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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Banner Box, in Period 1600s Walnut in Patina
Located in Cesena, FC
Banner box from the1600s of rectangular shape, resting on rounded feet.
The lower band is ornately carved and notched on three sides; on the front a fine modular motif. Splendid original and working antique lock...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Chest, Leather, Wrought Iron, Textile, Wood, Spain, circa 1500
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular body casket with semicircular lid made of carved wood and covered with a worked leather that has been reinforced with a series of forged iron fittings, material in which ...
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Spanish Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron, Other
BEAUTIFUL PERFUMER Sevres end 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
BEAUTIFUL PERFUMER Sevres 18th Century
In French Sévres porcelain, with a gilded bronze mount, polychrome and gilded decoration with a gallant landscape s...
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French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
IMPORTANT CUT-OUT BOX, SÈVRES 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT CUT-OUT BOX, SÈVRES 18th Century
Sèvres. Polychrome and gold decoration with reserves with landscape and figures.
Rims and clasp in relief bronz...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Lacquered jewelry box. Venice, last quarter of the 18th cent.
Located in Milano, IT
Small lacquered wood jewelry box on ivory ground; shaped at the edges it is supported by four flattened ball feet. On the sides and top of the rocaille reserves in shades of blue con...
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Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Austrian 18th or Early 19th Century Gilt Silver Box with Shell Motifs
Located in New York, NY
Austrian 18th or early 19th century gilt continental silver box, beautifully adorned with curvilinear and shell motifs, measuring 7'' in length by 5 1/3'' in depth by 3 2/3'' in heig...
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Austrian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts
India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon
Measures: H. 16 x W. 24.6 x D. 16.1 cm
An exceptional Gujarati casket with a rectangular box and truncated pyramidal lid (with slopes on each side and a flat top) made from exotic wood, probably teak (Tectona grandis), covered with a mother-of-pearl mosaic. The tesserae, cut from the shell of the green turban sea snail (Turbo marmoratus, a marine gastropod) in the shape of fish scales, are pinned to the wooden structure with silver ball-headed nails. The casket is set on bracket feet on the corners. The masterfully engraved decoration of the silver mounts follows the most refined and erudite Mannerist repertoire of rinceaux and ferroneries dating from the mid-16th century. The high quality and refinement of the silver mounts and, likewise, the silver nails that replaced the original brass pins used to hold the mother-of-pearl tesserae in place indicate the work of a silversmith probably working in Lisbon in the second half of the 16th century.
The Indian origin of this production, namely from Cambay (Khambhat) and Surat in the present state of Gujarat in north India, is, as for the last three decades, consensual and fully demonstrated, not only by documentary and literary evidence - such as descriptions, travelogues and contemporary archival documentation - but also by the survival in situ of 16th-century wooden structures covered in mother-of-pearl tesserae. A fine example is a canopy decorating the tomb (dargah) of the Sufi saint, Sheik Salim Chisti (1478-1572) in Fatehpur Sikri in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, north India. This is an artistic production, geometric in character and Islamic in nature, where usually the mother-of-pearl tesserae form complex designs of fish scales or, similar to the dishes also made using the same technique, with the thin brass sheets and pins, stylized lotus flowers. The truncated pyramidal shape corresponds, like their contemporary tortoiseshell counterparts also made in Gujarat, to a piece of furniture used in the Indian subcontinent within the Islamic world prior to the arrival of the first Portuguese. This shape, in fact, is very old and peculiar to East-Asian caskets, chests or boxes used to contain and protect Buddhist texts, the sutras.
A similar chest is the famous and large reliquary chest from Lisbon cathedral that once contained the relics of the city's patron saint, Saint Vincent. Both match in shape, having the same kind of socle or pedestal and bracket feet, and in their engraved silver mountings, featuring the same type of refined, erudite decoration. Their differences lie in the silver borders that frame the entire length of the edges of the chest (both the box and the lid), pinned with silver nails, and on the lock plate, shaped like a coat of arms in the Lisbon example. Given the exceptional dimensions of the reliquary casket...
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Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
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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Indian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Nettur Petti jewellery box, Dowry box, India, 18th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Nettur Petti jewellery box, Dowry box, 18th century
With piramid shaped lid. These boxes were inspired by the temple architecture of Kerala, India.
Inter...
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Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
17th century colonial Sinhalese ebony two-door cabinet with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid Dutch-colonial Sinhalese ebony two-door cabinet with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, Kandy, 2nd half 17th century, the mounts later
The cabinet with a central drawer with hidde...
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Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Marie Antionette Style Limoge Box
By Limoges
Located in Asheville, NC
Beautiful porcelain Limoges box hand-painted rose flowerettes adorned with painted gold designs and gold hardware.
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Louis XVI Period Antique 18th Century French vari-coloured 18kt gold oval shaped
Located in Braintree, GB
Louis XVI Period Antique 18th Century French vari - coloured 18kt gold oval shaped box.
Makers Mark: LD
Made in France, Paris 1773oval-shaped
Fully hallmarked.
Amidst the opulen...
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Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold
Round Bonbonniere in Gold and Enamel, Louis XVI Period, 1779
By René-Antoine Bailleul 1
Located in Paris, FR
Bonbonnie`re, or candy box, in intricately patterned gold and translucent, ruby-red enamel. Thin bands of gold are inlaid in the enamel. A painted enamel medallion decorates the lid ...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique Burr Yew Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rectangular shape is beautifully finished in veneered Burr Yew wood, edged ...
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British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Tulipwood, Yew
Sterling Silver, Lidded Porcelain Trinket or Snuff Box
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming little sterling silver-lidded porcelain box, possibly used for snoring snuff, or for general trinkets. The silver top is decorated in Louis XVI style, and bears the Minerv...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
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...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Yew
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...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
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...
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Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
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...
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Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Teak
Fine Indian Silver Filigree Casket with Hinged Cover, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of very fine silver filigree rosewater sprinklers
Possibly India, Karimnagar, early 18th century
Measures: Height 31.6 cm and 31.7 cm,...
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Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
French 17th Century Leather Box, Coffre
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very charming late 17th century French Coffre - Box crafted from beautifully patina'd leather. A wonderful piece to serve as a jewelry box or to adorn any table top.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Leather
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 Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Iron
17th Century Spanish Burled Walnut Vargueno or Collectors Cabinet
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a diminutive burled walnut vargueno, collector or valuables cabinet, with molded cornice and drop front, opening to a multi-drawer ...
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Spanish Moorish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
French 18th Century Painted Box
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 18th century painted box. This work comes from Normandy France.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Black Japanned Trinket/Jewel Box
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionally rare early 17th century, James I/Charles I, black Japanned jewel box decorated with gold and red flowers and foliage. With a domed lid, o...
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English Elizabethan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Dutch-Colonial Satin and Rosewood, Ebony and Teak Collectors’ Table-Cabinet
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A charming satin and rosewood, ebony and teak collectors’ table-cabinet
Sri Lanka, second half of the 18th century
Measures: H. 86.5 x W. 62.5 x D. 34.7 cm
In the top of the shaped cornice, there is a carving of a butterfly or moth. Under the cornice two panelled doors with scorched chequered motif, and under the doors one long drawer. When the doors are locked, so is the drawer. Behind the two doors, there are eight drawers, suitable to store small collectors’ items, such as a coin collection, or mineral specimens, small shells, collections of animal teeth, etc. The 17th and 18th centuries saw a wide-spread interest in exotic cultures and collecting of botanical, zoological and geological specimens...
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Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Satinwood, Ebony, Teak
Pair of Vintage Gold Lacquered Wood Jewel Boxes
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid pair of antique 18th century wooden jewelry boxes of fine French manufacture.
The jewelry boxes have baroque shapes and are very curvy yet edgy, creating a perfect mix.
The jewelry boxes are made of green and gold lacquered wood, which creates a very elegant effect.
The central body contains two small storage drawers...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Late 16th Century Jewelry Chest
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Provenance : Jean Gismondi collection, before 1973.
This important walnut jewelry chest is outlined with a gilt motif and presents a decor imitating basketry. The lid is topped by...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Unique 17th Century Miniature Japanese Namban Lacquer Miniature Dollhouse Chest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A unique and exceptional Japanese miniature or dollhouse export lacquered chest
Kyoto, circa 1620-1640
The chest of rectangular shape with a domed lid, decorated in Transition-style, in gold hiramaki-e on a black background within reserved lobed cartouches decorated with landscapes animated with birds and rabbits, on a shagreen or samegawa background. The borders are decorated with geometric friezes, the box with gilt-copper mounts, the interior decorated in red lacquer.
Measures: H 9.2 x W 14.5 x D 7.2 cm
This miniature is of exceptional quality and a perfect copy of the famous large size Transition-style coffers. It was most likely ordered by a Dutch lady for her dollhouse (poppenhuis), like the famous Petronella Oortman (1656-1716) doll-house, which is now one of the highlights in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, or Petronella Oortmans-de la Court’s (1624-1707) dollhouse in the collection of the Centraal Museum Utrecht. Sara Rothé of Amsterdam in 1743 ordered a miniature black lacquered ivory tripod table with gold chinoiserie decoration by Jurriaan Buttner (Monika Kopplin, European Lacquer, 2010, p. 56).
Other Japanned dollhouse...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Cypress
Walnut and Metal Small Chest, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Small rectangular ark with a flat lid, with a lock of golden metal worked (crown on two facing lions, located on a garland of great size, and all around a symmetrical composition wit...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
Fine Japanese Namban Lacquer Jewelry Casket, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Japanese Namban lacquer transition-style coffer with two drawers
Kyoto/Nagasaki, circa 1650
The cartouches with gilt and red decorations of leaves...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Cypress
Fine 17th Century and Later Floral Marquetry Box
Located in London, GB
A fine 17th century and later floral marquetry box with hinged lid.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Renaissance Revival Damacened and Bronze Casket
Located in Essex, MA
With a domed hinged lid and bail handle over a conforming case decorated overall with figures in Renaissance dress. Bun feet. Provenance; David and P...
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European Renaissance Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Extraordinary "Sevres-style" Antique English Gilt Enamel Etui or Necessaire
Located in Charleston, SC
Very fine and rare antique English Gilt Enamel Etui or Necessaire
Etui or Necessaire is an ornamental box which houses manicure tools or needles. This ...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Enamel
17th Century Franco Flemish Kingwood Marquetry Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 17th century domed box with highly figured kingwood marquetry veneer laid in a geometric pattern, the front having elaborate pierced and embossed brass escutcheon, the whole wit...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Kingwood, Pine
18th Century English Diminutive Mahogany Chest with Satin Wood Banding
Located in Buchanan, MI
18th century English diminutive mahogany chest with satin wood banding. Top opens to an compartment over two drawers. Great color and patina. Can be used as a tabletop decoration...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Early 18th Century Petite-Sized Walnut Chest w/Drawers for Table-Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small sized Italian walnut chest from the early 18th century. This Italian chest of four drawers features carved column side posts, paneled drawers and sides and sits atop four pet...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Ring Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING little French Ring Box from the 18th Century, namely a French Louis XVI Brass and MOP Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady.
Box inlaid wi...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century Small Black Jewelry Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
This old wooden chest was probably a jewelry box back in the day. It was painted in black then hand painted with decor and organic forms throughout. The two wooden front doors...
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Asian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rococo Chinoiserie Box, circa 1750
Located in New York, NY
Swedish Rococo chinoiserie box with red interior, circa 1750, Origin: Sweden.
Original blue paint under the later chinoiserie paint. Many pieces were redecorated with chinoiserie ...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Paint
18th Century Venetian Arte Povera Jewelry Box
Located in Brecht, BE
This is a true collectors item, arte povera at its best, jewelry box made in the 18th century in Venice, Italy.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th Century Painted Silk Jewelry Box
Located in Brecht, BE
18th century painted silk jewelry box. Pure poetry.
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silk
Very Rare Casket Minnekästchen or Box, Germany or Italy, 15th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Wooden coffret, call minnekästchen, engraved with a dog, a hare and foliage with
polychromy remains. During the Middle Age, the hare is a symbol of fertility, joy and represents the Christ...
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European Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Iron
German Enamel Box, circa 1750
Located in New York, NY
German enamel box, circa 1750.
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Antique Shagreen and Brass Trunk-Form Box, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Antique shagreen and brass trunk-form box, 18th century.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique King Charles Spaniel Bilston Enamel Box
Located in Baltimore, MD
Charming King Charles spaniel sits on the box peering out with a sweet smile. Enamel on copper boxes such as this one were made in Bilston to comp...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Gold-Mounted Agate Box, German, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Gold-mounted agate box, German, 18th century.
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
A Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
Mid 18th Century
Attributed to Jean-François Oeben
The shaped marble top over a shaped cabinet with tulipwood, kingwood & parquetry throughout, with tambour shutters revealing a re-fitted interior with 6 graduating drawers, all over four cariole legs ending in gilt bronze sabots.
Height 41 in. Width 38 in. Depth 20 in.
Jean-François Oeben, ébéniste du roi in 1754 and maître in circa 1761.
Jean-François Oeben was a sub-tenant of charles-joseph boulle (1688–1751) in the galleries of the louvre from 1751, and in 1754 was granted lodgings at the gobelins and then at the arsenal in 1756. he was appointed ebéniste du roi in 1754 and was therefore able to work outside guild restrictions. he was a protégé of the marquise de pompadour, the marquis de marigny and the duc de choiseul. his identifiable works span less than ten years. his earliest pieces are in the louis xv style (e.g. small table, 1756–8; munich, residenzmus.), and he seems even to have completed some pieces started by jean-pierre latz (e.g. pair of corner cupboards...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Swedish Folk Art Oak Box, Dated 1783
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish oakwood box, dated 1783 and carved with the initial of the girl that received it as a gift (CSD). Most probably as bridal gift from her family. ...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Iron
Rare and Beautiful 16th Century Siena Box
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare and Beautiful 16th century Siena box
13cm x 15.5cm x 27cm
Paper mache box gilt and lacquered in blue and red.
Good condition for the age.
Category
Italian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Northern Italy Box Set with 16th Century Floral Motifs
Located in Madrid, ES
Northern Italy box set with 16th century Floral Motifs
18.5x30x16cm
Casket in carved and gilded wood with floral motifs.
Sealing wax stamp inside.
Vintag...
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Italian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
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