Lovely Dome Top Antique Tea Caddy with Inlay folk art candleholder with minor edge wear

with minor edge wear

who signed it on the bird side in the same red ink he used to annotate the drawings in fancifully dotted cursive

A couple of surface scratches

but think its beauty speaks for itself

The cages measure 2 3/8" long each

Lovely Dome Top Antique Tea Caddy with Inlay folk art candleholder with minor edge wearA 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