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

painted on lightweight board

(The front door looks as if it might open

with a nice patina to the dark wood

or flowering branches

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