RELICS OF THE PAST: WHEN TEA WAS A LUXURY Two caddies, relics of the days when tea was an expensive luxury, known only to the rich. Each caddie is fitted with a lock and key, so that only the mistress of Lie house had access to the tea. The caddies in the picture have been collected by the Countess Pes di Villamarine, and were to be auctioned in London last month.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19750, 17 March 1934, Page 11
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71RELICS OF THE PAST: WHEN TEA WAS A LUXURY Two caddies, relics of the days when tea was an expensive luxury, known only to the rich. Each caddie is fitted with a lock and key, so that only the mistress of Lie house had access to the tea. The caddies in the picture have been collected by the Countess Pes di Villamarine, and were to be auctioned in London last month. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19750, 17 March 1934, Page 11
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