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List of Makers and Retailers

HALES, Samuel: Listed as ‘Pearl, Tortoiseshell & Ivory Wrkrs. and ornament & Caddy maker[s]’ at 11 John Street, Lozells, Birmingham, in Birmingham Trades Directory, 1873. 

HALL, Joseph: (fl. 1740-54). Carpenter and joiner at ‘17 Blackfrier Gate, Hull’. Trade card, c. 1745-55, stating ‘Makes & sells all sorts of Cabinet Work, Viz Chests of Drawers of All Sorts … Dressing Cases, Tea Chests, Tea Boards, China Trayes & Fire Screens’. (Card included in exhibition, ‘Furniture Made in Yorkshire 1750-1900’, Temple Newsam House, Leeds, 18 September to 19 October 1974)  

HALL, William: Listed as a manufacturer of tortoiseshell caddies at 7 New Street, Birmingham, in Ward & Price’s New Birmingham Directory, 1823, and as a tea caddy maker in Wrightson’s Triennial Directory of Birmingham, 1823. 

HALL & ROSTILL: Listed as ‘manufacturers of caddees and chests’ in Hill Street, Birmingham, in Thomson & Wrightson’s New Triennial Directory of Birmingham, 1812, and in Wrightson’s New Triennial Directory of Birmingham, 1818 and 1821. 

HALSTAFF and HANNAFORD: Case and box makers at 328 Regent Street, London. Walnut tea chest, c. 1860, with domed lid and Gothic-style gilt-brass strapwork mounts and handle; two canisters, also with domed lids, with gilt-brass mounts engraved ‘GREEN’ and ‘BLACK’; small label on base stating ‘HALSTAFF & HANNAFORD 228 REGENT STREET MANUFACTURERS’. (Fine Antique Boxes, London, December 1998) 

HANCOCK, Charles: ‘Jeweller, Silversmith, Cutler &c. &c.’ in New Street, Birmingham. Advertised ‘Turtle & wood caddees’ in Thomson & Wrightson’s New Triennial Directory of Birmingham, 1812. (Lebrecht Music & Arts / Alamy Stock Photo; Chapter 3: Making …, Figure 3.10) 

HARRISON, John: (fl. 1833-1889). Metalware manufacturer (pewterer) in Norfolk Lane (1833-1843), and at 116 Scotland (1844-1889), Sheffield. Britannia metal caddy, c. 1840, with engraved decoration; impressed on base ‘HARRISON/NORFOLK WORKS/SHEFFIELD/2849’. (Collection of Dr D. Lamb; Chapter 18: Pewter …, Figure 18.12) 

HAY, John: Carver and gilder at 77 St Nicholas Street; 75 Union Street (house), Aberdeen, Scotland (1825-6, 1829-30). Sycamore sarcophagus tea caddy, c. 1825, with two lidded compartments with label on base ‘Hay Carver and GILDER St Nicholas St. ABERDEEN Ladies Fancy Work & Card Boxes Fire & Hand Screens etc.’. (‘An anthology of regional furniture with maker’s identification’, D. Jones, (ed.), The Journal of the Regional Furniture Society, Vol VII, 1993, p. 121) 

HAYDEN, William (and John): Advertised as manufacturer of ‘Tortoise Shell, and Pearl Tea Caddies’ at 35 Northwood Street, (near Caroline Street), Birmingham, in Slater’s Directory of Birmingham, 1852/3, and as ‘manufacturer of pearl & ivory cases, tea caddies etc.’, at 7 ½ Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, in Morris & Co.’s Commercial Directory & Gazeteer of Warwickshire with Birmingham, 1866. 

HEA[R]N, William: Cabinetmaker and upholsterer at 12 Little Wild Street, Long Acre (1819-1835) and at 30 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, 1837-1839). Teapoy with two labels. (Sold by Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 6 April 2009)     

HEATH, William: (fl. 1784-1813). Stationers, and suppliers of art materials, at ‘10 Well-court, Queen-street, Cheapside, London’. Son joined firm c. 1811-12. Business became Heath, Ashness & Heath in 1814, and subsequently Heath & Co. (Kent’s London Directory, 1788, 1789, 1794, 1803, 1811.). Handbill, c. 1800, offering various materials for paper filigree (rolled paper) work, and tea caddies (probably whitewood caddies for amateur decorating with rolled paper etc). (Private collection; Chapter 13: Rolled Paper Work, Figure 13.4)  

HEYDEN, John: Listed as ‘Tortoiseshell, ivory & pearl case, & caddy makers’ at 35 Northwood House, Birmingham, in Shalder’s Birmingham Directory, 1854. 

HICK, William: Retailer, principally of glass and ceramics, at 20 Milsom Street, Bath, from about 1840 onwards. His widow, Mary Hick, continued the business into the 1870’s, at 7 George Street, Bath. Octagonal papier mâché tea caddy (possibly imported from France), c. 1840, japanned in black and inlaid with floral motifs in mother-of-pearl; base covered with marbled paper, with circular label stating ‘PORCELANE GLASS ESTABLISHMENT … W. HICK 20 MILSOM STREET BATH IMPORTERS OF INDIA DRESDEN and FRENCH CHINA ITALIAN MARBLES and ALABASTER GLASS MOSAIC GOLD …  CHANDELIERS LUSTRES PAPIER MĀCHĒE TRAYS’. Second identical tea caddy known, without label. (Witney Antiques, 2003; Chapter 16: Papier Mâché, Figure 16.35). Advertisement in The Bath Directory, 1849, stating ’China, Glass and Papier Mâché Show Rooms’. Mary Hick advertised in The Bath Directory, 1850, 1858, 1859.  

HICKS, James: (fl. 1809-37). ‘Manufacturer of Portable Writing Desks Dressing Cases, Work Boxes, Tea Chests, &c. Wholesale and Retail No. 26, Wigmore St., Cavendish Sq.’ (label on combined work and writing box, c. 1815, Witney Antiques, February 1980). Rectangular harewood and marquetry tea chest, c. 1820, with crossbanding and oval insets; two canisters and well for a sugar bowl; label on underside of lid stating ‘HICKS Manufacturer 26 Wigmore St Cavendish Sq.’. (Sotheby’s Olympia, July 2003, Lot 182). Satinwood tea caddy with Sheffield plate handle and label on green baize lining of well for sugar bowl. (Christies, London, 11 November 1982, Lot 18) 

HINLEY, John: Listed as ‘Pearl, Tortoiseshell & Ivory Wrkrs. and ornament & Caddy maker[s]’ at 188 Lee Bank Road, Birmingham, in Birmingham Trades Directory, 1873. 

HINTZ, Johann Frederick (d. 1772): German cabinetmaker working during the 1730s at ‘The Sign of The Porcupine, Newport Street near Leicester Fields’, London. (Returned to Germany in 1738). Advertisement in The Daily Post, 22 May 1738, offering ‘A choice Parcel of Desks and Book-Cases of Mahogany, Tea-Tables, Tea-Chests, Tea-Boards, etc.: all curiously made and inlaid with fine Figures of Brass and Mother of Pearl’. (John Channon and Brass-Inlaid Furniture 1730-1760, Christopher Gilbert and Tessa Murdoch (eds), Yale University Press, London, 1993, p. 121 and pp. 126-7)  

HIPKISS, James: Listed as ‘Tortoise Shell, Pearl & Ivory Work Box, Tea Caddy &c. Manufacturer[s]’ at 55 Church Street, Birmingham, in Hulley’s Directory of Birmingham, 1870, and as ‘Pearl, Tortoiseshell & Ivory Wrkrs. and ornament & Caddy maker[s]’ in Birmingham Trades Directory, 1873. 

HODGKINS AND SON: Cabinetmakers and upholsterers (and house furnishers) in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Trade card advertises ‘Tea Chests & Caddies’ amongst many household items. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, John Johnson Collection) 

HOLLAMBY, Henry: (fl. 1845-91). Tunbridge ware manufacturer at 6 Edgar Terrace, High Street; at Chapel Place, the Parade; at 12 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells. Exhibited at 1851 Great Exhibition, London. Submitted wares to the 1863 New York international exhibition including a tea caddy. (Chapter 6: Tunbridge Ware) 

HOLLAND, William (later HOLLAND & SON[S]): Cabinetmaker at 23 Mount Street, London. In partnership with Stephen Taprell, trading as Taprell & Holland (1803-35); as Taprell, Holland & Son (1835-43); as Holland & Sons (from 1843 onwards). In 1852 firm merged with Thomas Doubiggin (1788-1854). Family continued trading until 1942. Oak teapoy, c. 1850; top inlaid with ebony scrollwork and central roundel with monogram ‘T.C.P.’; double-column ring-moulded trestle ends with central shelf; two wooden canisters with hinged lids and two wells for sugar bowls; impressed mark ‘HOLLAND & SONS’ to right of brass lockplate. (Bonhams, London, 2005; Chapter 23: Teapoys …, Figure 23.39; for stamp, Chapter 2: Overview …, Figure 2.24) 

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HOLMES, Richard: Cabinetmaker at ‘the Tea Chest in Barbican, London’; at No. 55 (1777-78) and No. 22 (1778-86). Trade card, c. 1781, shows tea chest and states ‘Richd Holmes Cabinet Maker & Glass Grinder at the Tea Chest in Barbican LONDON Makes all Sorts of Looking Glasses in Carved and Mahogany Frames. Likewise all sorts of Cutt Trays, Scollop & Round Tea Boards Tea Chests for Exportation NB. Old glass new framed and Silvered.’ (Heal, pp. 84, 86; Chapter 3: Making …, Figure 3.15)  

C. HOWELL: The name ‘C. Howell’ has been found written on a tortoiseshell tea caddy dating from about 1840-50. 

HOWELL, John and Isaac James: (fl. 1819-1911). Retailers at 5, 7, and 9 Regent Street, London. Traded as Howell & James (1819-c. 1838), Howell, James & Co. (c. 1838-84), and Howell & James Ltd. (1884-1911). Described in The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, Jewellers & Allied Traders, 1838-1914, as ‘haberdashers, lacemen & dealers in jewellery and perfumery’ in 1827. (J. Culme, ‘The London Assay Office Registers’, Antique Collectors’ Club Magazine, 1987). Rectangular walnut tea caddy with domed lid, c. 1855, with gilt-metal rope twist mount and four plaques with blue ground on front and rear lower corners; two compartments with domed lids with gilt-metal strapwork, one engraved ‘BLACK’ and the other ‘GREEN’; brass strip on rear inner rim engraved ‘HOWELL, JAMES & CO. REGENT STREET, LONDON’. (Antiques Roadshow, BBC1, November 2007). Large coromandel tea chest, c. 1860-65, with domed lid and engraved gilt-metal mounts; front and rear inset with agate cabouchons on lower corners, and lid with cabouchons on all four corners; two coromandel domed canisters with gilt-metal mounts engraved ‘BLACK’ and ‘GREEN’; well for sugar bowl; narrow brass strip on rear inner rim engraved ‘HOWELL JAMES & CO., REGENT STREET, LONDON’. (Chanticleer Antiques, London, December 2007).  

HOWLDEN, Edward: Metalworker; advertised as ‘japanner, bronzer and tea caddy manufacturer’ at 125 Solly Street, Sheffield, in William White’s Gazetteer and General Directory of Sheffield, 1852,  

HUNTER, W.J.R. & E.: Cabinetmakers at 30 Moorgate Street, London. In 1860, firm published trade catalogue, General Designs for Cabinet & Upholstery Furniture, Glasses, etc., which included designs for ‘Tea Caddies & Chests’, p.39, and ‘Teapoys’, p. 37. (The J. Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History; Chapter 5: Wood …, Figure 5.93). Listed as upholsterers in Thompson’s London Commercial Directory, Street Guide & Conveyance List, 1844, and in the Post Office London Directory, 1852. Exhibited at Paris Exhibition, 1867.