Lovely Dome Top Antique Tea Caddy with Inlay folk art candleholder or flowering branches

or flowering branches

Her lips are just slightly open too

but think its beauty speaks for itself

with minor edge wear

(The front door looks as if it might open

Lovely Dome Top Antique Tea Caddy with Inlay folk art candleholder or flowering branchesA 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