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GARROLD: Retailer in Edgware Road, London. Advertisement in Hearth and Home magazine, 13 December 1894, promoted ‘inlaid wood tea caddys only 2/6 each postage 6d’. 

GEORGE, J.: Cabinetmaker at 13 Grove Street, Lisson Grove, Marylebone, London. Large rectangular rosewood-veneered tea chest, c. 1830, with brass inlay and brass recessed handle on lid; two rosewood canisters with hinged lids, each with a label on base ‘J GEORGE Cabinet Maker Portable Writing Desk & Dressing Case MANUFACTURER 13 Grove Street Lisson Grove Marylebone’; label also on base of tea chest. (Reindeer Antiques, Potterspury, August 2002|)  

GILDING, Edmund: (fl. 1739-1757). Cabinetmaker and chair maker at Red Cross Street, London. Between August 1752 and June 1753, supplied furniture, including a tea box, to Sir Richard Hoare, for Barn Elms House, Surrey. (DEFM) 

GILLINGTON, George: (fl. until 1838). Upholsterer, auctioneer and cabinetmaker at 118-119 Abbey Street and 34 College Green, Dublin, Ireland. Label stating ‘George Gillington upholsterer cabinet-maker auctioneer & valuator 119 Abbey Street Funerals Conducted to any part of the Kingdom Dublin Many mistakes having occurred by a name much resembling his, Gillington begs it to be observed that his house is in the narrow part of Abbey Str.’. (The Knight of Glyn, ‘Dublin directories and trade labels’, Furniture History Society Journal, Vol. XXI, 1985, p. 266). Rectangular mahogany tea store, c. 1820, on reeded legs; gilt-brass handles at sides; large tin plate container on left, with ring handles, and shallow tray beneath; mahogany canister with sliding lid (front right), and circular compartment at rear; impressed mark on lower edge of chest ‘6952 GILLINGTON’S.’ (Private collection)  

GILLOW, Robert (1704-78): Cabinetmaker in Lancaster; founded firm in about 1730. Sons Richard (1734-1811) and Robert (1745-95) were partners between 1757 and 1800; their own sons continued the business. Last family member directly associated was Richard Thomas (1806-66); retired in 1830. London branch established in Oxford Street, London, in 1769. Firm made numerous tea chests, caddies and teapoys: ‘Prices for Workmen in Lancaster’ in Robert Gillow’s ‘Memorandum Account Book’,1741-48, includes ‘Tea boxes plain without basis [sic] 2s. Do. with bases 2s.6d. Do. with brass mouldings & Basis, 4s. 6d., & strung with brass, 5s’. (Stuart, S., ‘Prices for Workmen in Lancaster: the earliest surviving cabinet-makers’ price list’, The Journal of the Regional Furniture Society, 1988, Vol. ll, pp. 19-22). ‘1 brass molded tea box 1-1-0’ sent on the Tilbury to Barbados in 1741. (Information from S. Stuart). The ‘Waste Books’ (records of daily transactions) include: for Mr. Thomas Barrow, 10 June 1747, ‘To a moho tea chest - some brass stringing’ £0-15-0; for Dr. Captain Fish of Lancaster, 23 March 1749 ‘To a strong deal tea chest with lock & hinges the best foil - 0-12-0’; for Mr Charles Inman of Lancaster, 1748 ‘To a mahogany tea chest - Mrs. Inman 0-0-0’. (The Gillow and Waring Archive, City of Westminster Archives Centre, London). The ‘Estimate Sketch Books’, (with drawings and specifications), 1784- 1899, include: an oval tea caddy ‘Made in Sattinwood … for Mrs Rotherham’, 30 May 1789 (Chapter 5: Wood …, Figure 5.67); satinwood tea chest with silver mounts for ‘Sir J.S. Stewart’ (Sir John Shaw Stewart); ‘a Tea Cady Banded with Black Ebony, Raised for Fillegree work’, 8 April 1788 (Chapter 13: Rolled Paper Work, Figure 13.5); satinwood tea chest with silver mounts for Lady Hoghton, 15 March 1798 (Chapter 3: Making …, Figure 3.5). Also made stock caddies: two identical oval mahogany tea caddies, c. 1790, with floral inset on front; lid stamped on inner rim either side of lockplate ‘GILLOWS - LANCASTER’. (Victoria and Albert Museum and private collection) (Chapter 5: Wood …, Figure 5.68). Pair of mahogany teapoys supplied to the Duke of Atholl, Blair Castle, Scotland, 1812 (Chapter 23: Teapoys …, Figure 23.18). For various teapoy designs in the Estimate Sketch Books, see Chapter 2: An Overview …, Figure 2.18, and Chapter 23: Teapoys …, Figures 23.5, 23.13, 23.25, 23.26 and 23.27) 

GOMM, William (1698-1794) and Richard (b. 1729): (fl. c. 1730-1776). Cabinetmakers and upholsterers in Clerkenwell Close, London. Earliest known commission by William Gomm was furniture supplied to Sir Richard Hoare for Barn Elms House, Surrey, 1731-33, including ’a fine mahogany tea chest.’ (DEFM) 

GRANT BROTHERS: Retailers at 228 High Street, Exeter and 6 Victoria Parade, Torquay. Advertisement in Billing’s Directory of Devon, 1857, stating ‘The stock comprises every article manufactured in CABINET AND LEATHER WORK, viz. Desks, Dressing Cases, Work, Netting and Glove Boxes, Caddies, Stationery and Envelopes Cases, Carriage Bags, Reticules, Pocket-Books, Purses etc. PAPIER-MACHE Expensively manufactured for them, with splendid local views in pearl and colours.’  

GROSVENOR’S TOY ROOMS:  (fl. c. 1798- c. 1807). Retailers at 303 Holborn, London. Advertisement in The Times, 6 January 1803, stating they sold games and toys, as well as ‘a large assortment of Writing and Work Boxes, Tea Caddies, Desks, Paint Boxes &c. beautifully inlaid and varnished’.