Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 18

19th Century Meriden Wilcox Gilt Silver Plate Humidor with Bronze Hunting Dogs

About the Item

Highly detailed quadruple plated silver cigar humidor, with repoussé floral motif. Rectangular heavy box with two figural hunting dogs in bronze on the hinged lid. Inside two compartments separated by a small middle compartment. Made by Wilcox Silver Plate Company Meriden Connecticut. It is stamped on bottom with all this information along with the numbers: 7700 1/2. The Wilcox Silver Plate Co. was formed in Meriden, Connecticut. From 1865 to 1867, it was known as the Wilcox Brittania Co. In 1898, the company was acquired by the International Silver Company. The markers mark 'Wilcox Silver plate Co' on the bottom places this box in the 1867-1898 period Unfortunately the key is missing.
  • Creator:
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 5.52 in (14 cm)Width: 5.52 in (14 cm)Depth: 9.06 in (23 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Bronze,Metal,Cast,Gilt,Plated,Repoussé
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1867-1898
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. light plate and gilding is missing on the right rim and feet a dent in the bottom.
  • Seller Location:
    Haarlem, NL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1040422128542
More From This SellerView All
  • 19th Century Large Silver Plated WMF Bowl with 18 Gilt Cups
    By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
    Located in Haarlem, NL
    Large, heavy and unique one-of silver plated WMF bowl or tureen made in 1894. This bowl is something special, its size and the fact that it still has its 18 original cups which a...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century German Serving Bowls

    Materials

    Brass

  • 19th Century Chinese Canton Export Lacquered Giltwood Tea Caddy on Shishi Feet
    Located in Haarlem, NL
    Clover or quartreform shaped mid-19th century Chinese canton export tea caddy in gold lacquered wood on a black background. Decorated with palace scenes...
    Category

    Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Caddies

    Materials

    Pewter

  • 18th Century Dutch Oak Cartouche Shaped Box with Key
    Located in Haarlem, NL
    Very nice cartouche shaped 18th century oak plateau box with working lock and key. Placed on 5 wooden feet. Six compartments inside to keep little treasures safe.    
    Category

    Antique 18th Century Dutch Decorative Boxes

    Materials

    Oak

  • 19th Century Gilt Bronze French Letter Holder Picket Fence with Love Birds
    Located in Haarlem, NL
    Victorian romantic and very charming bronze doré French letter holder with cast bronze dividers in the shape of three picket fences with love birds on the last fence on a flat brass base. To hold all your "lettres d...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian More Desk Accessories

    Materials

    Brass, Bronze

  • 19th Century Victorian Gilt Bronze Leaf Trinket Dish with Sparrow and Beetles
    Located in Haarlem, NL
    Late Victorian or Aesthetic Movement gilt bronze trinket dish or vide poche or calling card dish. With a little detailed sparrow on the branche an...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Paperweights

    Materials

    Bronze

  • 19th Century Bohemian Terracotta Ferdinand Gerbing Hunting Theme Pitcher
    By Ferdinand Gerbing
    Located in Haarlem, NL
    Amazingly bright detailed painted terracotta jug by the Ferdinand Gerbing Werke factory from circa 1850-1860. Very pretty bright red-orange painted terracotta jug representing a h...
    Category

    Antique 1850s German Victorian Pitchers

    Materials

    Terracotta

You May Also Like
  • 19th Century Gilt Bronze Humidor
    By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
    Located in Newport Beach, CA
    Steel and gilt bronze humidor by premier, New York manufacturer, E.F. Caldwell & Co.
    Category

    Antique 19th Century American Books

    Materials

    Bronze, Steel

  • Late 19th Century Humidor
    Located in New York, NY
    American circa 1890 humidor.
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century American Cigar Boxes and Humidors

    Materials

    Brass

  • Late 19th Century English Oak Octagonal Humidor with Silver Mounts
    Located in San Francisco, CA
    Late 19th century English Oak Octagonal Humidor With Silver Mounts. Complex octagonal form with moldings and silvered brass fittings. The base supported by small bun feet, two ring h...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Cigar Boxes and Humidors

    Materials

    Silver Plate

  • Heintz Sterling Overlay on Patinated Bronze Humidor of Dogs Hunting a Big Cat
    Located in Tarrytown, NY
    Sterling overlay on patinated bronze. Title of this piece is the hunt. Dogs hunting big cats.
    Category

    Vintage 1920s Cigar Boxes and Humidors

    Materials

    Sterling Silver, Bronze

  • Silver Plate Humidor with Retriever
    Located in East Hampton, NY
    American silver plate humidor, Wilcox Silver Plate Co., Meriden, CT hinged lid with figure of retriever with duck, box with repousse scrolled floral and foliate design and paw feet, ...
    Category

    20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors

    Materials

    Silver Plate

  • 19th Century Terracotta Box with Dogs
    Located in High Point, NC
    19th Century terracotta lidded box from Austria. There are two lovely molded dogs on the top, which are used for the handle. The base has a molded garden scene depicting animals and ...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Austrian Victorian Decorative Boxes

    Materials

    Terracotta

Recently Viewed

View All