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19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Period: 19th Century
Late 19th Century Oak with Copper Mounts Storage Chest
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful decorative storage chest. The chest is made of solid oak. At the front, top and both sides a copper diamond pattern with flower motifs. On both side brass handles. Made i...
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French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Copper

Antique Victorian Coromandel Wooden Lady's Gentlemans Vanity Jewelry Casket Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Absolutely Stunning & Rare early Victorian well figured brass mounted Coromandel Ladies or Gentleman’s Vanity Jewellery Casket of generous proporti...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Anglo-Indian Silver Box with Hand Chased and Repousse Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This silver trinket or jewelry box dates to the late 19th century and is presumed have been made in India. The silver tests to between .850 and 900 and as such, is slightly below .92...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Silver

3 19th century Hand Made Treen Items, Pounce, Plumb Bob, Bodkin
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
3 19th century Hand Made Treen Items, Pounce, Plumb Bob, Bodkin An interesting sewing item with a bodkin, needle case and thread winder in one, a Sycamo...
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Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sycamore

Antique English Regency Carved Cellarette Cassone Wedding Casket Chest Trunk 33"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English Regency cellarette / cassone casket / coffer / coffret , trunk or marriage chest. Made of carved mahogany featuring blind fretwork ...
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British Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

1871 Needle Pad Made of Öland Limestone in Sweden
Located in Farsta, SE
Needle pads were part of the interior design style that was popular in the 1800s and reflected the taste and style of that era. The design of these needle p...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Limestone

19th Century Italian Baroque Parcel Gilt and Hand Painted Table Box Casket
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table or a shelf with this elegant and colorful casket. Crafted in Italy circa 1880, the Venetian box stands on heavily carved feet decorated with gilt acanthus lea...
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Italian Baroque Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Oak

Tunbridge Ware Correspondence Box by Edmund Nye 19th Century
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Mid 19th century Tunbridge ware stationery box by Edmund Nye, manufacturer. The dome-shaped top is inlaid with a specimen parquetry panel, crossbanded with boxwood and stringing and...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut, Satinwood, Ash, Boxwood

'Queen Anne' Design Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Barnards
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1889 by Barnards, this attractive Victorian, antique, sterling silver biscuit box, has swirled and sunken half fluting, in the Queen Anne style. It has a flus...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

3 19th century Hand Made Treen Items, Powder, Perfume and Matches
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
3 19th century Hand Made Treen Items, Powder, Perfume and Matches A Glove powderer in sycamore, Glass perfume bottle in turned beech case and a beech vesta with brass hinge and matc...
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Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sycamore

1890s Louis Philippe Red and Blue Lacquered Wood Sicilian Box
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This wood Sicilian box is a unique and culturally rich artifact, combining elements of 19th-century design, regional influence, and artistic craftsmanship. The box is crafted from wo...
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Sicilian Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood, Lacquer

Wooden box with metal inlay. Possibly french, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Box with metal marquetry. Wood, metal. Possibly French school, 19th century. Has damage. Requires restoration. Rectangular chest with a flat lid that has a dark wood interior decor...
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European Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Other

Iron Lock Box Safe Side Table, Denmark circa 1860-80
Located in Round Top, TX
Impressive when seen in person, this iron lock box has incredible "presence" due to the faded painted borders, heavy iron handles and decorative medallion that hides the key hole. Th...
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Danish Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

Rare 19th Century French Opaline Glass Trinket Box – Pistachio Green
Located in Hamburg, DE
Step into the enchanting past with our rare find – a 19th Century French Opaline Glass Trinket Box, a true testament to refined elegance. ...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

1870s Louis Philippe Orange and Blue Lacquered Wood Sicilian Box
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This wood Sicilian box is a unique and culturally rich artifact, combining elements of 19th-century design, regional influence, and artistic craftsmanship. The box is crafted from wo...
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Sicilian Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood, Lacquer

Antique White Opaline Glass Box with Blue Floral Enamel Decoration, 1890
Located in Hamburg, DE
Luxurious and rare antique opal glass box. This kind of jewelry boxes was mainly made in France, Italy and formerly Bohemia. They were made from the early 19th century to the early 2...
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Italian Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Carved Spectacle Case with brass Hinge and Clasp Beautifully carved and lined
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Carved Spectacle Case with brass Hinge and Clasp Beautifully carved and lined with Blue Velvet, all working and in good Condition SC80
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Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Deckelgefäß, Silber 800, verziert, 2 seitliche Handhaben, 19. Jh.
Located in Mönchengladbach, NW
Deckelgefäß, Silber 800, verziert, 2 seitliche Handhaben, 19. Jh. H 19 cm, Durchmesser 11 cm + Henkel
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Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Music Box by Nicole Freres playing 4 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
this early music box plays 4 cheerful melodies on a 20.5cm cylinder as provided on the original melody card. Nicole Freres was the leading manufacturer of music boxes in the 19th cen...
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Swiss Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel

Historically Important Circa 1850 American Document Box Boston
Located in Hudson, NY
This historically important, American leather clad document box, was made in Boston in the mid nineteenth century. The box belonged to, Samuel Francis Smith (October 21, 1808 – Novem...
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American American Classical Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Pine, Linen

Antique Ceremonial Presentation Box, Japanese, Lacquered, Decor, Victorian, 1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ceremonial presentation box. A Japanese, lacquered decorative serving case, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1860. Fascinating form and decorative app...
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Japanese Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

French Walnut Burr Campaign Writing Slope Brass Inlay 19th C
By Napoléon III
Located in Cheltenham, GB
An exceptionally fine quality example of an early 19th century burr wood campaign writing slope, in beautifully grained burl, with polished brass inlaid, of French origin. Opening to...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

1890s Louis Philippe Brown and Green Lacquered Wood Sicilian Box
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This wood Sicilian box is a unique and culturally rich artifact, combining elements of 19th-century design, regional influence, and artistic craftsmanship. The box is crafted from wo...
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Sicilian Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Lacquered Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the r...
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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

19th Century George Rowney Antique Watercolour Box
Located in London, GB
Antique 'G. Rowney & Co's Superior Watercolors' set. 12 large dried pans in the colours Emerald Green, Vermilion, Light Red, Crimson Lake, Indigo, Prussian Blue, Gamboge, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Brunt Sienna, Van Dyke, Sap Green. Includes 2 Chinese ink sticks (to be ground and used with water), sponge and glass bowl, small ceramic palette with 4 sections and a large porcelain palette with thumb hole (stored in the drawer at the bottom of the box), 2 wooden quill pens, wooden watercolour brush with second handle and a small knife...
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British Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique French Napoleon III Cut Crystal & Bronze D'ore "Fan Box" circa 1870-1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Most Unusual Antique French Napoleon III Era Cut Crystal and Bronze D'Ore "Fan Box" Circa 1870-1880.
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Singing bird box by Bruguier in silver case with enamel to top and lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rectangular silver guilded case with rounded corners. The oval lid has an enamel painting on the exterior of a mountain view and on the interior brightly enamelled with flower bouqu...
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Swiss Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Other, Enamel, Silver

Antique Victorian Gonçalo Alves Vanity Box 1860s
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique Victorian Gonçalo Alves table top Vanity Box, circa 1860 in date. The fitted interior reveals a lift-out compartment tray, dressed with a green velve...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

Swedish Original Painted Box Dated 1866
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A 19th Century original painted decorative box from the region of Jämtland in Sweden, close to the mountain that separates the two Scandinavian countries Norway and Sweden. These ty...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Bohemian Crystal Box, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bohemian crystal box, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Bohemian crystal box, brass mounting, engraved hunting scene, 19th century, Napoleon III period.     h: 13cm , w: 25cm, d: 10cm
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Early 19th century Swedish carved oak lidded box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century Swedish carved oak lidded box circa 1800. Interesting find from one of our buying trips, naive carved/turned box made from solid oak.  Still functional as an ever...
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Swedish Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Oak

Antique Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl Box
Located in Miami, FL
Antique rosewood box with pewter and mother of pearl inlay. The Regency Empire to early Victorian rectangular box is inlaid with MOP at the center...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Pewter

Antique English Victorian Walnut Burl Inlaid Campaign Jewelry Chest Vanity Box 1
Located in Dayton, OH
A superb antique 19th century English Victorian burled walnut travel campaign vanity box featuring inlaid brass fruit basket motif with mother of pe...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Perfect Antique Chinese Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect Antique Chinese Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th/20th Century Great piece of cloisonne. Additional information: Material: Porcelain &...
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Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Large Swedish Antique Folk Art Hand Made Pine Flour Box
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish flour box made by hand in solid pine. The box is from northern Sweden and made around the mid 19th century, 1840 to 1850. The box is in untouched original condition w...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Pillow Topped Tunbridge Ware Glove Box c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Pillow topped Tunbridge ware glove box Date : c1880 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Central floral mosaic wth a foliate mosaic border within k...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

English Gothic Revival Document Box, c.1860-80
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
English Gothic Revival Document Box, c.1860-80. Carved oak with repetitive florets & bosses. Signed hinges: "Hodges Lock Lock Joint". 11.75" x 6 3/8" x 5.75" h. Whitehall Antiques ...
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British Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Perfect Antique Chinese Dragon Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect Antique Chinese Dragon Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th Century Great piece of cloisonne. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & P...
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Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Student Pencil Box Japanese Lacquer Ware Writing Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese lacquer writing box 19th Century Of rectangular shape, overall painted in gold with a faboulas landscape scene with a bird on a flowering branche, all on a black lacquer g...
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Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Keywind 6 tune musical box by Nicole Freres
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Restored to the origal condition a Nicole Freres music box. Made in 1859 this music box plays 6 tunes as indicated on the original tunesheet. The casa has nice inlay to the top of t...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Forte-Piano Music Box by Mouliné Ainé playing 4 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare music box by Mouliné Ainé. This box is made about 1840-1850 and is in great condition. The mechanism plays 4 tunes on a 21,8cm cylinder and 2 combs in a Forte-Piano setting. The...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel

Boite palissandre, Cashemires, Charles X
Located in Nice, FR
Rosewood veneer chest with boxwood fillet inlay, Charles X period. French Box which was used to put cashmeres, written on the box. It is in relatively good condition for its time. Bo...
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French Charles X Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Palisander

Arts and Crafts Wall Hanging Salt Box with Spice Drawers A lovely piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Wall Hanging Salt Box with Spice Drawers A lovely piece in Golden Oak it is a wall hung piece with a large salt box at th...
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Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Oak

Italian 19th Century Florentine St. Ebony And Pietra Dura Marble Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very elegant Italian 19th century Florentine st. Ebony and Pietra Dura marble box. The octagonal box is raised by an elegant stepped mottled base with highly detailed ...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Marble

Christopher Dresser Mintons Chinoiserie Aesthetic Movement heart box inkwell
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Rare heart shaped inkwell designed by Christopher Dresser made by Mintons. Impressed markings OO / MINTON / 15 Pink version on line... Old Christies East labels
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

Liquor cellar with cut crystal bottles and glasses
Located in Paris, FR
Flamed mahogany liqueur cellar with brass inlaid frame simulating box hardware. The side handles are also inlaid around a motif of two swans facing each other. The keyhole and openin...
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Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Antique Japanese Lacquered Incense Box Kobako in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique lacquered small box that was likely used to contain incense powder (it is called Kobako in Japanese), circa early to mid-19th century of the Edo...
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Japanese Edo Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

19th Century European Black Lacquered Chinoserie Painted Tea/Tobacco Caddy Jar
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A large English lacquered papier-mâché container from the Aesthetic Movement period, featuring a decorative chinoserie painting of stylized Asian figures, pagodas, and a garden bridg...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Papercord

19th Century French Napoleon III Floral Inlaid Rosewood Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table or a shelf with this elegant antique box. Created in France circa 1880, the rectangular cabinet is decorated with elegant floral inlaid work in each corner an...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Rosewood

19th Century Hoshiarpur Inlaid Writing Box
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hoshiarpur Inlaid Writing Box Quite simply, this is a stunning example of a 19th Century hand crafted Hoshiarpur inlaid writing box. The craftsmanship is quite amazing ...
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Indian Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian burr walnut Tunbridgeware inlaid work box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian burr walnut Tunbridgeware inlaid work box, having a quality burr walnut Tunbridgeware inlaid box opening to reveal a fitted interior to the lid and a large compartm...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Walnut

Antique Student Pencil Box Japanese Lacquer Ware Writing Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese lacquer writing box 19th Century Of rectangular shape, overall painted in famille rose colors with flowers, all on a yellow ground, the interior in red. Additional inform...
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Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer

Gilt Bronze Box with Cloisonné & Champlevé Enamel work c1880s Japan
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1880s, Japan. This late 19th-century Japanese box features a stunning floral scene primarily of morning glories. The enamel work is superb with deli...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

19th Century Austrian Majolica Pumpkin & Corn Tureen
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Austrian Majolica Pumpkin & Corn Tureen.
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Austrian Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Bruguier Tortoiseshell Swiss Fusée Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extremely rare, early Swiss automaton singing bird box by the famed Charles Bruguier is housed in a case enveloped in luxurious tortoiseshell. Ev...
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Swiss Louis XV Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold

Japanese Porcelain Large Box in the form of a Butterfly
Located in Downingtown, PA
Japanese Porcelain Box in the form of a Butterfly, Mid-19th Century, The Japanese porcelain Imari box is molded in the form of a large butterfly with differ...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

Music Box by Duccommun Girod playing 2 per Turn of the Cylinder
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Extremely large music box made in 1854 by Duccommun Girod in Switzerland. Duccommun Girod was around early in the 19th century when music boxes first ...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel

English Oak Smoker's Cabinet
Located in Wilson, NC
English oak smoker's cabinet, the top and doors were selected to have quarter sawn oak, the more decorative cut than straight grain oak. The sides have carrying handles. Opening the...
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English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

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