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Tea caddy is the name for a small box made to hold tea leaves. In the eighteenth century, tea was very expensive and it was stored under lock and key. The first tea caddies were made with locks. By the nineteenth century, tea was more plentiful and the tea caddy was larger. Often there were two sections, one for green tea, one for black tea. Tea caddies were made of porcelain, silver, or, for the less well-to-do, painted tin. |
| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | | Tea Caddy | Pewter | Oval, Shield, Floral Bands, Domed Lid, Urn Finial, 4 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Porcelain | Blue & White, Quail, Grasshopper, Peonies, Gilt, Chinese Export, 1800s, 5 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Porcelain | Blue & White, Riverscape, Ribs, c.1820, 4 1/2 In. Pair, | 2009 |  | Tea Caddy | Porcelain | Flower Medallion, Monogram, Gilt, c.1790, 5 x 3 In., illustrated | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Porcelain | Hexagonal, Blue, White, 5 Gilin, Artemisia Leaf Mark, c.1900, 6 x 5 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Rosewood | 4 Lined Compartments, Hinged Lids, Cut Glass Canisters, 10 x 20 In. | 2009 |  | Tea Caddy | Rosewood | Brass Inlay, Coffin Shape, 7 3/4 x 13 x 7 In., illustrated | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Rosewood | Marquetry, Inlaid Instruments & Bowl Of Fruit, Restauration, 8 x 5 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Rosewood | Satinwood, Victorian, c.1850, 3 x 8 1/4 x 6 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Satinwood | Patera Inlay, Oval, 5 1/2 x 8 x 4 1/2 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Silver | Cylindrical Lid, Chased, Embossed, Grotesque Scrolls, c.1891, 5 3/4 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Silver | Decanter Shape, 5-Sided, Flattened Top, 4 5/8 x 3 1/4 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell | Blond, Bone Inlay, 2 Compartments, Bombe, 4 Silver Ball Feet, 6 x 8 x 4 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell | Carved Fluted Sunburst, Silver & Rose Brass Finial & Ball Feet, 7 x 7 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell | Chocolate, Rectangular, Serpentine Front, Caramel Ivory Bun Feet, 4 x 5 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell | Dome Lid, Borders, Molding, Silver Wire, 2 Interior Compartments, 5 1/2 x 7 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell | Honey Tone, Silver Wire Inlay, Brass Ball Feet, Lidded Compartments, 4 1/2 x 9 3/4 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell | Serpentine, Ivory Interior, Regency, Monogram, c.1820, 4 x 5 1/2 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell Veneer | Ivory, Double, c.1800, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 5 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell Veneer | Ivory, Knob Finial, 18th Century, 5 3/4 x 5 x 3 3/4 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Tortoiseshell Veneer | Sunburst Fluting Panel, Silver Fillets, Ivory, Regency, 7 1/2 x 5 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Walnut | Burl, Coffin Shape, Fitted Interior, Crystal Jar, Georgian Style, 7 1/2 x 12 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Wood | Marquetry, Checkerboard Pattern, 3 Compartments, Rectangular, Oval Handle, 6 x 12 x 6 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Wood | Marquetry, Flower Garlands, Bone Escutcheon, Oval, 6 x 3 1/4 In. | 2009 | | | Tea Caddy | Wood | Marquetry, Penwork, Flower Sprays, Teardrop Escutcheon, Oval, Paktong, 5 x 6 In. | 2009 |
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