Antique harewood octagonal tea caddy with tulipwood edging and inlaid oval medallions containing tea plants. The interior of this charming Georgian harewood tea caddy features a mahogany floating lid with brass handle, still has traces of its original foil lining, comes with a fully working lock and tasselled key. The purpose of a floating lid is so it sits on the tea to keep it fresh. Sycamore, also known as harewood is a member of the Maple family, found in Europe. It is light yellow in color and is often a very clean wood with a straight, fine grain. The wood is often pippy. However, these pips are usually a very similar color to the rest of the wood making them hardly visible.