Tea Chest

Lined with Red Velvet Circa 1790 From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian Burr Yew Wood Tea Chest.

Opening the tea chest reveals an interior lined in red paper, fitted with two removable tea caddies, each decorated with further Chinoiserie penwork.

The interior layout remains particularly well balanced, designed for the separate storage of tea and sugar within a compact yet highly functional arrangement typical of high quality ...

Elegant mahogany tea chest featuring a decorative edge in light wood grain and a handle on the lid.

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Satinwood tea chest of rectangular form, veneered throughout in satinwood with tulipwood crossbanding and boxwood and ebony checkered stringing.

The Repousse Tea Chest is stamped to the side of the exterior with the G&B hallmark for Grinsell and Bourne and dates to the mid 19th century Victorian period circa 1865.

An antique Chinese export tea chest with intricate hand-carved wood relief scenes depicting figures, landscapes and architectural details framed by geometric borders and floral patte...

Rustic Chinese carved elm wood tea chest made in two sections. The top case with two part openwork slatted sides and hinged doors opening to three dark stained shelves.

Awarded at Fernhill 18th August 1843 From our Tea Caddy collection, we are thrilled to offer this Ebonised Tea Chest given as a Royal Prize is 1843.

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Anglo Indian Brass and Rosewood Circa 1880-1900 small side table tea chest of drawers or large table top jewellery cabinet ...

Lidded chest with a curved lid and a concave belly, standing on brass ball feet. The escutcheon is inlayed in bone. Mahogany veneered.

This is a vintage hotel tea chest. A Chinese, pewtered alloy chá caddy, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.

An antique Meiji era Cha Tansu Tea Cabinet. Features a burled frame. Features a central display portion with etched glass covering shelves and upper and lower cupboard with sliding...

Small caskets, boxes and tea chests of this type appear to have been a popular smaller item for the Roentgens, and they are well-documented in literature on the history of furniture ...

A fine tea chest or tea caddy in satinwood with crossbanded edges on the lid and all four sides, the lid, front and sides inlaid with ovals of tortoiseshell.

As the use of the jar waned and the box became more popular, the provision of different receptacles for green and black tea was abandoned, and the wooden tea chest or caddy, with a l...

As the use of the jar waned and the box became more popular, the provision of different receptacles for green and black tea was abandoned, and the wooden tea chest or caddy, with a l...

As the use of the jar waned and the box became more popular, the provision of different receptacles for green and black tea was abandoned, and the wooden tea chest or caddy, with a l...

As the use of the jar waned and the box became more popular, the provision of different receptacles for green and black tea was abandoned, and the wooden tea chest or caddy, with a l...

As the use of the jar waned and the box became more popular, the provision of different receptacles for green and black tea was abandoned, and the wooden tea chest or caddy, with a l...

The association with shells also comes from the practice of merchants including a real scallop shell in tea chests for sampling, which inspired the design of early caddy spoon.

The larger varieties were known as tea chests. As tea grew cheaper there was less concern with the appearance of caddies, and as a result they fell out of use.

A very handsome and rare large Victorian tea caddy created in the form of a chest of drawers.

Made of black enameled metal, probably tin, each tea tin/chest has a different oriental scene painted on the front in gold paint.

A beautiful Antique George III Sterling Silver Tea Caddy in the style of a Tea Chest. Each Panel of the Tea Caddy has a delicate engraved border and there is an engraved crest on the...

Introduction on the history of tea and its vessels. Other sections include tea chest and caddies of wood, painted decoration, tortoiseshell, mother of pearl, papier mâché and more.

Nancy Corzine design 3 drawer nite chest with "tea leaf silver" finish and a white marble top.

This antique German sugar box is composed of .875 silver and dates to circa 1850 in the Biedermeier style. The box sits on ornately crafted feet and features clam shell relief decora...

The markings on the tea chest proclaim shipments to "Peking, Nanking, Canton, Hong Kong Shangai, and Tiensin".

A Hand-carved Magogany Table Box / tea caddy chest, Jewelry Chest or Trinket chest stylized with Chippendale Rococo influences.

An Attractive Bachelor’s Chest of Drawers and Supper Table This Attractive Bachelor’s Chest has four long graduated drawers and the additional advantage of a fold over top to make a...

The Function of the Double Tea Caddy In the early 19th century, tea was still a luxury item, often kept locked away in a tea caddy (or tea chest) to prevent servants from pilfering t...

Totally handmade from beautiful hardwood with lots of patina, surface markings and cool vibe from over a century's use in Tibet. This piece is beautifully crafted with all dovetails ...

This was used as a tea table or storage box. This piece is beautifully crafted with all dovetails wood details.

In his final years he turned mainly to decorating works intended for export, such as tea chests, kites, and lanterns. On 17 September 1869 he died at the age of 44.

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These Indian bread boxes or Roti ka dabba boxes as popularly known, were used for centuries to keep the freshly baked homemade round fluffy Chapatis or rotis made of wheat flour brea...

These Indian bread boxes or Roti ka dabba boxes as popularly known, were used for centuries to keep the freshly baked home made round fluffy Chapatis or rotis made of wheat flour bre...

Interestingly, the painting is on a cut plywood panel of a tea crate/chest. The painting is presented and supplied in its original wooden frame (which is shown in these photographs)...

Satinwood tea chest with coconut wood mitred edging on all sides along with a framed amboyna inlay.

This is a rare early 19th-century (c.1820) Chinese antique large lacquered gilt tea chest, containing an original pewter tea caddy liner.

The inside of the lid is most unusual in that it is cross-banded and inlaid with the initials 'CS.' The tea caddy chest is fitted with a silver escutcheon above a satinwood crossband...

Tunbridge ware mahogany tea chest with a view of Muckross Abbey surrounded by floral borders and standing on four turned wooden feet.

This tea chest is lacquered and inlayed with shell decorations.

Antique tea caddy with brass handle, decorative edges, escutcheon and ball feet. Each side has a panel design with checkered borders. The interior has three compartments with tra...

Mid 19th century red tole tea caddy Chinoisserie decoration with a pair of canisters, glass bowl of same date but not original to caddy. some old retouching on the paint.

Attribution The mid-18th century fashion for brass-inlaid tea tables, as popularized by Frederick Hintz (d. 1772) and his circle, naturally led to a demand for complimenting brass-m...

Fine English Chippendale bombe-form tea chest in beautifully figured mahogany veneer over deal, the stepped rectangular lid with the original brass carrying handle, circa 1760.

Large Georgian Tea Chest in nicely figured mahogany; rectangular with quarter column corners, having a stepped lid surmounted by a brass carrying handle and opening to a fitted inte...

Exceptional English Regency tea chest in rosewood with brass inlay, feet and carrying handles and retaining its original cut crystal caddies and sugar bowl and its tooled leather lin...

Merchant's or tea chest with hardware distinctive to Matsumoto Japan.

An antique tea chest, a treasured possession in the early Victorian era.

To keep it safe, people would store it in a lockable Tea Chest or Tea Box, which eventually became known as a Tea Caddy (the word caddy is derived from the Malay "kati", a unit of we...

In England in the 1700s, tea was an expensive commodity. To keep it safe, people would store it in a lockable tea chest or tea box, which eventually became known as a Tea Caddy.

A colonial silver tea caddy, designed as a replica model of a tea Chest, with the map of India engraved to the hinged cover, in fitted case

Bombe shaped Anglo Indian Buffalo Horn Tea Chest. Anglo Indian Vizagapatam Buffalo Horn Tea Caddy, bombe shaped of ribbed form with gadrooned finial.

18th carved oak panelled coffer, trunk, chest, freestanding, Scotland 1780, H666 Scotland 1780 Solid Oak Original Finish Four Panelled Top Top lifts to reveal large storage space O...