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Box Wooden Tortoise

Vintage Maitland-Smith Lg Tessellated Faux Tortoise Shell Hexagonal Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Portage, MI
Vintage Hexagonal mosaic faux tortoise shell wooden box by Maitland-Smith with brass inlay. Made in
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1990s Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Chinese Wooden Rectangular 'Mythical Beasts' Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th Century Chinese wooden rectangular 'Mythical Beasts' Box , it is maybe Zitan wood box, The
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

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Wood

19th Century French Boulle / Napoleon III Liqueur Cave Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique French liqueur cave box with inlaid brass and and tortoise shell marquetry decor, a lift
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Dry Bars

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Crystal, Bronze, Brass

Two Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Bible Boxes with Silver Mounts, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, carried by a slave. The lower-ranking women had wooden bible boxes as the present ones. In 1754 Governor
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Antique 18th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Vases

Materials

Silver

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Cluny by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service Massive Set with Vintage Chest
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
The academic nature in which designer Antione Heller looked to the past for inspiration also stems from the Beaux Arts movement. Cluny takes its name and inspiration from a real plac...
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Antique Late 19th Century Tableware

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Sterling Silver

Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12 People
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful German Meissen dinnerware service for twelve people with serving pieces. The dinnerware service is in great condition. Just exquisite & very rare to find a complete service...
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Vintage 1960s German Rococo Dinner Plates

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Gold

Chinese Mother of Pearl Mounted Box with Four Boxes and Counters, 18th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Chinese mother of pearl mounted games box with four matching interior boxes containing gaming counters and dating from the 18th century. The rectangular shape...
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Antique 1770s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

ANTIQUE 1880 CHiNESE DRAGON CARVED HONGMU SIJIANGUI COMPOUND CABINET CUPBOARD
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very fine circa 1880-1900 Antique Chinese Dragon carved Hongmu Sijiangui compound cupboard A very rare...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Victorian Furniture

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Wood

Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
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1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian Tea Table
By Albert Hadley, Sister Parish
Located in St. Louis, MO
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian tea table Quite possibly the most important tea table in American History The famed, English Victorian tea ta...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Tiffany & Co. English King Gilded Flatware Service, 216 Pieces
By Tiffany & Co., John C. Moore
Located in New Orleans, LA
This timeless 216-piece flatware set from the famed Tiffany & Co. includes place settings for 12, housed in its original Tiffany & Co. fitted chest. The set is further heightened by ...
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20th Century American Tableware

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

One-of-a-kind 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin
Located in London, GB
*Winner of the 2022 Masterpiece Fair Furniture Highlight* The 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Bog Yew Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin Carved entirely from Irish bog yew wood, ...
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Antique 19th Century Irish Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Yew

Bed King Tester 4 Poster Oak RenaissanceStyle Carved Adam Eve Armorials Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
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Vintage 1950s English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames

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Oak

Colonial Islamic Arabian Market Jewelry Box, 18th Century, India/Malabar Coast
Located in Amsterdam, NL
AN INDIAN ROSEWOOD AND EBONY BRASS MOUNTED BOX FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET Malabar Coast, 18th century With a large drawer with several compartments under a lid with two com...
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Antique 18th Century Indian Islamic Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, comprehensive antique George V English sterling silver Jesmond pattern flatware service for twelve persons - boxed; an addition to our flatware co...
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in New York, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Louis XVI Style Cabinet and its Companion Vitrine by F.Linke, France, Circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional Louis XVI style cabinet and its companion vitrine beautifully mounted with chiseled and gilded bronze. They are surmounted by a rectangular top with an egg-and-dart molde...
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Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Bronze

17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases

Materials

Spruce

Vintage Beautiful Mother of Pearl Irredescent Large Mussel Clam Half Shell
Located in San Diego, CA
As found Beautiful Mother of Pearl Irredescent Large Mussel Clam Half Shell , circa 1970's nice condition can be used as soap or candy dish.
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Decorative Bowls

Materials

Shell

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Exquisite French Tortoise Shell Sewing Box
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
An exquisite 19th century, French tortoise shell sarcophagus-form sewing box with lion-mask ring
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Antique 19th Century French Decorative Boxes

Exquisite French Tortoise Shell Sewing Box
Exquisite French Tortoise Shell Sewing Box
H 5.25 in W 12.5 in D 8.25 in
Indo-Portuguese 17th Century Tortoise Shell Veneer Coffer
Located in Lisbon, PT
Indo-Portuguese 17th c. tortoise shell veneer coffer Tortoise shell veneer wooden coffer Silver
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Antique 17th Century Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

20th Century Italian Wooden Object Box with Tortoise Decoration
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful decorative box in precious rosewood and tortoise decoration. Very refined ideal for
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Vintage 1940s Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

Antique French Boulle Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique 19th century French boulle marquetry box. The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique French Boulle Box
Antique French Boulle Box
H 4.73 in W 10.63 in D 7.88 in
Maitland-Smith Tessellated Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Stamford, CT
Maitland-Smith tessellated box. Brown faux tortoise tiles with brass banding. Wooden interior
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Maitland-Smith Tessellated Box
Maitland-Smith Tessellated Box
H 2.75 in W 7.75 in D 7.75 in
Antique French Boulle Box with Game Elements
Located in Vilnius, LT
wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass and tortoiseshell. Original key is included.   
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique French Boulle Box with Game Elements
Antique French Boulle Box with Game Elements
H 2.37 in W 11.82 in D 9.06 in
Mid-19th Century Wooden Coffer Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Paris, FR
Sizeable rectangular, wooden coffer with its key. The blackened wood is inlaid with mother-of-pearl
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Tortoise Shell Grain and Greek Key Tea Caddy, Boule, Georgian
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century tortoise shell grain and greek key tea caddy. Boule, Georgian.   A stunning Georgian
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Antique Late 19th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies

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Wood

Gilt Bronze and Tortoiseshell Chest, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
century, with a wooden structure composed of a prismatic base and a vaulted cover, articulated by two
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Antique Late 18th Century European Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Other

English Regency Period Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
floral design mother-of-pearl marquetry inlaid lid and front panels, set on wooden bun form feet, velvet
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tea Caddies

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Tortoise Shell

English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
. The whole box sits on wooden bun feet. **No key**
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tea Caddies

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Sterling Silver

English Chinese Chippendale Chinoiserie Style Bamboo Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
wooden storage drawers with brass ring pulls and etched landscape scenes. The bamboo has a rich tortoise
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Napoleon III Wooden Box with Copper and Faux Tortoise Inlay
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
and FB) and inlay of faux tortoise. The box opens via the lid at the top, the front can then also fold
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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century English Regency Tortoiseshell Decorative Box
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and highly sought after Regency period exotic tortoiseshell inlaid rectangular wooden box
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Antique Early 19th Century Regency Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Tortoiseshell Box 1820 Gothic Look with Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
looks like a church with stain glass. It has four wooden feet. On the bottom of the box, it has a
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Antique Early 19th Century English Decorative Boxes

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Tortoise Shell

Antique French Boulle Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique French boulle marquetry box. The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass and
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique French Boulle Box
Antique French Boulle Box
H 1.58 in W 8.27 in D 5.12 in
Japanese Black Hand-Glazed Porcelain Cup & Saucer by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
porcelain cup and saucer comes in a custom made wooden box with the artist’s signature. Dimensions: Cup
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Tortoise Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This box has an unusual serpentine front, wooden bun feet and additional interior lift out drawer
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Antique 19th Century English Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Tortoise Box
19th Century Tortoise Box
H 4 in W 7.5 in D 4.75 in
Pair of handmade Wooden Dojos
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of handmade Wooden Dojos. One has a a tortoise shell box. Both are 2-strings and still play
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Early 20th Century American More Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Tortoise Shell

Pair of handmade Wooden Dojos
Pair of handmade Wooden Dojos
H 26 in W 4.5 in D 2.5 in
Red Tortoiseshell Boulle Stationery Box & Photo Frame by Hallstaff & Hannaford
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tortoiseshell boulle desk set by Halstaff & Hannaford comprising a letter box and picture frame
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

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Questions About Box Wooden Tortoise
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    There are many things you can do with old wooden boxes. Depending on their size, you can use them as toy boxes, desks, coffee tables or nightstands. Line smaller ones with plastic and use them as planters or incorporate fabric lining and transform the boxes into storage baskets for small odds and ends. On 1stDibs, find a collection of wood boxes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021
    A wooden box is sometimes called a crate. It can be used for storage purposes. Find a variety of antique and vintage wooden boxes and other storage solutions on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023
    To preserve old wooden boxes, you can apply an oil or clear coat finish. Products that may be suitable for use include linseed oil, clear lacquer and polyurethane. However, you should always read the label on products first to ensure that the finish or oil is safe to use on the type of wood. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of wooden boxes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023
    To clean a vintage wood box, wipe it with a soft cloth moistened with mild dish soap and water. You can use a soft-bristled brush and soapy water to remove dirt from the hinges and clasp. Next, use a fresh, damp cloth to wipe away the soap and then finish by drying with a third cloth. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of wood boxes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 1, 2023
    Omega started using wooden boxes in 1999. Originally, only the luxury watchmaker's Co-Axial timepieces came in the packaging. In 2015, Omega began presenting Seamaster and Aqua Terra Series watches in wood boxes as well. Shop a large collection of Omega watches on 1stDibs.

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