In the late eighteenth Century the Tea Caddy was a fundamental adornment for the high society family. It encapsulated the appeal of value with the substance of tea that embodied what was significant for economic wellbeing in British Society: and it in a real sense held it safely secured. This significant box was a coffret thé thing of both magnificence and usefulness, made to reflect ones societal position and intended to give the devices to that all vital social action of drinking tea. Tea’s beginnings in Britain and connections to the nobility can be followed back to when princess Catherine of Braganza (Portugal), when she came to England to wed Charles 11. She carried tea with her and acquainted the beverage with the London court and it turned into the beverage of the upper class and affluent. It was at first alcoholic in cafés by money managers, savvy people and men of the world. With its development in prominence it acquired a critical job inside the home with ladies, sociality and casual get-togethers!
Inside this period to safeguard and enjoy this generally quintessential and enthusiastic of English beverages in the home, the service tray was conceived. This prototype tea holder was functional, lovely and made with expertise. The crate held the all important focal point at a casual get-together and was brought out for extraordinary events for engaging companions guaranteeing considerate sociality with a serene beverage guaranteeing a quiet informal setting. As well as offering that immeasurably significant “goodness” factor when introduced at a party, the Tea Caddy had its capacity as it held tea carefully guarded and subsequently keeping that all important product free from any danger which was crucial for the proprietor because of its cost.
Why be known as a Tea Caddy? To have “tea” in “Service tray” is clear anyway “Caddy” is said to come from the Malay/Chinese word “kati” the Chinese pound equivalent to about a pound and a third avoirdupois and alludes to a deliberate amount of tea. Most of Tea Caddy’s developed toward the finish of the eighteenth century hold that rough amount of tea.
A Tea Caddy comprised of an external, lidded tea box, which was wonderful created, creatively embellished and was normally lockable. Inside it had it is possible that, one, two or now and again three internal compartments, which normally had individual tops and additionally two removable canisters for holding tea. The compartments are probably going to be for green and dark tea and the middle compartment is said was utilized ordinarily for sugar, but it was additionally utilized for mixing the tea, these compartments were periodically named.
In the late eighteenth and mid nineteenth century, Tea Caddy’s were fundamentally produced using wood and dominatingly from mahogany and rosewood which was generally well known. Service tray’s were made into three particular shapes oval, oval and square. They have a smooth and level outside as a rule have no other help like feet. They were frequently brightened with highlights, for example, handles and drop handles made of valuable metals, ivory or different kinds of wood and mounted with metal. They were likewise trimmed with different materials for beautification like mother of pearl, tortoiseshell, different woods and metals.
There are many sorts and plans of Tea Caddy because of the craftsmanship and expertise utilized in their production, with the accentuation on quality. Anyway the “Service tray” left use in the mid 1900s due predominantly to the cost of tea falling less significance and function was placed into making of tea as it turned into the beverage of the majority.