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

or flowering branches

but think its beauty speaks for itself

with minor edge wear

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

(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