In its early years the company made articles such as workboxes and tea caddies with prints of popular views; later items had pictures created from mosaics.
Earlier tea caddies were made of either porcelain or faience.
In the colonies, teas were served with silver strainers, fine porcelain cups and pots and exquisite tea caddies.
The use of tea caddy instead of biscuit tin fell out of use in the early 1900s.
Larger scoops are used to transfer tea into the tea caddy in the "mizuya" (preparation area), but these are not seen by guests.
It is used for the symbolic cleansing of the tea scoop and tea caddy, and (usually by women) to handle hot kettle or pot lids.
Larger scoops are used to transfer tea into the tea caddy in the mizuya (preparation area), but these are not seen by guests.
