Shell Tea Caddies
to
1
17
1
16
7
2
1
2,851
285
230
95
76
11
6
15
12
10
2
1
Height
to
Width
to
17
17
17
Material: Shell
Antique Georgian Mother of Pearl Bow Fronted Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Regency Circa 1820
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to introduce to the market this Mother of Pearl Bow Fronted Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of beautiful bow fronted form...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Shell
19th Century English Victorian Cormandel Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy, circa 1850
Located in Banner Elk, NC
English Victorian cormandel tea caddy decorated with mother of pearl and brass studs, circa 1850s. Cormandel was considered one of the most luxurious woods and only used on the fines...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Antique English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Regency Circa 1811
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rectangular form with a squared body and rai...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Shell
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 Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
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 Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Foil
Chinese Large Mother of Pearl Mounted Armorial Tea Caddy for MacPherson
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare, incredible and large antique Chinese carved mother of pearl mounted tea caddy with armorial for MacPherson and dating from circa...
Category
1770s Chinese Qing Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Rare Regency Architectural Pressed Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Pressed Tortoiseshell Design
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Regency Architectural Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of bombe form with flared bas...
Category
1810s British Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Shell
Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Alternating Panels
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this fine Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rect...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautifully crafted mother of pearl tea caddy from circa 1860 is a true testament to English craftsmanship and elegance. The exterior glows wi...
Category
1860s French Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A lovely bow front tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with mother of pearl flowers and topped with a silver badge. English, circa 1870.
Category
1870s English Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy With Inlaid Mother Of Pearl
Located in Dallas, TX
Tortoiseshell tea caddy with inlaid mother of pearl from England. Metal lined under two lids. Excellent condition, circa 1860.
Category
1860s English Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
19th century English Rosewood Tea Caddy with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Savannah, GA
Tea Caddy made of rosewood with extensive mother-of-pearl decoration to the top and front. Special features include bun feet and unusual handles on either side with mother-of-pearl b...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Early 19th Century Regency Mother of Pearl Inlaid Tea Caddy of Sarcophagus Form
Located in Long Island City, NY
The body and hinged lid with mother of pearl and brass-line inlay. The fitted interior is lined with purple velvet. With a brass escutcheon and bun foot.
Category
1820s Irish Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Irish Regency Tea Caddy
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautiful Irish 19th century rosewood tea caddy has its original glass and all of its interior. A sarcophagus design sitting on butt...
Category
1890s Northern Irish Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
French Black Lacquer, Mother of Pearl and Brass Inlay Tea Caddy
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautiful tea caddy with original key and original interior it is black lacquer, mother of pearl and has a brass inlay design all over the box. 19th century, France.
Category
19th Century French Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Antique Regency Boulle Tortoiseshell Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
Boulle Style Front
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are thrilled to offer this Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Chest. The Tea Chest of sarcophagus shape with a gently tapering body and a...
Category
Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass, Pewter
19th Century English Papier Mâché Tea Caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lovely old papier mâché tea caddy with inlaid mother-of-pearl and hand-painted decoration, England, 19th century.
Category
19th Century English Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paper
Related Items
19th Century Victorian Mother Of Pearl Jewellery Box, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A stunning late 19th Century Victorian mother of pearl applied jewellery box. Dating back to 1880, this box has a fully covered outer body including the escutcheon. The hinged lid fe...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Large Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality Georgian 18th century mahogany rectangular tea caddy having replacement brass axe drop handle to hinged lid enclosing cavity with attractive inlaid decoration throughout.
Tea was of course a very precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Circa 1800 English George III Tea Caddy Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1800 large rectangular tea caddy box, English. George III period. Mahogany. Interior with two hinged tea canisters & a sugar well. Nautilus shell inlaid top, paterae oval inlai...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Glass, Wood
Period Georgian Tea Caddy, Circa 1790-1810
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1790-1810 period Georgian tea caddy made from Mahogany. The tea caddy has been used well and loved over many centuries. The top has a brass ring with which to lift the lid. ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique English Black Walnut Tea Caddy, circa 1850
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is an exquisite black walnut tea caddy. It is in excellent condition and has a beautiful finish.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Georgian Period English Mahogany Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
Beloved for its aesthetic beauty and exceptionally high quality, Georgian period furniture and decoration are arguably the most sought after and enduring pieces in British history. T...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 19th century Regency mahogany tea caddy
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century regency mahogany tea caddy circa 1820.
Made using flame mahogany veneers. Brass handles with star motif to the sides. Canted corners strung with satinwood. Sta...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany & Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive and good quality late 18th century Georgian mahogany oblong tea caddy, retaining good colour and patina, having attractive inlaid decoration to front and hinged lid, enclosing double sectioned interior with lids.
Tea was a precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Mother Of Pearl Jewellery Box, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A stunning late 19th Century Victorian mother of pearl applied jewellery box. Dating back to 1880, this box has a fully covered outer body. The inside of the jewellery box features a...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Late 18th century Georgian Period Mahogany Oblong tea caddy having very attractive inlaid decoration to front and hinged top enclosing double lidded interior with original paper foil landing.
This particular caddy is relatively plain and simple in design, but is lifted significantly with the attractive inlaid decoration.
It remains in relatively good condition and had clearly been well loved throughout its life.
Tea was a precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves, but also to enable the owner to lock away those aforementioned valuable tea leaves, keeping them safe from the house staffs potential wandering hands.
This 18th century tea caddy...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
C. 1870 Antique English Tunbridge Ware & Penwork Regency Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, circa 1870.
A Regency Tunbridge Ware & Penwork Tea Caddy Box of Hexagonal form. Featuring a decorated Neo Classical taste top centering the goddess Ceres recumbent upon her...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Walnut
English Tortoiseshell Pagoda Form Tea Caddy, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Tortoiseshell Pagoda Form Tea Caddy, Early 19th Century
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Previously Available Items
Geometric Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Tunbridge Wear Style
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Geometric inlaid Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rectangular box form is veneered in exotic coromandel ...
Category
Late 19th Century British High Victorian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, circa 1820.
A beautiful 19th century English Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy. The exterior with a well grained surface, "bone" escutcheon, unused metal plaque to top of lid...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Shell
English Mahogany & Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An English 19th Century mahogany tea caddy with diamond shaped mother-of-pearl inlay surrounded by a marquetry pattern of satin wood, mahogany and ebonized wood. The top and the fron...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
Napoleon III Tantalus, 19th Century
Located in Astoria, NY
Napoleon III period mother of pearl inlaid Tantalus, opening to reveal fitted interior, fully stocked with four carafes and sixteen liqueur glasses. 11" H x 14" W x 10" D (approx)
Category
20th Century Napoleon III Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
English Georgian Serpentine Tortoise Shell & Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy, C. 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian serpentine tortoise shell and mother of pearl hinged tea caddy with four flanking inlaid corner columns, central 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 Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Foil
H 4.75 in W 8.5 in D 5.25 in
19th Century English Papier Mâché Tea Caddy with Abalone Inlay
Located in Savannah, GA
This ornate teacaddy is most likely a product of the renowned English company of Jennens and Bettridge (a partnership between A. Jennens and J. Bettridge 1815–1864) who were highly regarded for producing quality papier-mâché wares. There is a lot of detail and carving to the front, top and sides of this special piece done in a floral motif with hand painting and abalone inlay...
Category
1860s High Victorian Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Abalone, Paper
English Regency Green Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very rare English Regency green turtle shell tea caddy, 19th century. Rare dome shaped green tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with silver stringing...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Shell
English Regency Mother of Pearl, Abalone, and Tortoise Shell Double Tea Caddy
Located in Bradenton, FL
English Regency Mother of Pearl, Abalone, and Tortoise Shell Double Tea Caddy. With ivory veneered edge and ball feet, silver nameplate and esc...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Large William IV Rosewood Tea Caddy with Mother-of-Pearl Inlays, ca. 1835
Located in Banner Elk, NC
An unusually large William IV rosewood tea caddy, of sarcophagus form with finely inlaid mother-of-pearl medallions with stylized flowers acanthus leaves, the escutcheon plate with further similar decoration, the interior with both original rosewood compartments, with lion mask ring pulls to either side, on original solid rosewood bun-form feet, with paper label to reverse, 'Buckley, The Homestead...
Category
19th Century English William IV Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
H 13.75 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
English Papier Mâché Tea Caddy, circa 1825-1838
Located in Doylestown, PA
Very fine English papier mâché tea caddy, inlaid with mother of pearl, signed by the most high end of papier mâché manufacturers, Jennens and Be...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century Wood Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Paris, FR
19th century tea caddy, the box is crafted of ebony and boasts intricate inlay of brass accented by mother of pearl. Inside, the wooden-lined interior includes two containers for tea...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
English Mother of Pearl and Papier Mâché Tea Caddy with Lidded Interior, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English black lacquered Papier mache and mother of pearl inlaid hinged tea caddy with scalloped edge carvings, two lidded foil lined interior compartments, and resting on the origina...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Shell Tea Caddies
Materials
Foil
H 5 in W 8.25 in D 5.75 in