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Tea Caddies For Sale
Vintage Sheffield Tea Caddy Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage tea caddy or box. This vintage piece is rare and it is captivating. Octagonal in silver plated finish, this piece can have a variety of uses. This piece displays...
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1930s American Edwardian Vintage Tea Caddies

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Silver Plate

1860s English Tea Box on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th-century English-imported tea box from China. Decorated with beautiful red and black hand-painted flora and fauna, and equipped with rectangular iron handles, the box is mou...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

Regency Tea Caddy
Located in Tampa, FL
A regency tea caddy made of rosewood inlaid with brass. Bronze dore feet are a winged lion with flowers and fruit. A wonderful and desirable shape. E...
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1820s English Antique Tea Caddies

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Brass, Bronze

19th Century carved mahogany teapoy stamped Gillows
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality Gillows regency mahogany teapoy circa 1820. The main body being of sarcophagus form, which opens to 4 mahogany slides on each corner, 1 large tole compartment flanked...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Tin

19th Century Rosewood and Brass Tea Caddy from Saint Croix
Located in Tampa, FL
An exceptional 19th century rosewood tea caddy, originating from Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands, crafted in the English taste. This rare island piece is fashioned in a sarcophagus...
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1890s Virgin Islands Antique Tea Caddies

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Brass

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 ...
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1790s English George III Antique Tea Caddies

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Mahogany

Antique 19th Century Victorian Quality Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 19th Century Victorian quality rosewood tea caddy having a lift up top opening to reveal a fitted interior with a pair of lidded tea boxes and a glass mixing bowl. In lovely...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Caddies

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Other

Very Fine Biedermeier Period Tea Caddy of Bombe Form in Exotic Woods, circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine and visually striking Biedermeier Period tea caddy of exceptional quality, demonstrating a highly elevated form and a most complex application of exotic woods. The hinged...
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Tea Caddies

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Zebra Wood, Yew, Amboyna, Satinwood

Georgian 18th Century Rosewood Square Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An attractive and well figured, late 18th century Square rosewood tea caddy having boxwood Stringing and key escutcheon with original brass Hinges to...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies

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Rosewood

Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Image of Carew Castle c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Converted Tunbridge ware tea caddy with image of Carew Castle Date : c1860 Period : Victorian Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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1860s British Victorian Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

Stunning Rococo Pair of Antique Sterling Silver Tea Caddies, London, 1768
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1768 by Henry Bailey, this stunning pair of George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Tea Caddies, feature Rococo chasing throughout, vacant cartouches, and ...
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1760s English Rococo Antique Tea Caddies

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Sterling Silver

19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Brass Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel brass trinket box.
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Caddies

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Metal

Antique English Georgian Glazed Silk Embroidered Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Octagonal Shape with Glazed Panels From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to bring to market this wonderful example Georgian Glazed Silk Embroidered Tea Caddy. The Tea Cad...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies

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Glass, Wood, Boxwood, Satinwood

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...
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Late 18th Century British Antique Tea Caddies

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Mahogany

19th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy With Divided Interior
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Rectangular mahogany tea caddy featuring a beveled lid with raised handle, resting on small bun feet. The interior is lined in red and fitted with two lidded compartments for storing...
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19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies

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Mahogany

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...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Other

Antique English 19th century Tea Caddy Sheffield Silver Trim
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English 19th century Tea Caddy with Sheffield Silver Trim
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Late 19th Century English Antique Tea Caddies

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Sheffield Plate

A Hand Painted Apple Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A 20th Century Hand Painted Hinged Lidded Tea Caddy In The Shape Of An Apple With A Metal Patinated Stalk A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other receptacle used to store tea...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

18th Century Chippendale Tea Caddy
Located in Richmond, London
An extremely rare, highly desirable, and sought-after model mid-18th century George III Chippendale period tea caddy. Original period metalwork. English, circa 1750. Why we like it...
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Mid-18th Century European George II Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy With Sunburst Design
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1870, English tortoiseshell tea caddy with sunburst design. It is absolutely the finest one I’ve ever owned! No cracks no restoration absolutely mint.
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1870s English Antique Tea Caddies

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Tortoise Shell

Fantastic quality antique regency coromandel wood tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality antique regency coromandel wood tea caddy having a quality coromandel wood tea caddy with ringlet carrying handles to both sides and a...
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Early 19th Century Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

Early 19th Century Tea Caddy of Sarcophagus Form c1830
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Early 19th century tea caddy of sarcophagus form Date : c1820 Period : Regency Origin : England Decoration : Of Sarcophagus form in magonay with pale strinign throughout. ...
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1830s British Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

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. ...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies

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Brass

Tea Caddy Yew Boxwood Inlaid English George III
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A fine 18th century satinwood and yew tea caddy, the oval burr panels figuring on all sides with boxwood banding and bone knob to the lid. Wonderful patination and remnants of silver...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies

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Boxwood, Yew, Satinwood

19th Century English William IV Rosewood Tea Poy
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality William IV rosewood tea poy, opening to a fitted interior retain its original glass bowls, above a turned stem over a platform base,...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Caddies

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Rosewood

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 Fruit Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy turned in Sycamore shaped as a Pear fruit with globu...
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Early 1800s European George III Antique Tea Caddies

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Cut Steel

Regency Rosewood Sarcophagus Form Tea Caddy
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency rosewood sarcophagus form Tea Caddy. With circular Brass keyhole escutcheon plate.
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Brass

Pair of George III Cased Tea Caddies, London, 1793, William Frisbee
Located in London, GB
The Faulkbourne hall cased tea caddies. An important and very unusual pair of George III tea caddies made in London in 1793 by William Frisbee, all contained within a contemporary velvet and silk lined satinwood case. The hinges and handle also hallmarked for 1793. The pair of tea caddies are of an unusual oval form with upwardly curved rim. The sides are beautifully engraved with an upper and lower band of bright cut scrolls and foliate motifs on a scratch engraved and prick dot ground. Each side is engraved with an unusual bright cut cartouche with incuse corners. One cartouche is vacant and the other is engraved with a contemporary Scottish Crest with the motto "Nil Conscrire Sibi - Consious of no Wrong " above. The curved, slightly domed, cover is engraved with an outer band identical to those shown on the sides and terminates in a Neo Classical urn finial, also engraved with bright cut designs. The caddies are most unusual as they open from the side, not in the usual manner from the front. The caddies are each in excellent condition and are fully marked in the foot and with the maker's mark and sterling mark on the cover. The pair of caddies are contained within a most breathtaking satinwood case with hallmarked hinges and escutcheon shaped handle and reeded oval mounts. It is most unusual to find fully hallmarked hinges, and handle, which accurately date the case, as the same date as the caddies. The interior is lined with the original silk, velvet and gold braid. The Crest and Motto are those of Lieut-Col Jonathan Bullock of Faulkbourne Hall, County Essex. He was M.P. for Essex in many parliaments and, in 1763, married Miss Elizabeth Lante. He died without issue in 1809 and his estates devolved upon his nephew Jonathan Joshua Christopher Watson who, in 1810, assumed the surname and Arms of Bullock by Royal Licence. The Bullock family were descended from Robert Bullock of Herburghfield, County Berkshire. He was Sheriff of County Berks and Oxford under Richard II. He died in 1405. Faulkbourne Hall is a Grade 1 listed Manor House in the village of Faulkbourne in Essex, the manor being first mentioned under Edward the Confessor. The earliest surviving parts of the Hall, a red brick building with turrets, date from the 15th century. Sir Edward Bullock, Knight, purchased the Hall and Manor of Faulkbourne in 1637. The hall is considered a fine specimen of early Tudor red...
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1790s English George III Antique Tea Caddies

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Sterling Silver

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 ...
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Mid-19th Century American American Empire Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

Wonderful German 800 Silver Tea Caddy
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...
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Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Caddies

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Silver

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. ...
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1870s British Victorian Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

Sarcophagus Shaped Regency Tea Caddy c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Sarcophagus shaped Regency tea caddy c1820 Date : c1820 Period : Regency Origin : England Decoration : Sarcophagus shaped with grape basket mounted ring handles. Four a...
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1820s British Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

18th Century Tea Caddy, Attributed to Landall & Gordon
Located in Richmond, London
A superb and very rare mid-18th century George II period brass-inlaid tea caddy, attributed to Landall & Gordon. English, circa 1750. Why we like it Gorgeous proportions combined w...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Tea Caddies

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Brass

Chinese Coconut tea pot - China - late 18th / early 19th - Qing - Asian Art
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty and old tea pot, gourd shaped, in sculpted coconut, chiseled and mounted on pewter. The cap is also made of pewter. The coconut is decorated with imperial motifs. Chinese...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Caddies

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Tin

19th Century English Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
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19th Century English Antique Tea Caddies

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Tortoise Shell

English Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 19th Century Sarcophagus Shaped Mahogany Tea Caddy. Caddy is shaped box-like with a rectangular form and sloped sides, resembling ancient coffins. Richly grained mahogany with ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Mahogany

Antique English Silver Tea Caddy - Sheffield 1893 - Atkin Brothers
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome Victorian solid / sterling silver tea canister with a repousse decoration to both body and pull-off lid. The tea caddy is fully hallmarked for the well renowned silversmi...
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1890s British Late Victorian Antique Tea Caddies

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Sterling Silver

19th Century George III Inlaid Tea Caddy With Brass Handle
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Early 19th century English tea caddy in the George III style, featuring finely inlaid panels and a brass swing handle on the raised lid. The interior is divided into three compartmen...
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19th Century Antique Tea Caddies

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Felt, Wood

19th Century Napoleon III Wood Marquetry Teacaddy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined antique French tea caddy from the end of Napoleon III. The box is beautifully inlaid with different types of wood and brass, outside around ...
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1880s French Napoleon III Antique Tea Caddies

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Brass, Bronze

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...
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1820s British Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

19th Century Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A beautiful tea caddy for your collection. It is beautiful mahogany .
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19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies

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Glass, Wood

19th Century English Regency Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A mahogany tea caddy . It has an interesting shape.
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19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies

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Brass

19th Century English Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century English Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy with Flame Motif on four Bun Feet. Lock is signed by maker.
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19th Century English Antique Tea Caddies

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Mahogany

Classical 19th Century Gilded Ormolu Embossed Tea Caddy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful fine quality 19th century classical embossed tea caddy, having Bacchus like scenes of children playing, a goat and horse and much jollity. Elkington style.
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Late 19th Century English Classical Greek Antique Tea Caddies

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Ormolu

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...
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1870s British Victorian Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

Rococo Pewter Tea Caddy
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very beautiful Rococo pewter tea caddy with lion on the lid.
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Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Tea Caddies

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Pewter

Rococo Pewter Tea Caddy
Rococo Pewter Tea Caddy
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Pair of 19th Century American Henry Troemner Philadephia Pa Chinoiserie Tea Bins
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous and extremely rare pair mid-19th century, metal tea bins, by Henry Troemner of Philadelphia, PA in the chinoiserie style. From circa 1845. Made of black enamel...
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Mid-19th Century American Chinoiserie Antique Tea Caddies

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Tin

English Regency Sarcophagus-Form Tea Caddy
Located in Bradenton, FL
English Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy. Tea Caddy is in the sarcophagus form with hinged lid concealing a three-section interior. Interior has a fitted glass mixing bowl in center, flank...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Mahogany

Enamel Tea Caddy Vienna 18th Century with Landscape
Located in Epfach, DE
A very nice enamel tea caddy, Vienna 18th century, paintings with landscape and couples on all sides and on the top and gold ornamentation.   
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1760s Austrian Rococo Antique Tea Caddies

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Enamel

19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddie
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddie. Very handsome and in beautiful shape.
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Hardwood

Islamic Kashmir Hand Painted Paper Mache Tea Caddy Storage Box 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Exquisite beauty of this antique Islamic Kashmiri Papier-Mâché Tea Caddy, a stunning storage box with a lid and copper metal lining. This hand-painted gem features intricate miniatur...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Islamic Tea Caddies

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Copper

Antique George III Sterling Silver Tea Caddies (1768)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique George III English sterling silver tea caddies by Pierre Gillois; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. These except...
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1760s English George III Antique Tea Caddies

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Sterling Silver

Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy With Floral Inlaid Decoration
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Fine Quality George III Period, Late 18th Century, Mahogany Tea Caddy Of Octagonal Form, Having Lift Up Lid Enclosing Two Lidded Divisions And Exceptional Floral Inlaid Deocration ...
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Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Tea Caddies

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Mahogany

Antique 1912 Duncan & Scobbie Birmingham Sterling Silver Tea Canister Caddy 177g
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1912 Birmingham sterling silver tea canister / tea caddy / snuff by Duncan & Scobbie. Oval body with footed base and lid. Dimensions: 3.5" x 2.5" x 3.75" (Width x Depth x He...
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1910s Edwardian Vintage Tea Caddies

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Sterling Silver

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 ...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies

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Elm

Antique Russian Solid Silver Chinoiserie Tea Caddy
By Victor Savinsky
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare Form with Chinoiserie Figures From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to introduce to the market this rare example Russian Silver Chinoiserie Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy ...
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Late 18th Century Russian Antique Tea Caddies

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Silver

Rare English Mahogany Tea Caddy - Form of Chest of Drawers c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A very handsome and rare large Victorian tea caddy created in the form of a chest of drawers. Made from Mahogany, the drawers are obviously false with a satinwood front trimmed with...
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1880s British Victorian Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood

Mid 19th Century Silver Plate Tea Caddy Container
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Silver plate tea caddy. A beautiful English traditional accent. It’s well worn with lots of charm.
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies

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Silver Plate

Antique Georgian Mahogany Antique Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
Book Matched Veneer From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this impressive inlaid Antique Mahogany Tea Chest. The Tea Chest of rectangular shape beautifully veneer...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies

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Wood, Boxwood, Satinwood

Georgian Silver Mounted Satinwood Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
Georgian Tea Chest with Rosewood Cross Banding From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest. The Tea Chest of rectangular form veneered...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies

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Silver

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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