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Tea Caddies For Sale
Edwardian Period Sterling Silver Ball-Footed Tea Caddy With HInged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Period, sterling silver tea caddy on ball feet, and having a hinged lid and hinged, movable handles. Lovely, clean lines. Measures 3 inches high (at highest point) x appro...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georgian Decagonal Ivory, Tortoiseshell & Silver Tea Caddy w/ Tented Top 18thc
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely elongated decagon shaped tented topped tea caddy is made from ivory with ten panels separated by tortoiseshell stringing as well as tortoise outlining the bottom. Silver...
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1790s English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Satinwood Domed Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming Late 18th Century Satinwood tea caddy, Having Attractive Conch Shell Inlaid Decoration To Front And Domed Top, Enclosing Double Lidded Interior.
This attractive satin...
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Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Satinwood
Toso Mid-Century Modern Amber Molato Murano Glass Jewelry Box, 1982
Located in Murano, Venezia
This boxes are a beautiful invention of the master glassmaker Toso Murano who designed them in 1982. They can be used as jewelry boxes, and they are beautiful thanks to the reflectio...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Caddies
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
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 througho...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Balsa Wood and Tin Lined Tea Box Workshop Prop Decor Storage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage balsa wood, and tin lined lidded tea box, retaining partial labels.
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood, Paper
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
Georgian Squash Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Extremely rare pumpkin / squash tea caddy with a superb dark mottled colour, lovely patination, and a wonderful original squared stalk is only seen on...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Sycamore
Large Japanese Meiji Art Nouveau Silver Tea Caddy
Located in New York, NY
Japanese silver tea caddy, ca 1890. Ovoid; plain splayed foot and short neck and short inset neck. Applied and chased irises with floppy, irregular petals and reeded tendrils rooted ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Tea Caddy in Danish Style
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver tea caddy. Oval with straight sides and gadrooned and ribbed mouth rim. Cover flat and hinged with carved pineapple finial on tooled silver leaf mou...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Inlaid English Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Everyone loves tea caddies. This is a beautiful one with Satinwood inlay.
Category
19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Horn, Wood
Large 19th Century English Mahogany Sarcophagus Form Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
England, circa 1880.
A large sarcophagus form tea caddy box in mahogany. Resting on four bun feet and opens to reveal a tin lined casing, two covered tea sections and a central crys...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Crystal
21st century Italian Sterling Silver hexagonal Tea/Candy Box
By Del Conte
Located in VALENZA, IT
21st century Italian Sterling Silver hexagonal Tea/Caddy Box
Hexagonal sterling silver tea box,
shaped completely by hand.
The body has rounded edges and has been left completely s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small 18th Century Georgian Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Good Quality And Unusually Small Mid 18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy Having Original Brasswear And Hinged Lid Enclosing Two Divisions, Raised On Original Bracket Feet.
...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Oval Tole Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Nice patina, painted tea caddy
Category
19th Century Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Black Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A very unusual Ebonized wood tea caddy
Category
19th Century Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood, Paint
Georgian Harewood 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 ext...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Boxwood, Harewood
Georgian Burr Yew Conch Shell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Inlaid with Twin Conch Shells
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this beautiful antique Georgian Burr Yew wood Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rectangular form wit...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Yew
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.
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver Plate
Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy With Cut Glass Containers
Located in Essex, MA
Finest quality dated January 2, 1820. Rectangular hinged top with boxwood stringing along the edge. The interior lined with pink paper and holding two cut glass tea containers and a ...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Tea jar in pewter by Edvin Ollers, forSchroeder & Olsson, Stockholm, 1931
By Edvin Ollers
Located in Hägersten, SE
Tea jar in pewter designed by Edvin Ollers. Produced by Schroeder & Olsson in Stockholm 1931. Art Deco shape and patterned lid. Good vintage condition with signs of age related wear ...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Caddies
Materials
Pewter
Georgian 18th Century Octagonal Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Very Unusual Late 18th Century George III Period Mahogany Octagonal Tea Caddy, Having Rare Attractive Inlaid Decoration Of Fans And Pillars, With Hinged Lid Enclosing Lidded Compa...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Birds Eye Maple Tea Caddy. English, Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Very good example of a birds eye maple tea caddy
A delightful colour
Good condition. No chips to the veneer.
Unrestored two compartment interior
Free UK shipping
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Attractive antique Victorian quality rosewood tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Attractive antique Victorian quality rosewood tea caddy, having an attractive bombe sarcophagus form quality tea caddy, with a lift up lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with tw...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
Antique George III Harewood Inlaid Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
With Two Tea Caddies
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian Harewood Tea Chest. The Tea Chest of rectangular form veneered in Harewood with inlaid Boxw...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Boxwood, Harewood
Antique English Georgian Period Mahogany Tea Caddy circa 1800
Located in Forney, TX
A charming period English George III (1760-1820) mahogany inlaid tea caddy.
Tea was of exceptional value prior to the mid-19th century, plus the type of tea you could afford and th...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Bone, Mahogany
20th Century Sterling Italian Silver Tea Caddy George III replica
Located in VALENZA, IT
George III tea caddy replica.
Obtained from a silver sheet, it is rectangular in shape with shaped sides, it is embossed and chiseled with floral motifs and shells. The feet reprodu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Georgian Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco reproduction of a Queen Anne period tea caddy - Hallmarked in 1929
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1929 by Thomas Bradbury & Sons, this handsome, Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, is a fine reproduction of a Queen Anne period caddy, with a slide off base, and r...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stunning Engraved Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver Tea Caddy - London 1806
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1806 by Thomas Paine Dexter, this charming, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, is oval in shape, and in the Neoclassical taste, with bright cut engraved decoration to the body and lid, a tea plant finial, and an engraved crest to the cartouche.
The tea caddy measures 4.25"(11cm) tall, by 4.5"(11.5cm) wide, by 3.25"(8.5cm) deep, and weighs 11 troy ounces.
The crest is likely that of John Trotter...
Category
Early 1800s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Rectangular Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality And Attractive Late 18th Century, George III Period Rectangular Mahogany Tea Caddy Having Well Figured Veneers To Top, Front And Sides With Attractive Banded Decoratio...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice shaped tea caddy . It has brass lions handles and bone inlay escutcheon.
Category
19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Bone, Wood
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...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood
Asian Embroidery Tea Caddy
Located in Pomona, CA
A handmade embroidery in birds and flowers Chinese tea caddy.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Fabric
Georgian Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Oval Tea Caddy with Silver Mounts
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Silver and Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy is of oval shape with a Tortoiseshell exterior mounted with engraved silver stringing, a silver shield plaque below the silver escutcheon and a silver looped handle. The interior features a floating tea shelf...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
19th Century English Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
This is a nice size tea caddy. It has great color.. Brass inlay escutcheon.
Category
19th Century British Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Garrard & Co. - Sterling Silver Tea Caddy - London 1926
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1926 by Garrard & Co., this handsome, Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, is oval in shape, with panelled detailing.
The tea caddy measures 3.25"(8cm) tall, by 4.25"...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique George III Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Georgian Period Circa 1790
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy is finished in vibrant green Tortoises...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Black Basalt Tea Caddy, 1st half 19th century
Located in Greding, DE
Cylindrical tea caddy made of black basalt with silver mounting and figural nodus.
Category
Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
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
Georgian Prince of Wales Feathers Harewood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Georgian Tea Caddy featuring the Prince of Wales Feathers with Canted Corners
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Prince...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Boxwood, Satinwood, Harewood
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Rosewood
Antique George III Sterling Silver Locking Tea Caddy (1783)
By Andrew Fogelberg & Stephen Gilbert
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique George III ste...
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1780s Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Tea Caddy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Made in the late 18th century into the early 19th century in the style of Georgian, and made from strong mahogany wood. Clamped together by metal hardware. There was once a key to lo...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Mahogany
Wonderful 835 Silver Tea Caddy lidded Box Can Christoph Widmann Germany handmade
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique 835 Silver Tea Caddy - lidded Box
Christoph Widmann Germany handmade
Half moon & crown
Weight: 229 grams
The condition can be seen in the pictures.
Category
19th Century German Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Beehive Glass, Black Marble and Metal Honey Pot
Located in Mexico City, MX
A mesmerizing marvel of opulence, bruci's Beehive Honey Pot, a true embodiment of decorative luxury. Crafted with exquisite artistry, this glass cont...
Category
2010s Tea Caddies
Materials
Marble, Metal
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
Neoclassical George III Period Antique Sterling Silver Tea Caddy - London 1775
By Walter Brind
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1775 by Walter Brind, this charming, George III period, Antique, Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, is cylindrical in shape, with wonderful engraved decoration to the...
Category
1770s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Birdseye Maple English Double Tea Caddy Box Cut Crystal Bowl
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Superb Example of an English Georgian Period Well figured Birds Eye Maple Double Interior Section Tea Caddy of flat rectangular outline, generous proportions and outstanding qualit...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Mahogany Single Tea Caddy c.1810
Located in Bath, GB
This wonderful early nineteenth century tea caddy was made to emulate the larger decanter boxes made in a similar shape and manor during this period.
Made from Mahogany, the box is ...
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1810s Dutch George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
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
Materials
Tin
Fine Regency Penwork Chinoiserie Tea Caddy circa 1800
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Regency penwork rectangular tea caddy in the Chinoiserie taste with lacquered surface, foliate and figural decoration on all sides, including the interior, with an elephant ha...
Category
Early 1800s English Chinoiserie Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Metal, Foil
George III Satinwood Tea Caddie
Located in Altrincham, GB
George III Satinwood Teapoy - painted with central floral still life flanked by Robert Adam Style Bell Flowers and containing two tea boxes and a mixing bowl
Category
Late 18th Century English Adam Style Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
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
Georgian Glass Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
The Tea Caddy of slight oval shape with diamond quit cut canted corners, an engraved monogram to the body reading MAAF and a radial cut stopper. The Tea Caddy dates to the late Georg...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Glass, Cut Glass
English Burl Walnut Tea Caddy With Decorative Brass Mounts
Located in Free Union, VA
A handsome Victorian era burl wood tea caddy retaining much of its interior silvering. The exterior is adorned with ornamental brass strapwork elements, studs and an escutcheon, the ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
19th c English Chippendale Style Mahogany Tea Caddy with Silver Plate Tea Boxes
Located in Milford, NH
A nicely carved English mahogany tea caddy in the Chippendale style with dome top and scroll carved corners, silver plate scrollwork escutcheon & handle, the custom interior lined with velour for silver plated tea boxes with acorn & oak leaf knops flanking a central mahogany foil lined tea box with an acanthus knop. The handled top has a monogrammed plate “M...
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19th Century English Chippendale Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver Plate
Beehive Glass, White Marble And Metal Honey Pot
Located in Mexico City, MX
A mesmerizing marvel of opulence, bruci's Beehive Honey Pot, a true embodiment of decorative luxury. Crafted with exquisite artistry, this glass cont...
Category
2010s Tea Caddies
Materials
Marble, Metal
Continental Antique Georgian Melon Fruit Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
The Tea Caddy is an exceptional example shaped as a Melon and made from Sycamore with a beautiful mottled patination showing colours of moss green and subtle orange. The Tea Caddy su...
Category
Early 1800s European George III Antique Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood, Sycamore
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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