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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Italian Venetian Gondola Shaped Ceremonial Casket
Located in New York, US
Our rare, 18th century ceremonial casket in the form of a Venetian gondola is expertly carved from walnut with gilt cartouches depicting figures and s...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Silver Box Austria-Hungary 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
SILVER BOX
Austria-Hungary 18th Century
in silver with profuse decoration inspired by the Crimean War, in which Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, United K...
Category
Austrian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Silver
Georgian Rosewood Oblong Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive, good quality, late 18th century rosewood oblong shaped tea caddy having satinwood strung mouldings and original brass hinges, with working lock and key.
Constru...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
William and Mary Kingwood Strong Box or Coffre Fort Converted to a Teacaddy
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with brass strapping and side handles. Lock plate and flap. Fitted sometime in the 19th century as a tea caddy. Labeled Orange Pekoe and Black tea...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early French Wooden Flask, France, c. 1750, Initials Carved on Side
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French 17th/18th C. Wooden flask, carved with initials.
Category
French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Extraordinary Early 18th Century Necessaire Secrets
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Extraordinary early 18th century Necessaire a Secrets, the exterior painstakingly dry scraped back to the original painted finish. the interior each drawer individually painted with ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Chinoiserie Wig Box
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Hand-carved and painted, arched-top, Chinoiserie decorated hinged wig box with original bronze hardware. The top featuring a trio of figures in a lush landscap...
Category
Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
18C Indo-Persian Campaign Vanity Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT Indo-Persian Campaign Vanity Box from circa 1780-1800.
Box inlaid with exquisite mosaic inlay.
In the Indo-Persian style of mosaic with Islamic styles.
The mosaic consists of green semi precious stone, bone, brass and pewter in star shaped geometric designs.
Box opens up to reveal a travel mirror...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass
18th Century Italian Florentine Giltwood Engraved Box
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique gilded Florentine box, octagonal shape realized in white walnut, engraved on each side and the top and with bulin scrolling decor...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Asparagus Tureen, Probably Thuringian
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Porcelain Trompe-L'oeil Asparagus Spears Tureen,
Probably German porcelain probably Thuringian
Circa 1770-1800
The porcelain ...
Category
Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Gold and Agate Sewing Nécessaire
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunning specimen of agate distinguishes this diminutive French sewing nécessaire. The segments of beautiful hard stone are perfectly complemented ...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Agate, Gold
Box Cannister Caddy Brass Tobacco Tea Dutch
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A charming early tobacco box or tea cannister
Unusual, large size
Lovely soft contours which enhances the reflection of light in the interior
Original condition including hinges
length 21cm., 8 1/4" depth 7.5cm., 3" height 11cm., 4 1/2".
The Dutch were the main importers of tobacco in the 18th century and manufactured tobacco boxes to sell with...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Japanese Lacquer Incense Box, Kogo, Momoyama or Edo Period, 16th/17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Japanese lacquer incense box, kogo, with a design of sparrows in flight, late Momoyama or early Edo Period, circa 1600, Japan.
The small box, called a kogo, was used t...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold, Pewter
18th C. Venetian Italian Wood Box w/its Original Finish, 26.5" Wide
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Venetian Italian box with its original finish, from the 18th century. This antique wood box from Italy is rectangular in shape with a raised foliate...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Georgian 18th Century Rosewood Square Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An attractive and well figured, late 18th century
Square rosewood tea caddy having boxwood
Stringing and key escutcheon with original brass
Hinges to...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Georgian Locking Sterling Silver Tea Caddy Henry Chawner London 1787
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Georgian engraved sterling silver tea caddy, by Henry Chawner, London, 1787.
Of fluted oval form with bright-cut floral borders with ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Silver
Early Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Port Chester, NY
A splendid early mahogany tea caddy on charming shaped feet, circa 1770. Good color and patina and in very nice antique condition. No key.
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Late 18th century Georgian Period Mahogany Oblong tea caddy having very attractive inlaid decoration to front and hinged top enclosing double lidded interior with original paper foil landing.
This particular caddy is relatively plain and simple in design, but is lifted significantly with the attractive inlaid decoration.
It remains in relatively good condition and had clearly been well loved throughout its life.
Tea was a precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves, but also to enable the owner to lock away those aforementioned valuable tea leaves, keeping them safe from the house staffs potential wandering hands.
This 18th century tea caddy...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XVI Marquetry Secretaire or Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XVI marquetry secretaire, or secretary desk with bookcase. Beautifully made with book matched veneer of mahogany and fine inlay of walnut and mahogany. I...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Bugbear Coconut Tea Caddy on Silver Dolphin Base
Located in Dallas, TX
A Bugbear coconut tea caddy mounted on a silver dolphin base. Bugbear coconuts were carved by sailors on long voyages in the 18th and early 19th centur...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Silver
William & Mary Oyster Veneered Walnut Glove Box on Stand - U.K. - Circa 1690
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare William and Mary walnut glove box on later stand - exceptional quality with aged patina - featuring elaborate walnut oyster veneered top and walnut veneered sides - the interior of the box lined with hand quilted floral silk Lampas fabric...
Category
British William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
18th-century Dutch-colonial Peranakan mother-of-pearl casket with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An Indonesian Peranakan mother-of-pearl inlaid mastic sirih casket with silver mounts
Jakarta (Batavia), circa 1720-1730, the silver hinges marked for Batavia, maker’s mark HS or SH...
Category
Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Silver
18th Century Italian Florentine Silver-leaf Polylobed Engraved Box
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique silvered Florentine box, polylobed box from the end of the 1700s made of bent and curved wood to obtain a four-pointed polylobe. The ori...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Walnut
antica scatola intarsiata luigi XVI - scatola neoclassica - box - antiques
Located in Milano, MI
antica scatola intarsiata luigi XVI - scatola neoclassica - box - antiques
bellissima scatola in legno intarsiato
interni perfettamente ricoperti da tessu...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Gold Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important Louis XV gold snuff box is from the prestigious collection of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The engine-turned gold box or...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique French Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Tortoiseshell Patch or Rouge Box
Located in London, GB
A lovely little antique French Louis XV casket of scarlet tortoiseshell with superb ormolu mounts. Set on ormolu paw feet and with a profusion of ormolu mounts this lovely little box...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
17th Century, Italian Wooden Box Coated in Engraved Leather
Located in Firenze, FI
Wooden box lined with leather engraved with damask motifs, studded with convex bronze nails. This casket was used by placing it on the altars of the family chapels to house the candl...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Chest of Drawers from the End of the 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chest of drawers from the end of the 18th century.
Beautiful chest of drawers in light blue with gallant scenes, 3 drawers, late 18th century.
Measures: H: 23 cm, W: 30 cm, D: 20cm...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Jacobean Oak Coffer
Located in Essex, MA
Nice small proportions with paneled hinged lid over a conforming case with three panels with carved detail, square section legs.
Category
English Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Oak
18th Century Oak French Silver Chest Strongbox
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handmade oak silver chest. It was made to hold valuables such as silver coins, jewels or maps. This was the precursor to the modern day safe. It is...
Category
French Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Iron
Turned, Engraved Openwork Box, Florence, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Turned, engraved and openwork box
Fruit wood
Florence, 17th century
Measures: Diameter 11cm
Height 4.4cm.
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Important and Rare Italian Box Safe from the 17th Century '1647'
Located in Madrid, ES
Important and Rare Italian box safe from the 17th century
In chiseled bronze, decorated with jasper plates and hard stones, with a cameo with a male figure at the centre.
Inscriptio...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Rectangular Hand-Painted Wooden Box with a Character with a Hat
Located in Marbella, ES
16th Century Rectangular Hand-Painted Wooden Box with a Character with a Hat
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fine 17th Century Dutch Colonial Armorial Tortoiseshell & Silver Box, Dated 1691
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A dutch tortoiseshell box with two engraved silver plaques
Amsterdam, 1691, with maker's mark of Steven des Rousseaux (1654-1733)
H. 5 cm
Diam. 12.5 cm
Note:
Steven des ...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georgian Yew Octagonal Jewellery Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very elegant George III period octagonal shaped burr yew wood jewellery box having attractive banded inlaid decoration to hinged lid enclosing lined interior raised on original bra...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Yew
Italian Tooled Letter Box With Barberini Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Slant hinged lid opening to a fitted compartment and conforming case with overall tooled decoration. Iron handle and latches.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th C Allegorical Gilt Enamel Snuff Box, Atrib Fromery Workshop
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th C Brass-Mounted Allegorical Motif Enamel Snuff Box, Attributed to the Fromery Workshop
The Cartouche-shaped bombe box, the hinged lid applied with rais...
Category
European Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique 18th Century Dutch Brass Oval Etched Snuff Tobacco Trinket Box 5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Dutch 18th century oval shaped brass tobacco snuff box with hinged lid, engraved with a low relief pattern of two figures flanked by angels.
Category
Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Miniature William and Mary 17th Century Diminutive Olive Oyster Chest, C.1690
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Fine Miniature William and Mary 17th Century Diminutive Olive Oyster chest.
From the reign of King William & Queen Mary (1688-1702), England.
The...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Olive
Splendid Indo-Portuguese Colonial Sculpture of Nagini from Goa, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Indo-Portuguese inlaid teak wood figure of Nagini
India, Goa, 17th century
Measure: H. 55 cm
(with stand, and with ring for wall hanging)
The sculpture can be perceived as such but probably is one of four legs of an Indo-Portuguese contador...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Teak
Early 18th Century Dutch Chest 'Box '
Located in Madrid, ES
Dutch chest in fruit wood and carved bone applications,
18th Century Dutch school.
Measurements: 20 X 29 X 18cm
Very good condition.
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th/19th Century Chinese Cinnabar Circular Box with Multiple Cartouches
Located in New York, NY
An 18th/19th Century Chinese cinnabar circular box with multiple cartouches of Families. This is a marvelous piece with very fine details on the main top panel of the box. The top pa...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Italian Box in High Relief Carved Oak Wood 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian Box in High Relief Carved Oak Wood 18th Century
on the top lid a lion's head in relief.
Dim. 14x30x18 cm
very good condition
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Oak
18th Century Welsh Strong Box with Carved Detail
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century Welsh strong box with carved detail.
Category
Welsh Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th Century Box of Georgian Keys Honble J A Ellis Kings Agent 1763-1776
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare small box of 27 Georgian keys of great importance
The box is stamped to the top “Honble J.A Ellis” an...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Iron
Russian Carved bone table box - 18th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Russian Carved bone table box
Carved bone table box
North of Russia, 18th century
12,5 x 23,2 x 7 cm
Rectangular box with a wooden core in bone veneer...
Category
Russian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
17th Century Figured Walnut and Seaweed Marquetry Lace Box
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and extremely rare figured walnut and seaweed marquetry 'lace box', circa.... let’s break it down - Seaweed marquetry first appeared in Englis...
Category
English Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Indo-Portuguese Table Cabinet
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Indo-Portuguese table cabinet from the 17 th Century,
the rare Cabinet is in a very good condition, has a hinged front and has 8 drawers, b...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Irish Georgian Hand Cut Crystal Sterling Silver Tea Caddy George III
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally rare Irish George III hand cut full lead crystal single tea caddy of rectangular outline with canted corners and outstanding quality, first quarter of the nineteenth century.
The finely chased silver mounted rim and hinged cover, hand cut with three bands of lozenges on a plain ground, decorative star cut base underneath.
Condition: Exceptional condition for such an early piece, with no losses or clouding inside, silver mounts are unmarked but test positive for silver. Wonderful age wear underneath on base. Lock is present but key does not turn. Back and front views are similar.
Measures: Height: 5.25” (13.5cm). Width: 3.75” (9.5cm). Depth: 3” (7.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Stunning and rare Tea Caddy...
Category
Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Gold box of Louis XVI period
Located in Paris, FR
Three-tones gold oval snuff box. The hinged lid is decorated with a country trophy medallion. The medallion is framed by a garland of green gold foliage and roses. The medallion is d...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
Rare 16th Century Nuremberg Box
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare 16th century Nuremberg box
In iron, measurements: 13 x 18 x 12 cm
Good condition.
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Iron
Vintage Glass Golf Dish with Raised Golfer in the Lid
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage glass golf box & cover.
An Art Deco glass Jewelry box, dish, of rectangular form with lid. The pressed lid moulded with relief golfer in full backswing. We have had a 'Golf Baccarat...
Category
French Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Glass
18th Century German Hammered Copper & Brass Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique 18th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in good used vintage condition with patina and a view minor dents. S...
Category
German Brutalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Baroque Guild Chest, Mid-18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque guild drawer with side brass handles and domed lid. The body stands on pressed ball feet, has rounded corners and is veneered on all sides in walnut with strapwork marquetry.
Category
Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
17th Century Italian Leather Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning 17th century Italian leather covered wood trunk covered in brass nail heads, some spelling out a word on top, and with iron strap hinges a...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Medieval Patinated Iron-Mounted Oak Casket, 15th Century
Located in Gardena, CA
Medieval patinated iron-mounted oak casket, 15th century
A Continental Medieval patinated iron mounted oak wood box. 15th Century or earlier.
Addition...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Iron
Georgian Octagonal Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III octagonal tea caddy inlaid with various woods on a harewood ground, the central panels veneered with coucous wood and banded by holly stringing around a kingwood band, vines and berried...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Kingwood, Harewood, Holly, Burl
German, Dutch Hand Carved Wood Chest Box or Trunk w. Iron Mounts, 18th Century
Located in Gardena, CA
German - Dutch Hand Carved Wood Chest Box or Trunk w. Iron Mounts, 18th Century
18th century German - Dutch hand carved wood chest box or tr...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
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