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Period: Mid-19th Century
19th Century Mexican Lacquered Box
Located in Mexico City, MX
This chest from the 19th century is a majestic example of the technique known as ‘maque’, or lacquer, developed in Mexico over the centuries. It is lacquered in an orange background and profusely decorated on all sides. On its front a the ornament of two symmetrical Mexican flags...
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North American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Chinese Baitong Stacking Incense Clock, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This three-tiered container is a 19th-century white brass incense clock, once used as a relatively accurate method to mark the passage of time. Incense clocks were utilized by Qing d...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Continental Silver Plated Etrog Box, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed M. Marshall
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

19th Century Rosewood Games Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive Mid-19th Century rosewood card, or games, box having charming polychrome cards and chequered strung decoration to hinged top, enclosing paper lined interior with di...
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English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Rosewood

Victorian Hungarian Ash Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming Mid-19th Century hungarian ash tea caddy of unusual design, having applied tablet & chequered strung decoration to well figured exterior, with slightly domed hinged top en...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ash

Musical snuff box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland 2nd quarter-19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a comb made of several small parts. (Until the mid-19th century, it was not yet possi...
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Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel

Antique Figured Coromandel Brass Box / Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique brass bound coromandel Victorian Gothic Revival casket by Parkins and Gotto, 24 & 25 Oxford Street, London, circa 1860 in date. The rectangular box fe...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Chinese Lattice Top Incense Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This slender metal container is a 19th-century white brass incense burner, used for storing and burning incense sticks. The small box has a rectangular form and a removable sliding t...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Russian Niello Cigarette Case
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). A 19th century Russian rectangular Niello box, Moscow, 1865 with rounded corners and gilt interior, decoration at the centre of belt shape with a monogram inside a cartouche: HS Maker's mark and standard Russian silver mark...
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Russian Edwardian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Tortoiseshell Musical snuff box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland 2nd quarter-19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a comb made of several small parts. (Until the mid-19th century, it was not yet possi...
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Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel

Antique Victorian Scottish Sterling Silver and 15k Yellow Gold Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Scottish sterling silver and 15 karat gold box; an addition to our diverse silver box collection. This exceptional Scottish sterling silv...
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Scottish Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Writing Box Casket
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid to late Nineteenth Century, of English origin. Th...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Small mid 19th century Swedish painted pine strong box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small mid 19th century swedish painted pine strong box circa 1842. Beautiful small scandinavian strong box, presented with scraped back paint to reveal original.  Feintly still bari...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Pine, Paint

Circa 1830s English Regency to George IV Penwork Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1830s English penwork box, Regency to George IV. Sarcophagus form; decorated with a large Asiatic panel with floral sides & borders. Replaced lion mask ring handles. Lacks inte...
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English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Mid 19th Century Chinese Octagonal Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brass bound octagonal Chinese Box Made out of Jumu wood (Southern Elm) Interior covered in Chinese paper
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Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th century black lacquered jewellery box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Chinese black lacquered jewellery box circa 1860. Good quality shaped Chinese jewellery box with overstuffed top cushion.  Hand painted in gold leaf on all surfaces, wi...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Miniature 19th Century Victorian Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. Charming antique miniature chest of drawers. The chest has a marble top. The case is figured mahogany, with four stacked drawers, the ...
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English Late Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble, Brass

Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Casket Box Betjeman
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid Nineteenth Century. Made in England by G. Betjemann....
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Irish Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Sailor's Inlaid Ditty Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sailor's ditty box for holding a sailor's valuables (mending needles, thread, pipe tobacco, razor, mementos, etc.) having a mirrored and gilt framed interior lid, with pull-out com...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Mahogany

An English Painted Box resembling an early Georgian house, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
A tromp l'oeil painted box in the manner of a georgian house. H. 10inches, W. 8 inches, D. 6.75 inches Good condition, but lacking lock.
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British Georgian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Austrian Biedermeier Jeweled Silver Gilt Casket with Cameos, 1846
Located in New York, NY
Austrian Biedermeier silver gilt casket, 1846. Bellied, lobed, and rectangular. Hinged cover same and concave with raised center and swing-mounted scroll bracket cast handle with flo...
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Chinese Painted Rice Measure, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred and fifty years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, an ancient Chinese measurement. The rice measure is crafted of northern elmwood (...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Metal

Small 18th Century Alabaster Barrel Shaped Jewelry Box W/ Brass Hands Decor
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small 18th century Alabaster barrel shaped jewelry box with brass hands décor.
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European Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Alabaster, Brass

Anglo-Indian Stag Horn Veneered Sewing / Work Box From Vizagapatam
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian stag horn veneered sandalwood sewing or work box with a sloped two-tier lid having a carved finial above tapered sides and raised on compressed ball feet. The interior w...
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Indian Anglo Raj Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Antler, Wood

Antique 19th Century Malachite and Ormolu Casket
Located in London, GB
Antique 19th century malachite and ormolu casket Russian, Mid-19th Century Height 9cm, width 21cm, depth 15cm This magnificent malachite casket celebrates the work of 19th century ...
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Russian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Malachite, Ormolu

Traditional Green Dresser Boxes - Set of 4
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Lacquer Boxes with game pieces. Beautiful little traditional pieces! Everyone loves Chinoiserie
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British Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal

Nicole Freres 6 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland by Nicole Freres in 1852. The wooden box has marquetry with various exotic woods on the lid, there is a simetric cartouche made of lemon wood in the c...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Antique Ormolu Mounted Pietra Dura Jewellery Cabinet 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is an absolutely fabulous antique French engraved ormolu and Pietra Dura mounted jewellery cabinet, Circa 1860 in date. The casket is in the form of a cabinet, with three fitte...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Ormolu

Anglo-Indian 14"w Stag Horn Veneered Sandalwood Document/Storage Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian antler veneered work/storage made in Vizagapatam, of large size and having a double tiered sloped top with a large circular finial above vertically veneered sides, all r...
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Indian Anglo Raj Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Antler, Horn, Wood

Scandinavian Folk Painted Pantry Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good early 19th Century Norwegian folk painted bentwood pantry box with orange ground, decorated with stylized flowers and retaining original paint in pleasing dry surface.
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Scandinavian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bentwood

Anglo-Indian Ribbed Horn Box with Sandalwood Interior
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian glove or trinket box from Vizagapatam of rectangular form with sloped top. Made from sandalwood with vertically ribbed horn veneered sides and starburst ribbed lid with ...
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Indian Anglo Raj Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Horn, Wood

Victorian Brass Temple Form Match Safe
Located in Essex, MA
In the form of a temple with lid for storing matches.
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Fine Antique Regency Rosewood Inlaid Brass Campaign Writing Box Desk Slope 1830
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine quality Rosewood & inlaid brass Campaign writing desk box, circa 1830. The box made from the finest figured rosewood and inlaid with brass...
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English Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Victorian Campaign Style Travel Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A antique Victorian era English campaign style brass bound mahogany portable lap desk / writing slope with nicely aged patina. circa 1850 Commonly used by military officers in the f...
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English Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique French Boulle Napoleon III Marquetry Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique 19th century French boulle marquetry box. The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass and tortoiseshell. Including key. After high quality renovation. Very good/excellent a...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Scandinavian Antique Wooden Chest Box Shrine Handpainted, Love Gift Dated 1846
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Original Scandinavian antique chest box from 1846, most likely from Sweden where we found it. The chest box is made from pine wood and is ...
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Scandinavian Country Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

A 19th Century Brass Bound Mandalay Teak Campaign Dressing Box, Burma Circa 1860
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
These boxes were made for British military officers who were posted in Burma (now Myanmar) & India during the days of British rule. The brass & copper bound teak case is profusely ...
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Burmese British Colonial Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Copper, Iron

Antique Victorian Silver Plated Jewellery Casket Walker and Hall 19thC
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Victorian silver plated casket bearing the makers mark of the renowned silversmiths, Walker and Hall, Circa 1840 in date. The square casket freatures an epic mythological scene of the four seasons with eight winged cherubs on the lid. Each side features the four seasons: spring features a bull and a goddess, summer has a lion and a goddess, autumn has a scorpion and a goddess and winter has a cherub and goddess. The interior of the box features its original quilted buttoned silk upholstery. Add some elegance to your home with this lovely casket. Condition: In excellent condition with no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 15 cm x Width 24 cm x Depth 24 cm Dimensions in inches: Height 6 inches x Width 9 inches x Depth 9 inches Walker & Hall the business was established in Sheffield in 1845 by George Walker who become an assistant of Dr John Wright. Dr John Wright had conducted important experiments on electroplating, Walker secured the royalty of electroplating for Sheffield. The business was joined by Henry Hall and became in 1853 Walker & Hall. The factory was at Howard Street, Sheffield, while showrooms were opened in 45 Holborn Viaduct, London. Branches were opened in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Cardiff, Belfast, Hull, Bristol, Melbourne and Adelaide (Australia), Cape Town (South Africa). Walker & Hall was converted into a limited liability company in 1920 under the style Walker & Hall Ltd and combined in 1963 under the British Silverware...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Chinese Cinabar Lacquer Hand Carved Box, China, Qing Dynasty 19th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
A fine antique Chinese red cinnabar lacquer lidded round box carved with a scene with a man working and a mother holding a child within a rocky landscape with trees. The "dragon's...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer

Antique Walnut Gentleman's Vanity Dressing or Travel Box
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Walnut Gentleman's Vanity Dressing or Travel Box. It includes a red velvet interior and original crystal and silver-plated jars and box with a secret compartment that is spri...
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French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Walnut

Fine Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Francis Clarke Birmingham 1841
Located in Portland, OR
A very early Victorian sterling silver gilt viniagrette by Francis Clarke, Birmingham, 1841. This very nice vinaigrette is in fine condition with an engine turned top, engraved with ...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Keywind 6 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Swiss music box by unknown maker. The mechanism is wound up by a key and plays 6 melodies as provided on the original melody card. The serial number is 8180 and can be found at the ...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Steel, Iron

Swedish Limestone Chest Shaped like a Book circa 1840-1870
Located in Farsta, SE
A rare stone chest shaped like a book, crafted circa 1840-1870 Made of solid carved Swedish limestone (Öland) with a top nobb in alabaster. The craftsmanship of this heavy piece is...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Alabaster, Limestone

Fad cylinder Music Box playing 2 per Turn
Located in Zonhoven, BE
eautiful, large and early music box. This box has a thick (about 8m diameter) cylinder and plays 2 melodies per rotation of the cylinder. The box is simple fruitwood, without mar...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Antique English Mother of Pearl & Rosewood Writing Box Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Firmly Attributed to Hausburg From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Victorian Writing Box attributed to ...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Tunbridge Ware Glove Box c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box Date : c1860 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Cover with a berlin woolwork floral mosaic within keylines bordered by v...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Pennsylvania Sponge Decorated Box On Later Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Square form with hinged lid with original brass bail handle. Faux bois decoration. The matt black painted wood base with square section legs and H form stretchers.
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American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Pine

Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware sewing box Date : c1840 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Central perspective cube patte...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Edward Smith 1839
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique engraved sterling silver vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1839. The vinaigrette is finely engine turned to the hinged top and the undersaide, the lid is monogram...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Musical snuff box by BA Bremond
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful snuffbox made of pressed horn. The lid depicts a song for cupid The mechanism plays 2 melodies as written on the original melody sheet. It is signed on the melody sheet on...
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Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron

Cylinder Musical Box by Nicole Freres (Geneva)
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Early Fad Cylinder music box made in Geneva by Nicole Freres. This is a good example of those early music boxes. The mechanisme has a fad cylinder and plays 8 tunes in a 2 per turn...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Steel, Iron

Carved Ceylonese Ebony Box
Located in London, by appointment only
A charming mid 19th century carved ebony box with intertwined foliate ornament on all sides on a punched ground, opening to a void interior, the sides and lid with inlaid bone dots a...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Ebony

'Grand Tour' souvenir box "Palais de L'Institut" Paris
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful snuff box made of pressed horn. The lid depicts "Palais de l'Institut" from Paris. So the box was a souvenir box. The mechanism plays 3 melodies and is signed on the com...
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Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron

Musical snuff box with minatur painting
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland in the mid-19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a comb made of several small parts. (Until the mid-19th century, it was not yet possib...
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Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron

Very Rare 1867 Asprey & Co. Coromandel Dressing Table Box Sterling Silver Pearl
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare 1867 sterling silver hallmarked Asprey 166 Bond Street London Coromandel wood vanity dressing table box A very rare and high quality collectable piece, the box is solid Coromandel wood with brass edges, it’s a lovely dark timber with a similar grain to Rosewood. The suite inside is all sterling silver, fully hallmarked T.W for Thomas Whitehouse, the Queens head for Queen Victoria, the sideways facing Lion for Sterling silver, the Panther head for London and the date letter M for 1867 The box has Braham locks which were of such high quality Gillows of Lancaster an London used them on their finest furniture, at the back of the base section you have a hand engraved plaque which reads Asprey Maker 166 Bond Street London, in the middle of this plaque is a depression switch, if you press it a hidden drawer pops out of the bottom. The listing includes the original key The mirror pulls forward to reveal a hidden document folio...
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English Georgian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique sterling silver-gilt early 19th century Vinaigrette, Birmingham, by Gervase Wheeler, 1839. This beautiful vinaigrette having f...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Dog's Townhouse
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 19th c. English doghouse for a small dog in the form of a Georgian townhouse in lovely original faded ochre paint with a pitched gable roof with two chimneys with double chimney pots. Great painted detail including 12 over 12 double hung sash windows with stone headers, elliptical fanlight overdoor window and grand arched door frame.
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

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