Teapoy
Category
Furniture
Date
1825 - 1840
Materials
Carved walnut and oak
Measurements
710 x 480 mm
Order this imageCollection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Drawing Room, Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire, North, National Trust
NT 783934
Caption
Expensive teas were often kept in a teapoy, a lockable box on a stand. This one contains metal canisters for two different teas, ready for blending. It was specially made for Annette Hesketh, mistress of the house in Victorian times. The Hesketh crest of a wheatsheaf is featured in the carving of the lid.
Summary
Carved walnut and oak teapoy, c.1830, with 17th-century style carving to the walnut box; the lid carved with the Hesketh wheatsheaf crest within a wreath, with a border of guilloche; the sides with diamond patterns, dentil moulding and gadrooning; the stand with four turned and spiral-twist oak columns on a rectangular platform supported by lion's paw feet on castors; the interior fitted with two square tin canisters with hinged lids.