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NEAL & TONKS: Listed as ‘tortoiseshell caddie makers’ in Wrightson & Webb’s The Directory of Birmingham, 1846, and under the heading makers of ‘Tea chests & caddies’ at 13 and 14 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, in Francis White & Co.’s History and General Directory of the Borough of Birmingham … Parish of Aston, the Soho and Part of Handsworth, 1849. 

NEALE, Edward: (fl.1750-53). Turner in Leadenhall Street, London. Mahogany tea chest, c. 1752, with carved and turned decoration; three compartments and spoon tray; label on base stating ‘Edward Neale, Turner At the Hat in Hand and Brush, the Corner of Angel Alley, Nr St Katherine Creed Church, Leadenhall Street, London.’ (Private collection; Chapter 5: Wood ..., Figure 5.45)    

NEWTON, W.: Manufacturer at 226 Argyll Street, Glasgow, Scotland. Displayed tea caddy with profile of Queen Victoria at 18 years of age, composed of 1,840 pieces of wood, at Great Exhibition, London, 1851. 

NICKSON, Samuel: (fl. 1802-27). Cabinetmaker and upholsterer in Bridge Street Row, Chester; also at Commercial Buildings (1816). Declared bankrupt and advertised auction of stock, including tea chests and caddies, June 1818. Subsequently recommenced furniture making business until 1827; thereafter was auctioneer and appraiser. (DEFM) 

NIGHTINGALE, J> T>: ‘Silversmith, Jeweller, Optician, Engraver and Watch Manufacturer’ at 38 High Street, Shrewsbury. Advertised papier mâché tea caddies in Harrods Directory of Shropshire, 1861. 

NOCK & McCALLUM: Advertised as ‘Manufacturers on the Newest and Best Principles of Trays, Tables, Desks … Reticules, Tea Caddies, Dressing, Jewel, and Odour Cases’ at 29 St Paul’s Square, Birmingham, in Shalder’s Birmingham Directory, 1854. 

NORTHWOOD, Henry: Listed as ‘Tortoiseshell and Ivory Box, Caddee, &c. Maker’ in Wrightson’s Triennial Directory of Birmingham, 1823, and as ‘manufacturer of tortoiseshell & fancy tea chests, caddees’ at 37 Church Street, Birmingham in Wrightson’s Triennial Directory of Birmingham, 1825.  

NORTHWOOD, John & Son: Listed as makers of turtle and tortoiseshell caddies at 37 Church Street, Birmingham, in Ward & Price’s New Birmingham Directory, 1823. 

NORTHWOOD, W. Henry: Listed as a ‘tortoiseshell & ivory comb & caddee maker’ at 36 Colmore Row, Birmingham, in Wrightson’s Annual Directory of Birmingham, 1829-30. 

NYE, Edmund: (fl. 1818-1863). Tunbridge ware manufacturer at The Chalet, Mount Ephraim; The Parade (showrooms), Tunbridge Wells. Previously in partnership with William Fenner (1809-1817). Later took over Fenner’s workshops at Mount Ephraim and traded there (1845-1863). Displayed wares at Great Exhibition, London, 1851. Figure 6.31: Trade card, c. 1845. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford: John Johnson collection; Chapter 6: Tunbridge Ware, Figure 6.31). Rosewood Tunbridge ware tea caddy, c. 1840; single compartment and sugar bowl; label. (Chapman Antiques, London, September 2000). Tunbridge ware tea caddy, c. 1840, attributed to Nye; holly veneer, with view of Eridge Castle, East Sussex, with mosaic borders on lid, and mosaic bandings on sides. (Private collection) (Figure 6.22). Tunbridge ware tea caddy, c. 1840, attributed to Nye. Rosewood veneer; lid with abstract tessellated mosaic in holly surround; borders of miniature parquetry on front and lid. (Private collection) (Figure 6.26)