British Colonial Rosewood Teapoy
Late 19th centurySGD 3,950
A finely carved rosewood teapoy with striking sunburst panels to all sides, raised on a tapered pedestal and concave plinth base with foliate detail and scrolled feet. Elegant and compact, it offers a richly patinated focal point for serving tea or storing small essentials in a refined interior setting.
The teapoy originated in British colonial India in the mid-18th century as a small three-footed stand with an attached tea caddy, its name deriving from the Hindi phrase for “three feet” rather than from the drink itself. By the early 19th century it had evolved into an elegant pedestal-mounted tea chest, crafted in fine woods such as rosewood and mahogany for fashionable drawing rooms where tea drinking was a central social ritual.
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Gujarat
British colonial India
H: 87cm W: 45 cm D: 29 cm
H: 34 ¼" W: 17 ¾” D: 11 ½"
