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Tea Caddies For Sale
Antique English Mahogany Georgian Double Tea Caddy attrib Gillows 18th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Superb Example of an English Georgian Period Well figured Mahogany Double Interior Section Tea Caddy of flat rectangular outline, generous proportions and outstanding quality, all ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Antique Regency Inlaid Brass Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine antique Regency inlaid brass rosewood tea caddy having a spectacular inlaid brass top and carved moulded rosewood edge, lift up lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with the ...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass, Other
$1,643 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine William and Mary 17th Century Olive Oyster Lace Box
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine late 17th-century olive oyster 'Lace Box' of small proportions, circa 1680-1690, England.
The cross-grain moulded and holly banded top is finely veneered in hand-cut veneers ...
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17th Century English William and Mary Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Olive
Georgian Sterling Silver Locking Double Cover Tea Caddy
By John Robins
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking double cover tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique George III sterling silver locking tea caddy has a plain rounded rectangular form with incurved corners.
The surface of this caddy is plain and embellished to the lower portion of each side with fluted decoration.
This antique Georgian tea caddy...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Hand-Painted Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy c.1820
Located in Bath, GB
A really magnificent and pretty Regency tea caddy, the splendid shape having been beautifully painted on all sides with floral and foliate garlands, each panel framed.
The top retai...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
$2,323 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Moroccan Tea Caddy in Brass, 1900s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Late 19th or early 20th century Teacaddy in Hand engraved and embossed brass. Great rich patina that along with its details give it a certain charm. It has a hinged lid that works ju...
Category
Early 1900s Moroccan Late Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
$271 Sale Price
42% Off
Octagonal Yew Wood Georgian Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Early 19th Century, George III Period, Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy Of Octagonal Form, Having Superbly Figured Veneers And Attractive Strung Decoration Throughout, The Hinged Lid Enc...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Yew
George III Fourteen Sided Tea Caddy Made in London by James Young, 1789
By James Young
Located in London, GB
An exceptionally fine & rare George III Fourteen sided Tea Caddy made in London in 1789 by James Young
This wonderful Tea Caddy is modelled in a very rare fourteen sided form. Both ...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Antique English Inlaid Mahogany Tea Caddy, circa 1790
Located in Bath, GB
A very handsome George III tea caddy, made from Mahogany and beautifully inlaid with panels and highly decorative foliate marquetry to the front and top. The top has a handsome cast ...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
$1,051 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Danish Studio Pottery Teapot by Merethe Bloch, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Large Danish Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Teapot by Merethe Bloch, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark,
Additional informat...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Caddies
Materials
Ceramic
Turn of the Century French Steel and Brass Coffee Bean Dispenser, circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 1900s steel and brass coffee bean dispenser from the Turn of the Century. This French Turn of the Century coffee bean dispenser, crafted fro...
Category
Early 20th Century French Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass, Steel
Small Antique Octagonal Tented Top Amboyna Tea Caddy. English C.1820
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A very special tea caddy
Burl amboyna with silver wire stringing. Mother of pearl finial and escutcheon.
Of special note is the exceptional quality of the inlay on the interior lid...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Amboyna
English Early Tea Caddy
Located in Tampa, FL
English early large and beautifully decorated tea cadd with its compartments lids with ivory knobs top on the lids. Beautifully inlaid on the front of the escutcheon. The interior me...
Category
1810s English Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
English 19th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An extraordinary 19th century English solid mahogany tea caddy. This shaped box has a carved, angular top outlined with satinwood for subtle contrast, opening to a fitted interior. I...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Bronze
Antique 18th Century Georgian Mahoghany Paper Scroll Work Tea Caddy Box 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Georgian scrollwork tea caddy, circa 1780.
The caddy of hexagonal shape, the front, back & cover with overall decoration of paper s...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Ivory, Mahogany, Satinwood, Paper
Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy by Thomas Barton c1870
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware tea caddy by Thomas Barton c1870
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central floral mosaic with dentil stringing. ...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Regency Brass Bound Rosewood Fitted Traveling Dressing Box
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency Brass Bound Rosewood Fitted traveling , dressing box
With fitted interior, containing 2 fragrance bottles. Silver lidded makeup
Jars, a mir...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver, Brass
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
1910 Egg Crate
Located in New York, NY
Hand-picked by buyers at Ann-Morris Inc.
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Caddies
Materials
Aluminum
$975
Outstanding quality antique Victorian rosewood and burr maple tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian rosewood and burr maple tea caddy, having a quality antique Victorian tea caddy of sarcophagus form with beautiful swirling floral motifs along ...
Category
19th Century Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Glass, Maple, Rosewood
Set of 3 William IV Period Painted Toleware Shop Tea Canisters
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A Set of Three Exceptional 19th-Century Toleware Shop Tea Canisters
A superb and very decorative set of three 19th-century William IV period English toleware tea canisters, origin...
Category
Early 19th Century British William IV Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Tôle
Set of 3 William IV Period Painted Toleware Shop Tea Canisters
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A Set of Three Exceptional 19th-Century Toleware Shop Tea Canisters
A superb and very decorative set of three 19th-century William IV period English toleware tea canisters, origin...
Category
Early 19th Century British William IV Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Tôle
Antique Loose Tea Caddy, English, Dual Compartment Beverage Case, Regency, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique loose tea caddy. An English, mahogany and velvet dual compartment case, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Beautiful Regency craftsmanship with a superb v...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Antique English Rosewood Teapoy Table with Complete Interior, Circa 1845-1865.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Rosewood Teapoy Table with Complete Interior, Circa 1845-1865.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Burr Yew Inlaid Tea Caddy Circa 1780
From our Tea Caddies collection, we are thrilled to offer this square Georgian Burr Yew wood inlaid Tea Caddy. The Caddy of square form with c...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Boxwood, Yew
Tunbridge Ware Two Compartment Tea Caddy Depicting Battle Abbey Gatehouse c1870
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware tea caddy depicting battle abbey gatehouse
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central image depicts Battle Abbey Gate...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
A harewood marquetry tea caddy with Royal Provenance
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A harewood marquetry tea caddy with Royal Provenance, of oval form with a hinged lid opening to reveal two zinc lined compartments, decorated in fruitwood and boxwood marquetry with ...
Category
1790s English Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Hardwood
Regency Antique 19th Century Sarcophagus Shaped Burr Elm Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Regency antique 19th century burr elm tea caddy having a sarcophagus shaped lip which lifts to reveal two lidded compartments with original turned knobs, standing on small bun feet.
...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Elm
$1,056 Sale Price
20% Off
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 with covers. Outer portion of tea caddy features beau...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Georgian Octagonal Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III octagonal tea caddy inlaid with various woods on a harewood ground, the central panels veneered with coucous wood and banded by holly stringing around a kingwood band, vines and berried...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Ebony, Kingwood, Harewood, Holly, Burl
George III Mahogany Tea Caddy with Cut Corners and Two Conch Shell Inlays
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
George III mahogany double tea caddy of rectangular form with cut corners and boxwood string inlay. The front and top with large oval inlays of conch shells.
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Regency Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A mahogany tea caddy . It has an interesting shape.
Category
19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
18th/19th Century English Regency Plum Pudding Mahogany Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
A fine quality Regency Era / Georgian Period tea caddy set in sumptuous plum-pudding mahogany.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in England at the turn of the late 18th / early 19th century,...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Velvet, Cut Glass, Boxwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
Fine Rolled Paper Tea Caddy
Located in Folkestone, GB
A fine quality rolled/scrolled paperwork single compartmemt tea caddy in good originl condition with minor losses. Decorated all-over with applied scrolls of gilt edged and coloured ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Paper
$1,161 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, English Mahogany & Brass Footed Divided Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant English tea caddy is crafted from rich mahogany, showcasing the warm tones and fine grain of the wood, complemented by its brass-mounted footed details. Designed with fu...
Category
19th Century British Campaign Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Tea Chest, probably England, circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
Elegant mahogany tea chest featuring a decorative edge in light wood grain and a handle on the lid. The interior is meticulously lined with a light fabric, incorporating two hinged b...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Antique Sarcophagus Loose Leaf Tea Caddy, Drawing Room, English, Regency, C.1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a fine antique sarcophagus tea caddy. An English, rosewood and satinwood loose leaf tea case, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820. Of distinguished form and richly toned...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood
Wonderful Antique English Regency Walnut & Tulipwood Tea Caddy - Floral Inlay
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous and most unusual tea caddy dating to the Regency era, around 1820.
A rare combination of woods has been used, nutty Cognac coloured Walnut and rich graphic Tulipwood.
Th...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
$2,096 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Swedish Folk Art Tea Caddy in Hand-Carved Wood, 19th century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A fine hand-tooled and ebonized wooden tea canister of Swedish origin - circa 1850-1890. Folk art piece made by an unknown artisan.
Measurements: H: 18 cm, Diameter: 15 cm.
Category
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Oak
Rosewood Regency Tea Caddy Miniature Sideboard
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Unusual And Rare 19th Century, Late Regency Period, Rosewood Tea Caddy, In The Form Of A Miniature Sideboard, Having Hinged Lid With Attractively Carved Back, Enclosing ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
Funky Antique Bronze Jewlry Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful novelty bronze box with lovely theme of two love bird.
Exquisite addition to any room.
Category
20th Century European Tea Caddies
Materials
Bronze
French Turn of the Century Steel and Brass Coffee Bean Dispenser, circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Turn of the Century steel and brass coffee bean dispenser from circa 1900. This French Turn of the Century coffee bean dispenser, crafted f...
Category
Early 20th Century French Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass, Steel
Wonderful German 800 Silver Tea Caddy
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage late 19th century German tea caddy is designed with a magnificent detailed repousse' floral motif. Multiple flowing vines & leaves & roses overwhelm the footed box. Ami...
Category
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Antique George IV Gonçalo Alves & Amboyna Marquetry Tea Caddy C1825 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite antique George IV Gonçalo Alves and amboyna marquetry inlaid tea caddy, circa 1825 in date.
It is beautifully decorated with superb marquetry decoration to the ...
Category
1820s George IV Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Amboyna
English Georgian Chinroserie Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy with Ball Feet, C. 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian Chinroserie bow front tortoise shell tea caddy with a hinged tiered lid, Chinese landscape mother of pearl inlays with flanking pagodas, fences, & foliage trees, central paktong plaque and escutcheon, bone fitted interior border with two lidded tortoiseshell foil lined compartments, and resting on the original four bone ball...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Foil
Leeds pearlware shaped creamware tea caddy, c. 1780
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Antique Bombay shaped English pearlware tea caddy with a distinctive decoration in blue cobalt. The caddy is hand decorated with flower pendants draped from rings painted from a cont...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Earthenware, Wood
Antique 18c/19c English or French Enamel Bronze Mounted Tea Caddy Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique enamel tea caddy.
With a gilt bronze mounted lid.
In the South Staffordshire manner.
Decorated with floral sprays and rocaille swags to all sides.
Likely...
Category
Early 19th Century French Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Drawing Room Tea Blender's Box, English, Loose Leaf Caddy, Regency, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique drawing room tea blender's box. An English, mahogany loose leaf caddy, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Highly decorative craftsmanship accentuates this ...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Boxwood, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Burr Elm Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency burr elm tea caddy having a sarcophagus shaped lip which lifts to reveal two lidded compartments with original turned knobs, standing on small bun feet.
The colour ...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Elm
$1,051 Sale Price
20% Off
Georgian Antique Original English Paper Scroll Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
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George III Circa 1780
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique Paper Scroll Tea Caddy. Th...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood, Paper
Regency Burr Yew Tea Caddy
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 Side...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Yew
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 from Asia, tea was extremely expensive, and kept under lock and key. The containers used were often expensive and decorative, to fit in with the rest of a drawing-room or other reception room. Hot water was carried up from the kitchen, and the tea made...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass, Zinc
Pair of decorative 18th Century Hand-Painted Canton Enamel Tea Caddies
Located in Kastrup, DK
A pair of decorative and exquisite Canton tea caddies crafted from copper, featuring richly detailed, hand-painted landscape motifs on enamel surfaces.
Period:
Qianlong (1736–1795),...
Category
18th Century Chinese Other Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique English George III Tuscan Column Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
With Tuscan Columns & Fan Inlay.
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian Harewood Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of octagonal shape with a Harewood veneer exterior and crossbanded Tulipwood with Boxwood edging. The front features an oval cartouche with a central fan inlay matching the lid with a further fan inlay surmounted by turned bone...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Boxwood
Wonderful quality antique Regency burr walnut tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Wonderful quality antique Regency burr walnut tea caddy, having a fantastic quality Regency burr walnut tea caddy, a sarcophagus shaped with a domed shaped lift up lid to the top, op...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Walnut
Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest with Secret Compartments
Located in Northampton, GB
Georgian Tea Chest with Boxwood & Ebony Checkered Stringing
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Rare Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest. The Tea Chest of rectang...
Category
Late 18th Century British Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
English Classical Repousse Tea Chest by Grinsell and Bourne
Located in Newark, England
Beautifully Patinated Repousse Design
From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to introduce this superb example Repousse Tea Caddy by Grinsell and Bourne. The Tea Caddy of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Tea Caddy George II Brass Padouk English circa 1760
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Fine example of a George II brass metal mounted padouk tea caddy with finely etched and wrought hardware and vivid grain, color and patina.
...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Georgian Tea Caddy
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice early English Mahogany Tea Caddy. The etched crystal glass mixing bowl is of very good quality but a later replacement although it fits perfectly in the center cut out. D...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Rosewood Mother-of-pearl Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
An elegant fine quality English Regency period tea caddy. Circa 1815
Born in the early 19th century, exquisitely hand-crafted from the finest exotic rosewood, rectangular sarcopha...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Regency Mahogany Miniature Sideboard Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and rare early 19th Century Regency Period mahogany tea caddy, in the form of a miniature pedestal sideboard, having extremely well figured, crossbanded hinged top, over d...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage, New and Antique Tea Caddies
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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