Regency Tea Caddies
REGENCY STYLE
Like France’s Empire style, Regency-style furniture was rooted in neoclassicism; the characteristics of its bedroom furniture, armchairs, dining room tables and other items include clean lines, angular shapes and elegant details.
Dating roughly from the 1790s to 1830s, antique Regency-style furniture gets its name from Prince George of Wales — formally King George IV — who became Prince Regent in 1811 after his father, George III, was declared unfit to rule. England’s Regency style is one of the styles represented in Georgian furniture.
George IV’s arts patronage significantly influenced the development of the Regency style, such as the architectural projects under John Nash, which included the renovation of Buckingham House into the formidable Buckingham Palace with a grand neoclassical facade. Celebrated designers of the period include Thomas Sheraton, Henry Holland and Thomas Hope. Like Nash, Hope instilled his work with classical influences, such as saber-legged chairs based on the ancient Greek klismos. He is credited with introducing the term “interior decoration” to English with the 1807 publishing of Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.
Although more subdued than previous styles like Rococo and Baroque, Regency interiors incorporated copious use of chintz fabrics and wallpaper adorned in chinoiserie-style art. Its furniture featured fine materials and luxurious embellishments. Furniture maker George Bullock, for instance, regularly used detailed wood marquetry and metal ornaments on his pieces.
Archaeological discoveries in Egypt and Greece informed Regency-era details, such as carved scrollwork, sphinxes and palmettes, as well as the shape of furniture. A Roman marble cinerary chest, for example, would be reinterpreted into a wooden cabinet. The Napoleonic Wars also inspired furniture, with martial designs like tented beds and camp-style chairs becoming popular. While the reddish-brown mahogany was prominent in this range of pieces, imported woods like zebrawood and ebony were increasingly in demand.
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Style: Regency
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.
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Elm
Regency Rosewood Tea Caddy, England, circa 1830
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rosewood tea caddy with Bombay shape and canted top. Having a pair of lion mask brass handles on each end and sitting on claw and ball feet. The interior fitted with two lidded tea...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Rosewood
Charming Diminutive 19th Century English Rosewood Step-Back Cupboard
Located in Buchanan, MI
A charming 19th century English diminutive step-back cupboard
with two glazed doors over two drawers and two-paneled doors.
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19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy Miniature Serpentine Sideboard
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Rare And Exceptionally Good Quality English Regency Period Mahogany Tea Caddy, In The Form Of A Serpentine Miniature Sideboard, Having Lift Up Hinged Lid With Attractive...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Mahogany
Antique English Regency Period and Styled Hand Painted Toleware Tea Caddy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique English toleware tea caddy dates to circa 1820 and done in the period Regency style. This tea caddy is constructed of tin with a cast i...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Metal
c. 1820 English Sarcophagus Form Tea Caddy Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1820 sarcophagus form tea caddy box, English. Rosewood & burl thuya wood marquetry decoration. Button feet. The contrast in woods is visually exciting, filled with movement in ...
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1820s English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Velvet, Wood, Burl
Antique Drawing Room Tea Caddy, English, Flame, Sarcophagus, Regency, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique drawing room tea caddy. An English, flame mahogany sarcophagus with glass mixer, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Super...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Wood
Antique Tea Caddy, English, Loose Leaf Canister, Mixing Glass, Regency, C.1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tea caddy. An English, flame mahogany loose leaf tea container with glass mixer, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Attractive Regency period caddy with fi...
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1820s British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddy in beautiful shape. Well taken care of must see pics.
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Bronze
Regency Tea Caddy of Sarcophagus Form Burr Yew c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading :Regency tea caddy of Sarcophagus form in burr yew c1820
Date : c1820
Period : Regency
Origin : England
Decoration : Sarcophagus form in rosewood. Four brass ball feet. T...
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1820s British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Antique English Regency Rosewood Inlaid Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy Box 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality antique English Georgian Regency inlaid rosewood tea Caddy, circa 1820.
The caddy is made from the hinged lid is finely inlaid with mother of pearl, and the base wit...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
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...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Caddy. English C.1820
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A wonderful Late Georgian or Regency tea caddy.
Exceptional quality
Fantastic colour and figure in the wood
Tropical hardwood
Lovely sarcophagus shape.
It has a heavy cut glass...
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1820s English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Fine quality antique Regency rosewood tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique Regency rosewood tea caddy, having a outstanding quality 19th Century rosewood and mother of pearl inlaid sarcophagus shaped tea caddy, with a quality carved mou...
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Early 19th Century Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
Tiny Regency Partridgewood Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and extremely rare Regency period 19th century partridge wood tea caddy, of incredibly small proportions, having elegant pagoda shaped top enclosing lined interior raised on original brass ball feet.
This is one of the smallest tea caddies we have ever seen. It also really is very charming indeed. The shape has real elegance and the overall package is just so very rare.
Partridge wood is a wood imported from South America towards the end of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Available in particularly small sheets it was almost exclusively used in cross banded, or inlaid decorations or for very small decorative boxes...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Other
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 Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
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 Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
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...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Shell
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 ...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass, Other
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 Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Tea Caddy Sarcophagus Shaped in Mahogany c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Regency tea caddy – Sarcophagus shaped in mahogany
Date : c1820
Period : Regency
Origin : England
Decoration : Sarcophagus form with lion’s head mounted brass ring handles ...
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1820s British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Quality antique Regency rosewood tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Regency rosewood tea caddy, having a quality antique Regency tea caddy of rectangular shape with ring handles to the sides, a lift up lid opening to reveal a fitted i...
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Early 19th Century Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Brass Inlaid English Regency Mahogany Double Tea Caddy Box 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Example of an English Regency well grained Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of traditional rectangular outline, with lavish brass scrolling inlay decoration and complete fitted inter...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
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...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
English Regency Tortoiseshell Double Tea Caddy
Located in Downingtown, PA
Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy,
Circa 1810
The Tortoiseshell tea caddy is of rectangular form with a rectangular body and is raised on its original ball feet.
The interior of the ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Marine turtle
19th Century Rosewood Miniature Sideboard Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming Late Regency Period Rosewood Tea Caddy, In
The Form Of A Miniature Pedestal Sideboard, Having Hinged
Lid Over Concealed Canisters And Central Mixing Bowl Hole
Raised O...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century English Tunbridge Ware Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
A well-made antique, circa 1830, English tea caddy with stunning marquetry inlays, warm coloring, superb detailing, and luminous rich patina!
When tea first arrived in Europe in t...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
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 Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Other
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...
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1810s English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
George III Inlaid Tea Caddy, England, Circa:1800
Located in Alexandria, VA
Mahogany with satinwood, harewood, and ebony inlay - banded - shell and floral urn inlays - recessed brass handle on lid, fitted interior with two removable hinged lid wooden tea sto...
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Early 1800s English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood, Harewood
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 Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Elm
Regency Inlaid Tea Caddy
By Regency
Located in London, GB
Regeny Heavily inlaid Brass Tea Caddy
This Tea Caddy in Walnut and Elevated on Four Bun Feet
Some Minor Nicks
The Interior Consists of a Tea Compartment with Shedding Paint
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Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Walnut
Two Compartment Tea Caddy from the Early 19th Century
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Two compartment tea caddy from the early 19th century
Date : Early 19th century
Period : Regency-Victoria
Origin : England
Decoration : Polychromatic banded stringwork...
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1810s British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Regency Tea Caddy of Sarcophagus Form c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Sarcophagus shaped Regency tea caddy c1820
Date : c1820
Period : Regency
Origin : England
Decoration : Modified sarcophagus shape with curved cover. Four applied bun fe...
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1820s British Antique Regency 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...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver, Brass
English Regency Mahogany Lyre Pedestal Brass Foliage Inlaid Tea Poy, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany rectangular hinged tea poy with fitted interior bins, central lyre pedestal, foliage brass inlays, flanking gilt floral pulls, and res...
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1810s English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine English Regency mahogany caddy with canted sides and shaped hinged top with ebony stringing and original brass paw feet. Good color and patina.
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Burr Yew 19th Century Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive And Good Quality Early 19th Century Regency Period, Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy Having Boxwood Strung Decoration Throughout, The Hinged Pagoda Top Enclosing Two Lidded ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Yew
Rich Mahogany Regency Style Tea Caddie with Inlay and Brass Lion Rings
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sumptuous Regency style mahogany tea caddie having boxwood string inlay on the sides and handsome brass lion rings as well as paw feet. Key included.
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19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
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 Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Wood
English Regency Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Wilson, NC
The interior of the top of this tea caddy has two covered tea boxes and two holes for mixing jars which are missing. The legs terminate in the original brass castors.
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1820s English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Two Chinese Export Lacquered Tea Caddy for the English Market, Priced Per Caddy
Located in Buchanan, MI
A two Chinese export lacquered tea caddys for The English Market. With two fitted pewter canisters on the interior. Together with a Chinese export lacq...
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19th Century Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
19th Century, English Regency Tea Caddy
Located in San Marino, CA
A 19th century mahogany English Regency tea caddy with silver markings of a family crest, griffon and ram on the top. The interior of this te...
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19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Mahogany
Regency Rosewood Sarcophagus Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive Late Regency Period Rosewood Tea Caddy, Of Elegant Sarcophagus Form, Having Domed Lid With Mother Of Pearl Inlaid Decoration, Enclosing Two Lidded Divisions, Raised...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
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 Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Hardwood
Two Chinese Export Lacquer Tea Caddy for the English Trade, Priced Per Tea Caddy
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Chinese Export lacquer tea caddy. Gilt lacquered tea caddy with two pewter canister inserts. Together with a larger Chinese export lacquer box with o...
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19th Century Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
A Hand Painted Apple Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in High Wycombe, GB
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 Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Wood
Beautiful Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Southall, GB
A fine Regency period rectangular tea caddy, veneered in panels divided by fine metal stringing. Silver metal escutcheon and key. Complete with an initialled plaque on the lid and ro...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Fabulous Antique English Penwork Double Compartment Tea Caddy c.1820
Located in Bath, GB
A simply magnificent and grand example of a Regency Penwork Tea Caddy dating 1820.
The caddy stands on it's original large gilded bronze Lion's paw feet and the sides retaining the ...
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1820s British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
English Regency Tea Caddy with Inlay and Interior Lid, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
English Regency Tea Caddy with Inlay and Interior Lid, 19th Century
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19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
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...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
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.
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1820s Irish Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
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...
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1820s British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Wood
A Sarcophagus Shaped Regency Rosewood Tea Caddy With Separate Tea Compartments
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Sarcophagus Shaped Regency Rosewood, Brass Tea Caddy With Two Separate Tea Compartments and Individual Handled Lids, Centred on Four Bun Feet Circa 1700's
Great patina embellishi...
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18th Century British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Brass
Faux Tortoiseshell Two Compartment Tea Caddy
Located in Folkestone, GB
Unusual early 19th century simulated tortoiseshell two compartment rectangular tea caddy with cushion shaped lid and retaining the original inner lids. In reasonable condition for it...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Beech
19th Century English Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning early 19th century brass inlaid sarcophagus shaped tea caddy, with dome top opening to reveal an interior well fitted with twin compartments and a glass mixing bowl...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Regency Tole Hot Water Urn
Located in Essex, MA
Chinoiserie decorated with cover with ball finial over a cylindrical body with lions head rings , lower spigot and pierced square plinth and paw feet.
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Tea Caddies
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Tin
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...
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1810s British Antique Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Shell
Regency tea caddies for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency tea caddies for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tea caddies created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency tea caddies made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tea caddies, popular names associated with this style include John C. Moore, and Tiffany & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for tea caddies differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $509 and tops out at $14,000 while the average work can sell for $1,950.