Oval Tea Caddy. © 1999 Antigone Clarke and Joseph O'Kelly

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ANTIQUE BOXES
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Antique Boxes in English Society
1760 -1900
by ANTIGONE
Tea Caddies and Tea

Tea Caddies and Tea

A late 18th century oval walnut tea caddy. The lid and the front contain an oval panel, each decorated with a floral display executed in a mixture of penwork and inlay. A very similar caddy (same woods same design and inlay) in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is stamped on the rim GILLOWS OF LANCASTER. The V&A caddy is illustrated at fig 47. Tea Caddies an Illustrated History, written by Gillian Walkling V&A publications.