What were tea caddies used for?

Tea caddies served as secure storage containers for expensive imported tea leaves, protecting the dry goods from moisture and light. Wealthy households kept these boxes locked in the drawing room to control access to the precious leaves. Inside, the containers typically featured two or more internal compartments with fitted lids, sometimes accompanied by a central glass or crystal mixing bowl. This allowed servants or hosts to blend different tea varieties before brewing.

How do I distinguish a cellarette from a wine cooler?

While the terms are often used interchangeably in historical records, cellarettes strictly refer to enclosed boxes or cabinets designed to hold bottles securely, frequently equipped with interior racks or dividers. Wine coolers can encompass open vessel forms or metallic tubs intended for chilling bottles in ice water during formal dining. Both items occupied the dining room floor beneath sideboards or tables during the Georgian and Regency periods. Surviving mahogany examples often include lead linings or brass bands to handle moisture and heavy bottle weights.

What is the difference between a work box and a teapoy?

A work box is a portable tabletop container designed to hold sewing implements, threads, and small needles, whereas a teapoy is a larger, pedestal-mounted box intended for storing and preparing tea. Work boxes frequently incorporate lift-out trays and silk-lined compartments tailored to needlework. Teapoys stand on independent pillar bases with tripod or platform feet, positioning the container at a comfortable height beside a chair. Both forms highlight the specialised nature of early 19th-century domestic storage furniture.

How can I tell a Regency box from a Victorian copy?

Regency pieces generally exhibit sharper neoclassical proportions, restrained use of boxwood and ebony stringing, and heavy, high-quality mahogany timbers with natural grain patination. Victorian reproductions often feature coarser dovetail construction, darker and more uniform commercial stains, and heavier cast brass hardware without hand-finished detailing. Examining the secondary woods inside drawers and compartments provides further clues, as earlier pieces rely on native oak or pine rather than later imported conifers. Original locks, hand-cut screws, and period paper linings also help confirm an early 19th-century origin.

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When you search for a regency mahogany box, you are looking at utilitarian containers elevated through fine cabinetmaking.

Georgian Small Inlaid Mahogany Spice Cabinet Circa 1810

19th century

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Georgian Small Inlaid Mahogany Spice Cabinet Circa 1810

From Beresford Antiques LTD

£645

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Antique Cellarette, English, Walnut Wine Cooler Stand, Regency, 1820

19th century

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Antique Cellarette, English, Walnut Wine Cooler Stand, Regency, 1820

From London Fine Antiques

£2,950

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19th century

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Early 19th Century Mahogany Apothecary Travelling Case with Bottles & Drawer, Circa 1820

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£460

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Antique Hunting Day Cellarette, Irish, Wine Storage Box, Gillingtons, Regency

19th century

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Antique Hunting Day Cellarette, Irish, Wine Storage Box, Gillingtons, Regency

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£2,850

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19th century

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Regency Mahogany Sewing Table

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£625

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Joseph Egg London Cased Saw-handled Percussion Target Pistol, Circa 1825–1835

19th century

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Joseph Egg London Cased Saw-handled Percussion Target Pistol, Circa 1825–1835

From Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria

£1,800

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19th century

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Georgian Mahogany Needlework Table

From Christopher Buck Antiques Ltd.

£1,450

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C19th Mahogany Occasional Side Work or Lamp Table

19th century

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C19th Mahogany Occasional Side Work or Lamp Table

From Pareglio & Ayres Antiques Interiors

£495

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Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Form Wine Cooler / Cellarette

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Form Wine Cooler / Cellarette

From Gary Wright Antiques Ltd

£6,800

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19th century

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Mahogany Cellarette

From D J Green Antiques

£1,100

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Medical cupping sets and pocket microscopes occasionally slip into the box category, proving that Regency folks liked to bleed or magnify their problems.

Regency Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of Sarcophagus Form

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of Sarcophagus Form

From Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

£595

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A Fine Quality Marine Chronometer Clock by Litherland Davies of Liverpool, Circa 1830.

19th century

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A Fine Quality Marine Chronometer Clock by Litherland Davies of Liverpool, Circa 1830.

From FJ & RD Story Antique Clocks

£5,900

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Pocket Sundial and Compass by Samuel Porter. Circa 1824

19th century

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Pocket Sundial and Compass by Samuel Porter. Circa 1824

From Kendall House Antiques Ltd.

£450

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19th century

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19th Century Flame Mahogany Double Tea Caddy

From Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

£575

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19th century

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Pair of Regency Ottoman Stools

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£1,450

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Antique Wine Bottle Presentation Case, English, Champagne Magnum Box, Regency

19th century

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Antique Wine Bottle Presentation Case, English, Champagne Magnum Box, Regency

From London Fine Antiques

£495

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Regency Mahogany Box

Georgian Small Inlaid Mahogany Spice Cabinet Circa 1810

Antique Cellarette, English, Walnut Wine Cooler Stand, Regency, 1820

Early 19th Century Mahogany Apothecary Travelling Case with Bottles & Drawer, Circa 1820

Antique Hunting Day Cellarette, Irish, Wine Storage Box, Gillingtons, Regency

Regency Mahogany Sewing Table

Joseph Egg London Cased Saw-handled Percussion Target Pistol, Circa 1825–1835

Georgian Mahogany Needlework Table

C19th Mahogany Occasional Side Work or Lamp Table

Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Form Wine Cooler / Cellarette

Mahogany Cellarette

Regency Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of Sarcophagus Form

A Fine Quality Marine Chronometer Clock by Litherland Davies of Liverpool, Circa 1830.

Pocket Sundial and Compass by Samuel Porter. Circa 1824

19th Century Flame Mahogany Double Tea Caddy

Pair of Regency Ottoman Stools

Antique Wine Bottle Presentation Case, English, Champagne Magnum Box, Regency

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