No serious collector of antique silver would be without a Tea set as pride of place in their collection. However this is only part of the tea drinking story. When Tea was first fashionable it was an extremely expensive commodity. Hence the need for a separate container to store it in. The Tea Caddy was therefore born and it soon became fashionable to craft them in silver to match existing sterling silver tea sets.
Today finding a decent antique silver caddy can be difficult. However here is an example of a very nice Antique Silver Tea caddy which bears hallmarks for London 1901 and sponsors marks for that fine set of Silversmiths William Hutton & Sons Ltd which should compliment most collectors tea sets quite well.
It is offered for sale by Silver2treasure from its website. There are two links here one to the Silver Tea caddy List page and the next to the actual Antique Silver Tea Caddy itself. Why not click the links and take a look. There are multiple pictures of the tea caddy to view. (if the link opens up the home page I am sorry to say it means the tea caddy has sold).
Good luck with your collecting
Regards
Steve
