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Lacquer Tea Chest

18th Century Chinese Export Mother Of Pearl Tea Chest
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An 18th century Chinese Export Lac de Bergaute tea chest, of octagonal shaped form with hinged lid
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl

Chinese export tea chest with etched pewter insert
Located in Summerland, CA
This is a rare early 19th-century (c.1820) Chinese antique large lacquered gilt tea chest
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Antique 1820s Chinese Qing Tea Caddies

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Lacquer

Japanese American Cypresswood or Hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ Tea Chest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese Cypresswood or hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ tea chest Yokohama, 1862-1897
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

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Wood

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Taisho Period '1912-1926' Lacquered Minka Tea Chest
Located in Stockbridge, MA
This tea chest is lacquered and inlayed with shell decorations. In the shape of a Japanese Minka or
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Furniture

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Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Export Lacquer Double Tea Caddy Chest, circa 1840
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export lacquer double tea caddy chest, circa 1840. A large rectangular-shaped footed
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Caddies

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Lacquer

Chinese Tea Chest
Located in New York, NY
Red lacquer Chinese tea chest on brass stand.
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20th Century Chinese Furniture

Chinese Tea Chest
Chinese Tea Chest
H 19.5 in W 26 in D 16.5 in
Chinese Tea Chest
Located in New York, NY
Black lacquer Chinese tea chest with red and gold lotus flowers detailed with birds. Brass handles
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Antique 19th Century Trunks and Luggage

Chinese Tea Chest
Chinese Tea Chest
H 21 in W 27.5 in D 19 in
Fine Japanese Gilt Black Lacquer Tea Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With intricate construction and exquisite decoration, this fine tabletop tea chest is a true
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Meiji Lacquer

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Wood

Antique Chinoiserie Lacquer Box or Tea Caddy, Early 19th Century
Located in Richmond, London
A rare Chinese export black lacquer box, or a tea chest, exquisitely hand-decorated throughout with
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Lacquer Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer tea chest in the shape of a melon, standing on three carved dragons' feet
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

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Lacquer

Lacquer Tea Chest
Lacquer Tea Chest
H 6 in W 6 in D 6.25 in
Lacquer Tea Chest Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Lacquer tea chest with beautiful gold floral inlays on all sides with brass handle and escutcheon
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Antique Late 18th Century British Tea Caddies

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Brass

Lacquer Tea Chest Tea Caddy
Lacquer Tea Chest Tea Caddy
H 5.25 in W 8 in D 5 in
Antique Chinese Lacquer Tea Chest, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer tea chest standing on four carved dragons feet, decorated with beautiful very
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

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Lacquer

19th Century Lacquer Chinese Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Unusually shaped lacquer tea chest with a raised form panel of a melon. Beautifully decorated with
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Tea Caddies

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Lacquer

19th Century Lacquer Chinese Tea Caddy
19th Century Lacquer Chinese Tea Caddy
H 5.25 in W 11.5 in D 6.5 in
Chinese Lacquer Box or Tea Chest with Opposing Foo Lion Decoration
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lovely Chinese lacquer tea chest in shades of faded red, emerald green and antique white. The box
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

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Metal

Export Chinese Tea Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
Chinese Export Tea Chest in Red and Black Lacquer, painted in Canton Style with Chinese Characters
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Lacquer

Materials

Pewter

Export Chinese Tea Chest
Export Chinese Tea Chest
H 6 in W 10 in D 9 in
Antique Chinese Butterfly Lacquer Tea Caddy Tea Chest, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
A rare Chinese tea chest decorated with East Asian scenes, including temples and pagodas. In the
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Victorian Tea Caddies

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Lacquer

Chinese Export Tea Chest
Located in Middleburg, VA
An impressive black and gold Chinese Export tea chest with an engraved metal interior liner
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Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Tea Caddies

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Wood

Chinese Export Tea Chest
Chinese Export Tea Chest
H 8.5 in W 13.25 in D 10.25 in
Antique Chinese Melon Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer melon tea chest decorated with flowers, leaves and birds in gold, standing on three
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

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Lacquer

China Trade Tea Chest, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
A Cantonese Chinese export lacquer tea box, decorated with gilt heightened colored volutes and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes

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Pewter

China Trade Tea Chest, 19th Century
China Trade Tea Chest, 19th Century
H 8.86 in W 13.51 in D 10.04 in
18th Century Georgian Lacquer Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Lacquer tea chest with beautiful gold floral inlays on all sides with brass handle and escutcheon
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Antique 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Chinese Lacquer Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer Tea Caddy standing on four carved dragon feet with beautiful Chinoiserie panels
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

Chinese Lacquer Tea Chest
Chinese Lacquer Tea Chest
H 5.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Chinese Export Red Lacquer Paktong Bone Tea Chest, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
A rare Chinese export lacquer tea chest, with beautiful red panels decorated with Chinese figures
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

Materials

Lacquer

Export "Tea Chest"
Located in Charleston, SC
A Chinese Export Tea Chest, In lighter and darker Reds and with scenes of people in a garden
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Lacquer

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Pewter

Export  "Tea Chest"
Export  "Tea Chest"
H 8.5 in W 5.75 in D 3.5 in
Chinese Lacquer Melon Shaped Tea Chest Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Chinese lacquer melon tea chest decorated with chinoiserie scenes in gold, standing on three carved
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Victorian Tea Caddies

Materials

Lacquer

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Ethiopian Natural Specimens

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H 5.67 in W 4.34 in D 2.76 in
Exceptional Chinese Export Gilt Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Decorated Lap Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese export, circa 1820. An exceptional quality and rare form. Featuring figural landscape decorations in gilt to the main black lacquer doors, which open to reveal 13 separated c...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

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Giltwood, Lacquer

Mid-18th Century Chinoiserie Hanging Corner Cupboard
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-18th century Chinoiserie hanging corner cupboard, English. Barrel form with butterfly hinges. Deep green with figural & geometric decoration (note the "panelled" moldings for doo...
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Corner Cupboards

Materials

Wood

Museum Quality Very Large Amethyst Centerpiece, a Mineral Masterpiece
Located in London, GB
A very large, one of a kind epimorph amethyst. This piece is a visual spectacle with the natural sculptural formations of amethyst in a different variety of purple tones. Also disp...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Natural Specimens

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Chinoserie Lacquer Cabinet on Stand, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative early 20th Century cream coloured Chinoiserie lacquer cabinet on stand.Having classical scenes of courtiers and Geisha girls walking around the gardens of pagoda bu...
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20th Century English Queen Anne Shelves

Materials

Lacquer

Chinoserie Lacquer Cabinet on Stand, circa 1900
Chinoserie Lacquer Cabinet on Stand, circa 1900
H 57.49 in W 33.86 in D 15.75 in
Japanese Momoyama Period Black Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Box, 16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual Japanese black lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid box, Momoyama Period, 16th century, Japan. The large box and cover featuring a design of blossoming plum bran...
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Antique 16th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Lacquer, Abalone

French Victorian Walnut Bird cage
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian style (19/20th Cent) walnut large birdcage with 3 red dome tops having ebonized finials and trimmed with filigree tracery carving. Some decorations broken/missing
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Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Bird Cages

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Walnut, Wood

French Victorian Walnut Bird cage
French Victorian Walnut Bird cage
H 67.5 in W 46.5 in D 22.25 in
Antique Japanese Lacquer Inlaid Hardwood Meiji Period Shibayama Shodana Cabinet
Located in Portland, OR
An exquisite antique Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Shodana cabinet, circa 1880. One of the finest antique Shibayama cabinets one will see, the cabinet is finely inlaid and overlaid...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

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Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Tiffany & Co., Paulding Farnham.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum qua...
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique 18th Century Export Chinese Lacquer Gaming Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 18th century export Chinese lacquer gaming box with hand painted scenes gilt export black lacquer, there are 7 gaming boxes and 12 trays, size: 15inch x 12 x 4.5.
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Chinese Console or Altar Table, 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a stunning and long Chinese altar table that measures a full 10 ft. in length with carved end pedestals featuring high relief buddhistic lions and extensive fretwork uniting ...
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Antique 1850s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

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Elm

Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
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Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Alternating Panels From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this fine Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rect...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tea Caddies

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Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cages

Materials

Metal

Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Copper

Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Box from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lacquer presentation box with mother-of-pearl inlays from Japanese Ryukyu Islands circa 17-18th century. The lidded box in rectangular form with rounded corner is a classic example...
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

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Lacquer Tea Chest For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the lacquer tea chest you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of lacquer, wood and metal, every lacquer tea chest was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect lacquer tea chest — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A lacquer tea chest, designed in the Victorian or Georgian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Lacquer Tea Chest?

A lacquer tea chest can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,087, while the lowest priced sells for $1,267 and the highest can go for as much as $34,392.