porcelain Doucai Tea Caddy Marked Fruit Decoration Chinese
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely jar with a rare and unusual decoration. You can almost loose yourself in the painting. Marked at base. Guangxu period Condition: Overall condition 1 frit to brown...
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Continental Antique Apple Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Continental Antique Apple Fruit Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy carved from Sycamore and modelled as a novelty Apple
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Antique Early 1800s European Georgian Tea Caddies
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Steel
Antique Continental Pear Fruit Novelty Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Novelty Fruit Caddy From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian
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Antique Treen Pear Fruit Tea Caddy 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Treen Pear fruit tea caddy with wonderful patination, shaped stalk and oval cut steel
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Wood
Antique Pumpkin Squash Treen Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Extremely rare pumpkin / squash six segmented tea caddy in a mellow green and orange mottled colour
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Wood
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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Antique Early 1800s English George III Tea Caddies
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Fruitwood
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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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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Antique 19th Century German George III Tea Caddies
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Fruitwood
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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Antique Early 19th Century German George III Tea Caddies
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Cut Steel
Squash Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
has a wonderful original squared stalk only seen on this type of fruit tea caddy. The interior of
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Antique Early 19th Century German Tea Caddies
Antique Fruit Wood Treen Pear Tea Caddy, Early 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
patination on this pear is exactly what you want when purchasing a period Georgian fruit tea caddy.
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Antique Early 19th Century German George III Tea Caddies
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Steel
Antique Treen Pear Fruit Wood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique pear tea caddy with wonderful realistic pear shape, has beautiful colour and wonderful
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Antique Early 19th Century German Tea Caddies
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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Antique 19th Century German Tea Sets
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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Antique Early 19th Century German George III Tea Caddies
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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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Tea Caddies
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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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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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Fruit Tea Caddy For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the fruit tea caddy you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each fruit tea caddy for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and fruitwood. Your living room may not be complete without a fruit tea caddy — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 19th Century. Each fruit tea caddy bearing Georgian or Neoclassical hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a Fruit Tea Caddy?
Prices for a fruit tea caddy can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $236 and can go as high as $16,512, while the average can fetch as much as $6,779.
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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