Posts Tagged ‘CADDIES’

Sugar Basin, London, silver-gilt Dressing Table Set, Table Candlesticks, Sheffield

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Sugar Basin, London, silver-gilt Dressing Table Set, Table Candlesticks, Sheffield
A Breakfast Dish, oval, with crested lobed revolving cover, complete with liner and drainer, and a pair of Coasters, circa 1820, circular, foliate borders, turned wood bases, 6in.
Assorted Plate, comprising: Tea Kettle on lamp stand , compressed circular, complete with burner; Candlestick, oblong base, 6in.; Hot [...]

Antique Silver Tea Caddies

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

SILVER TEA CADDIES
Early tea caddies, like teapots, are rather small, owing to the high cost of tea. Early caddies do not seem usually to have been kept in a case, nor provided with a lock. It is probably fair to say that caddies made after 1740 were kept in two’s or three’s in cases capable [...]