Lacquer Tea Caddies

In the Georgian era tea caddies were used in every wealthy home to hold and to keep their leaves fresh. During the 19th century some of the spices and leaves were extremely expensive...

Gorgeous English tea caddie with chinoiseries. English rectangular hinged black lacquered tea caddie with gilt stenciled figural pagodas and Chinese landscapes, decorative foliage motif, original hand chased lidded interior pewter container with bone knob, and exterior locking key. Early 19th century. The black lacquer is decorated with gold depicting figures and buildings in a landscape. The Tea caddie stands on three carved wooden feet in the shape of dragons. The interior contains two pewter canister insert with round raised lids and all of them with Chinese woodcut...

A Chinese export octagonal form tea caddy retaining its original pewter liner, the exterior beautifully decorated overall with figures of men and women in an elaborate garden setting...

Pair of antique Chinese band / hat boxes, circa 19th century, finished in red lacquer and decorated with faded painted scenes and figures, with black interiors, tops, and bases.

Fantastic dark silver lacquered cylindrical tea caddy (natsume) with a refined continuous silver and gold hiramaki-e (low-relief lacquer design) and takamaki-e (high-relief design) of autumn leaves (momiji). Some leaves accentuated by nashiji (sprinkled gold lacquer). The inner rim lacquered in gold decorated with a few leaves as well. The interior is lacquered evenly black, with a lovely detail hidden in the lid; a rake is hidden here, ready to be used to clean up all the autumn leaves. The rake is surrounded by silver and gold specks of different shapes. The circular recess at the bottom is signed by the artist. Including original signed and sealed wooden tomobako (storage box). Maki-e, (? ?, literally sparkling painting) is the art of decorating lacquered wood objects...

A refined Japanese lacquer and bronze koro, incense burner, in the form or a chaire, tea caddy, decorated with various mon, family crests, Edo period (1603 - 1868), early 19th centur...

A very elegant mid-19th century papier mache tea caddy, of bombe type form, having exceptional hand painted and inlaid decoration, the hinged to...

Fine Japanese black lacquer natsume by Saratani Tomizõ circa 1970. The lidded tea caddy with rounded edges and flat base with two suzumshi (bell crickets native to Asia) of exceptional detail with long antennae stretching across a large proportional of the box amongst three large foliage branched leaves. The box with a flat raised copper speckled metallic coloured base signed to the underneath. To the interior the box is pitch black in colour with no inside decoration. The original fitted box tied with a single ribbon and signed multiple times throughout. Chinese calligraphy to the wooden box reads ??? Picture of insects/crickets, ???  black, medium sized natsume (tea caddy for keeping powdered tea). Measurements Natsume 7.2cm High x 6.8cm Wide - Box 9.9cm High 8.5cm Wide Notes Saratani Tomizo began his career in the 1960s, apprenticing under lacquer artists Saratani Katsuzo, his father, and Suzuki Masaya. He joined the Kyoto lacquer...

The finely lacquered piece is fashioned with fine gilt pen work and it raised upon four "bat" form feet. The interior is pewter repousse and retains i...

This Chinese Export early 19th century chinoiserie decorated lacquered teacaddy retains its original pair of interior pewter hand engraved double lidded tea boxes. The tea boxes have...

A delightful Russian tea caddy from the Romanov era, period of Tsar Alexander III, rectangular, the hinged cover painted with woman wearing a babushka seated outdoors next to a dacha...

Gilt lacquer Chinese tea caddy Chinese export lacquer tea caddy on dragon feet from the Qing dynasty. Octagonal form with hinged lid, divided interior with pewter caddies.