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Antique Chinese Wooden Tea Shipping Box Crate Tin Lining Coffee End Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique tea shipping crate. Made from wood with paper labeling and tin lining. Measure: 26".  
Category

Early 20th Century Rustic Blanket Chests

Materials

Tin

Wabi sabi antique Japanese Sencha tea ceremony utensil box 1870s-1920s mingei
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese Sencha tea ceremony utensil box - "Kikyoku" (similar to "Tabi dansu" in Matcha tea
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood, Cypress

Japanese Antique Cabinets, Wabi Sabi, Japandi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
tea chest made to store tea utensils and tea ceremony tools. Made of zelkova wood, which stands out
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antiquities

Materials

Wood

19th c.Tin Lined Tea Storage Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c Japanese tea storage Chest with tin lining . Top lifts off. Great light wood, original
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Side Tables

Materials

Iron, Tin

Antique Japanese Karamono-style Tea Cabinet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Karamono-style Tea Cabinet. A simple chest made for the type of Chinese style tea
Category

Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Woodblock Print of Village Scene after Hiroshige, circa 1850
By Utagawa Hiroshige II
Located in Big Flats, NY
years he turned mainly to decorating works intended for export, such as tea chests, kites, and lanterns
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Prints

Materials

Paper

Indo-Islamic Dhokra Copper Betel Nut Peacock Lidded Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
. Probably used as a betel nut box, tea caddy or treasure chest. Dhokra, figural peacock bird lidded box
Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Metalwork

Materials

Brass, Copper

Antique Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tea chest veneered in unusual beautiful sugar maple with ebonized edging and brass carry handle
Category

Antique 18th Century British Tea Caddies

Materials

Maple

Lacquer Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer tea chest in the shape of a melon, standing on three carved dragons' feet
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Flame Mahogany Tea Chest with beautiful patination, diamond shaped banding and quarter fan inlays
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Tea Caddies

Lacquer Tea Chest Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Lacquer tea chest with beautiful gold floral inlays on all sides with brass handle and escutcheon
Category

Antique Late 18th Century British Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Tea Chest
Located in Middleburg, VA
An impressive black and gold Chinese Export tea chest with an engraved metal interior liner
Category

Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Tea Caddies

Materials

Wood

Regency Partridgewood Brass Tea Chest, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Regency Partridgewood tea chest with boxwood edging, press brass handles and solid brass
Category

Antique 19th Century British Regency Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Rule Britannia Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Georgian Tea Chest veneered in Mahgoany with inlaid conch shell on the top and a depiction of
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Tea Caddies

Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest Tea Caddy, 18th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique satinwood tea chest with an oval inlay to the front depicting a floral basket with a bone
Category

Antique 18th Century British Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Wood

18th Century Shagreen and Silver Tea Chest
By Daniel Smith Robert Sharp
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
A stunning tea chest incorporating a pair of George III silver tea caddies by London silversmiths
Category

Antique 18th Century British Tea Caddies

Materials

Silver

Kingwood and Brass Pagoda Top Regency Tea Chest Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Wonderfully shaped Regency kingwood tea chest in the manner of George Oakley. This fine tea chest
Category

Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Regency Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Regency Carved Coromandel Tea Chest Tea Caddy 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Fabulous shaped Regency tea chest attributed to George & Thomas Seddon veneered in the most
Category

Antique 19th Century British Regency Tea Caddies

Materials

Glass, Macassar

Late George III Satin Birch Tea Chest
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
This fine satin birch tea chest has book matched black thorn oyster and fan inlay. The interior
Category

Antique Early 1800s British George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Birch, Yew

Late George III Satin Birch Tea Chest
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
This fine satin birch tea chest has book matched black thorn oyster and fan inlay. The interior
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Tea Caddies

Antique Chinese Lacquer Tea Chest, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer tea chest standing on four carved dragons feet, decorated with beautiful very
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

Materials

Lacquer

Early 19th Century Regency Period Penwork Tea Chest
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The tea chest has floral designs and on the front it has naive Chinese style figures drinking and
Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Caddies

Rosewood Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tea Chest veneered in beautiful figured rosewood inlaid with Mother of Pearl floral decoration and
Category

Antique 19th Century British More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Glass

Antique Chinese Butterfly Lacquer Tea Caddy Tea Chest, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
A rare Chinese tea chest decorated with East Asian scenes, including temples and pagodas. In the
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Victorian Tea Caddies

Materials

Lacquer

Satinwood Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Satinwood Tea Chest inlaid with burr ash ovals, tulipwood cross banding, brass swing handle and has
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Boxes

Japanese Keyaki Tea Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage taisho period Japanese chadansu (tea chest). Two section keyaki wood tea chest with
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture

Kingwood Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Regency Tea Chest veneered in Kingwood inlaid with decorative brass. The sides of the Tea Caddy
Category

Antique 19th Century British Regency Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tea chest.
Located in Essex, MA
Regency satinwood and inlaid tea chest. Paint decorated with floral swags to top and bat wings to
Category

Antique 19th Century English Boxes

Materials

Satinwood

Tunbridge Ware Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Early Tunbridge Ware Tea Chest veneered in tulip wood, inlaid with perspective cube top, elongated
Category

Antique 19th Century British More Furniture and Collectibles

Rosewood Tea Chest Mother-of-Pearl Inlay, 1830s
Located in Houston, TX
Antique English rosewood sarcophagus shaped tea chest with shell handles and mother-of-pearl inlay
Category

Antique 1830s English Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

Antique Harewood Tea Chest with Burr Yew Medallions, 18th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique harewood tea chest with inlaid burr yew medallions on each side, edged with a tulipwood and
Category

Antique 18th Century British George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Penwork Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Penwork Tea Chest beautifully decorated with chinoiserie figures in oriental gardens with further
Category

Antique 19th Century British Boxes

Materials

Wood, Glass

Tea Chest on Stands
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 19th century English Victorian style tole tea chest on custom brass stands with Chinoiserie
Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Metal, Brass

Kiriwood Tea Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Taishō period Japanese chadansu (tea chest) with original copper hardware. It was
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture

Export Chinese Tea Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
Chinese Export Tea Chest in Red and Black Lacquer, painted in Canton Style with Chinese Characters
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Lacquer

Materials

Pewter

Antique Georgian Harewood Silver Tea Chest Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tea chest veneered in harewood with boxwood edging, and tulipwood and kingwood crossbandings. This
Category

Antique 18th Century George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Silver

Japanese Keyaki Tea Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage taisho period Japanese chadansu (tea chest) with multiple drawers and sliding doors. Was
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture

Materials

Cedar

Tunbridge Ware Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tea Chest comes with a fully working lock and tasselled key.
Category

Antique 19th Century British More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Glass, Wood

Pair Of Chinese Tea Chest Side Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Pair of Chinese Tea Chests On Stands. Used As Side Tables.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Wood

Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Chest
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A late Regency rosewood and ebony strung tea caddie in the shape of a sarcophagus, with a pair of
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tea Caddies

19th Century Anglo-Indian Teak Tea Chest or Trunk
Located in East Hampton, NY
A 19th century Anglo-Indian teak tea chest with original iron banding, carrying handles and
Category

Antique 1890s Indian Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Iron

Rare early George II Walnut Tea Chest by Benjamin Crook
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
This crossbanded walnut tea chest/caddy has the original maker's label inside with a concealed rent
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Mahogany Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
This Mahogany Tea Caddy has an unusual inlaid motif which depicts a canon and oak leafs and has
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier British More Furniture and Collectibles

Chinese Lacquer Box or Tea Chest with Opposing Foo Lion Decoration
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lovely Chinese lacquer tea chest in shades of faded red, emerald green and antique white. The box
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Japanese Chestnut and Rosewood Cha-Dansu Tea Chest (Tansu)
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Cha-dansu (tea-chest) crafted of a chestnut casing with a rosewood veneer and Paulownia
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Furniture

Materials

Chestnut, Rosewood

Antique Tea Caddy Chest with Silver and Glass Tea Caddies
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique tea chest veneered in harewood with decorative oval medallions of tea plants to the front
Category

Antique 18th Century British George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Silver

Fine 18th Century George III Period Satinwood and Padouk Inlaid Tea Chest
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
and crossbanded and inset with oval panels throughout. The hinged top opens to reveal two glass tea
Category

Antique 1790s English George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Padouk, Satinwood

Georgian Satinwood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Early satinwood tea chest with fantastic fan inlays and green vine surrounding the large fan ovals
Category

Antique 18th Century British Tea Caddies

Materials

Satinwood

18th Century Small Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Mahogany tea chest with cavetto top edged in ebony with superb original large brass axe handle to
Category

Antique 18th Century British Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Elmwood Cha-Do Tansu Tea Chest
Located in New York, NY
Finely made traditional Japanese "Cha-Do" Tansu, used for storage of tea and accompanying
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Cupboards

Materials

Elm

China Trade Tea Chest, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
A Cantonese Chinese export lacquer tea box, decorated with gilt heightened colored volutes and
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Antique Chinese Melon Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer melon tea chest decorated with flowers, leaves and birds in gold, standing on three
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

Materials

Lacquer

18th Century Chippendale period Tea Caddy or chest
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
An exceptional inlaid tea caddy or tea chest with fine veneers of Kingwood, padouk, tulip, mahogany
Category

Antique 1750s English Chippendale Tea Caddies

Materials

Boxwood, Ebony, Fruitwood, Kingwood, Mahogany, Padouk, Sycamore, Tulipwood

English Regency Tea Caddy
Located in New Orleans, LA
This 19th century tea chest / caddy is black lacquer with hand painted gold decoration. It's on the
Category

Antique 19th Century English Tea Caddies

19th Century Lacquer Chinese Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Unusually shaped lacquer tea chest with a raised form panel of a melon. Beautifully decorated with
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Tea Caddies

Materials

Lacquer

Shagreen and Silver Tea Caddy / Chest 18th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Extremely rare shagreen tea chest. Of an unusual shape and faded green color with unmarked silver
Category

Antique 18th Century British George II Tea Caddies

Materials

Silver

Rare Naval Campaign Tea Safe or Chest
Located in New York, NY
Campaign tea chests are rare, and this example which is clearly for naval use is exceptionally rare
Category

Antique Early 1800s English Campaign Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

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Tea Chest For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the tea chest you’re looking for. A tea chest — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer tea chest, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A tea chest is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Industrial and Regency styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made tea chest over the years, but those crafted by Charles S. Green Co. and Rajhastani are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Tea Chest?

A tea chest can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,894, while the lowest priced sells for $235 and the highest can go for as much as $18,800.