CHAPTER 2: AN OVERVIEW OF TEA CHESTS AND CADDIES

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CHAPTER 2: AN OVERVIEW OF TEA CHESTS AND CADDIES: Image

Figure 2.1: Chinese Yixing red stoneware canisters, Qing dynasty. Raised decoration showing (left) panels of bajixiang emblems on diaper ground, and (right) dragon medallions and clouds; cap lids, (left) of tin. Left: height 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in). Right: 11.3 cm (4 in). Bonhams Auctioneers, Hong Kong

Figure 2.2: Chinese porcelain canister, Kangxi, c. 1700-20. Decorated in underglaze blue with ornamental artefacts and sprigs of flowers; cap lid. Height 12.3 cm (4.9 cm). Stockspring Antiques, London

Figure 2.3: English tin-glazed earthenware canister, c. 1720. Decorated in underglaze blue with figures in a landscape on the sides and with a diaper pattern on the top; lid missing. Height 11.9 cm (4 ¾ in). Stockspring Antiques, London

Figure 2.6: Silver tea canister with maker’s mark of John Farnell, London; dated 1717-1718. Engraved decoration of owner’s coat of arms (unidentified) on front; moulded base; domed cap lid. Height 12 cm (4 ¾ in); width 8.7 cm (3 3/8 in); depth 6 cm (2 3/8 in). © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Figure 2.7: Mahogany tea chest containing two pewter canisters and a sugar box, c. 1755-60. Pewter canisters are much less common than tinplate. Height 15.9 cm (6 ¼ in); width 27.9 cm

Figure 2.8: Enamel canister, West Midlands, c. 1770. Painted in coloured enamel with pastoral and landscape scenes, set within raised gilt scrolling; gilt-metal borders. Height 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in); width 8.3 cm (3 ¼ in). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Urwin Untermyer, 1964, (64.101.838)

Figure 2.9: Cut-glass tea canister from a mahogany chest, c. 1820. Private collection

Figure 2.10: Simple mahogany canister from a mahogany tea chest with boxwood edging on the hinged lid, c. 1800. Private collection

Figure 2.11: Mahogany tea chest containing tree silver canisters by William Vincent of London, marked for 1768. Mark Goodger Antiques, Northamptonshire

Figure 2.12: Inlaid mahogany caddy, c. 1790, with two interior compartments with removable lids fitted with turned bone knobs. Height 13 cm (5 1/8 in); width 23 cm (8 in); depth 11.4 cm (4 ½ in). Private collection

Figure 2.13: Inlaid satinwood caddy, c. 1780, with single interior compartment with a removable lid. Private collection

Figure 2.14: Burr yew-wood chest, c. 1800, containing a contemporary glass bowl and a single removable canister. Height 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in); width 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in); depth 14.2 cm (5 5/8 in). Private collection

Figure 2.15: Pair of urn-shaped inlaid harewood caddies, c. 1790-1800. Height 25.4 cm (10 in). Witney Antiques, Witney

Figure 2.16: Burr yew-wood caddy, c. 1800, very similar to the caddy in Figure 2.13 but with a trunk-shaped lid and interior containing a glass sugar bowl and single fixed tea compartment with a removable lid fitted with a turned bone knob. Height 14.0 cm (5 ½ in); width 20.0 cm (7 7/8 in); depth 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in). Private collection

Figure 2.17: Mahogany tea table with a caddy drawer, c. 1800, made by Bruce & Burns, Edinburgh. Mahogany veneer with boxwood stringing on top and legs; brass castors; caddy drawer with three hinged tin plate canisters; stamp of ‘BRUCE & BURNS, EDIN’ on rim of drawer. Height 73.7 cm (29 in); width 99.1 cm (39 in); depth 48.2 cm (19 in). The National Trust for Scotland, The Georgian House, Edinburgh

Figure 2.19: Mahogany pedestal tea store, c. 1820, containing a large removable tinplate container with ring handles at the sides, and four empty compartments, two equal-sized ones of which would originally have contained tea canisters. This tea store has a companion cellarette. Chest: Height 41.3 cm (16 ¼ in); width 56.5 cm (22 ¼ in); depth 40.6 cm (16 in). Board of Trinity College, Dublin

Figure 2.21: Indian ‘Vizagapatam’ ivory chest, c. 1790, with incised black lac decoration and fitted with fine British inlaid canisters. Height 18.4 cm (7 ¼ in); width 28 cm (11 in) depth 16.5 cm (6 ½ in). Private collection

Figure 2.22: British laburnum wood chest, c. 1770, made for a Chinese metal box containing one square and four triangular canisters, all with incised decoration of flowers and foliage. Height 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in); width 13.9 cm (5 ½ in); depth 13.9 cm (5 ½ in). Private collection

CHAPTER 2: AN OVERVIEW OF TEA CHESTS AND CADDIES: Text

CHAPTER 2: AN OVERVIEW OF TEA CHESTS AND CADDIES

Figure 2.1: Chinese Yixing red stoneware canisters, Qing dynasty. Raised decoration showing (left) panels of bajixiang emblems on diaper ground, and (right) dragon medallions and clouds; cap lids, (left) of tin. Left: height 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in). Right: 11.3 cm (4 in). Bonhams Auctioneers, Hong Kong

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Figure 2.2: Chinese porcelain canister, Kangxi, c. 1700-20. Decorated in underglaze blue with ornamental artefacts and sprigs of flowers; cap lid. Height 12.3 cm (4.9 cm). Stockspring Antiques, London

Figure 2.3: English tin-glazed earthenware canister, c. 1720. Decorated in underglaze blue with figures in a landscape on the sides and with a diaper pattern on the top; lid missing. Height 11.9 cm (4 ¾ in). Stockspring Antiques, London

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Figure 2.7: Mahogany tea chest containing two pewter canisters and a sugar box, c. 1755-60. Pewter canisters are much less common than tinplate. Height 15.9 cm (6 ¼ in); width 27.9 cm

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Figure 2.8: Enamel canister, West Midlands, c. 1770. Painted in coloured enamel with pastoral and landscape scenes, set within raised gilt scrolling; gilt-metal borders. Height 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in); width 8.3 cm (3 ¼ in). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Urwin Untermyer, 1964, (64.101.838)

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Figure 2.9: Cut-glass tea canister from a mahogany chest, c. 1820. Private collection

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Figure 2.10: Simple mahogany canister from a mahogany tea chest with boxwood edging on the hinged lid, c. 1800. Private collection

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Figure 2.11: Mahogany tea chest containing tree silver canisters by William Vincent of London, marked for 1768. Mark Goodger Antiques, Northamptonshire

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Figure 2.12: Inlaid mahogany caddy, c. 1790, with two interior compartments with removable lids fitted with turned bone knobs. Height 13 cm (5 1/8 in); width 23 cm (8 in); depth 11.4 cm (4 ½ in). Private collection

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Figure 2.13: Inlaid satinwood caddy, c. 1780, with single interior compartment with a removable lid. Private collection

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Figure 2.14: Burr yew-wood chest, c. 1800, containing a contemporary glass bowl and a single removable canister. Height 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in); width 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in); depth 14.2 cm (5 5/8 in). Private collection

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Figure 2.15: Pair of urn-shaped inlaid harewood caddies, c. 1790-1800. Height 25.4 cm (10 in). Witney Antiques, Witney

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Figure 2.21: Indian ‘Vizagapatam’ ivory chest, c. 1790, with incised black lac decoration and fitted with fine British inlaid canisters. Height 18.4 cm (7 ¼ in); width 28 cm (11 in) depth 16.5 cm (6 ½ in). Private collection

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Figure 2.22: British laburnum wood chest, c. 1770, made for a Chinese metal box containing one square and four triangular canisters, all with incised decoration of flowers and foliage. Height 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in); width 13.9 cm (5 ½ in); depth 13.9 cm (5 ½ in). Private collection