Lovely Dome Top Antique Tea Caddy with Inlay folk art candleholder painted on lightweight board

painted on lightweight board

3 5/8" x 3 1/8" cased

or flowering branches

The cages measure 2 3/8" long each

Lovely Dome Top Antique Tea Caddy with Inlay folk art candleholder painted on lightweight boardA very handsome dome top box a 19th tea caddy with perfectly understated inlay at the keyhole and just below. I'm not a connoisseur of tea caddies, but this one, found in upstate NY near Albany, just struck me as a very elegant and lovely thing. With what I believe is birds eye maple lining the underside of the domed lid, two interior chambers, and lovely details. No key, but the lock is disarmed. 8" w x 4 3 4" d x 4 1 8" t and in excellent antique