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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Georgian Sterling Silver Tea Caddies
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique Georgian English sterling silver tea caddies - boxed; an addition to our silver teaware collection
These magnificent, fine and impressive antique Georgian silver tea caddies each have an oblong, bomb shaped form.
The surface of each antique tea caddy is embellished with impressive chased and embossed scrolling floral and foliate decoration, incorporating paralleling undulating borders framing each side.
The decoration to the body of each incorporates two cartouches, one displaying the contemporary engraved coat of arms depicting an oval escutcheon supported by a savage and a greyhound collared and chained, displaying firstly a stag's head and secondly three bars below three roundels.
The coat of arms bears the motto 'Data fata secutus' - Following the destiny allotted to me*.
These heraldic markings are surmounted with the crest of a mountain in flames, surmounted with the motto 'ÂLuceo non uro' - I shine, not burn*.
The cartouche to the opposing side of each caddy is ornamented with an impressive contemporary engraved crest of a greyhound courant.
The remaining two sides of each impressive antique caddy...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Papier-mâché Small Snuff Box
Located in Delft, NL
18th century papier-mâché small snuff box
A black lacquered papier-mâché snuff box with a silver inlaid encircled zig zag motif around a medallion with a scene of the Last Supper painted with Jesus and the 12 apostles...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Paper
Antique 18th Century Bilston Battersea Enamel Muffineer or Sugar Shaker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An antique 18th century Bilston or Battersea enamel muffineer or sugar shaker.
A very rare form!
With a pierced, domed top, raised gold decoration, and cartouches of floral spr...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Antique Georgian Hardwood & Brass Wine Bucket with Military Campaign Handles
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique Georgian mahogany and thick solid brass wine bucket with period zinc liner
A very good lo...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Spanish Colonial Gilt Wood Reliquary or Table Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an outstanding example of a late 18th/early 19th century Spanish Colonial Reliquary or table box. The emerald green combined with th...
Category
Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chippendale Tea Caddy, c1770
Located in valatie, NY
Chippendale tea caddy, c1770, burl veneered mahogany paneled front and sides with cross banded border raised on original ball and claw cast brass feet. The two interior compartments,...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Small Round Swedish Original Painted Folk Art Box Dated 1792
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A small Swedish 18th century Folk Art box with original paint.
The box is most likely used to keep jewelry and other precious items. Box is carved with inscription "ANNO 1792 DEN 27...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
English 1790 George III Quill Work Scrollwork Decorated Tea Caddy
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful 18th century George III quill work (scrollwork) tea caddy of elongated hexagon form.
English circa 1790
Decorated with floral panels and ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Japanese Sumi-E Lacquer Inro Yamada Jokasai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A three-case lacquered Inro by Yamada Family circa 18th-19th century Edo period. The inro with slight rounded form is of Kano style and vividly depicts a dragon slithering among the ink clouds on a gold background. Sumi-e togidashi (ink togidashi) technique, in combination with Hiramaki-e, were employed to create the dreamy ambience of this piece. The dragon has a painterly appearance inspired by Chinese ink painting that was often seen on the Japanese folding screens. The back of the Inro was sparsely decorated with the shifting patterns of the darkening clouds with an emphasis on the space intentionally left empty. Jokasai was signed to the base. On the front of the inro there is another miniature signature Hakugyoku Hogen, which is one of names used by Kano Michinobu (1730-1790). The dragon is evidently one of his designs (see reference below).
Established by a member of Yamada family in the 17th century, the clan was one of the most prominent lacquer artisanal family for the next 200 years until the end of Edo period in the 19th century. Most members signed their work simply with Jokasai making the identification of the individual artists somewhat impossible. The current Inro on offer, compared to many other pieces by Jokasai, has an uncommon Kano style done in Sumi-e togidashi.
Another unusual feature of this piece is that the interiors of the inro was decorated with an interesting gold mosaic inlays (kirigane) on a dark lacquer background, giving it a jewel like quality.
For another Inro by Jokasai of a similar style using Sumi-e togidashi but depicts a tiger, see Wrangham collection, no.353, which was offered for sale as lot 256 in Bonham's London Auction: The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art Part I. 9 Nov 2010.
For an ink scroll...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
17th Century William and Mary Olive Oyster Lace Box, Circa 1680-1700
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare 17th-century William and Mary period olive oyster lace box of perfect proportions. 1680-1700, England
The cross-grain moulded top is entirely covered in well-place...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Olive, Holly
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 ...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Fine 17th Century and Later Floral Marquetry Box
Located in London, GB
A fine 17th century and later floral marquetry box with hinged lid.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Three-Tone Gold Oval Enamel Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Three-tone gold oval enamel snuff box with with repoussé gold work of musical instruments
Enamel plaque center
Circa late 18th century - early 19th century, Switzerland
Weight: 76...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
English Penwork Box
Located in Southampton, NY
English penwork box
Wooden box handpainted in a handsome black with white floral design and decoration.
The interior of the cover signed and dated 'Emily...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century George I Domed Topped Japanned Chinoiserie Falconry Box, circa 1710
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A rare and important Queen Anne-George I japanned chinoiserie domed topped box depicting scenes of falconry, circa 1710-1720. England
Falconry is ...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Oak
German Mother of Pearl Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent layers and inlays of multi-colored mother-of-pearl cover each side of this breathtaking German snuff box. Each incredibly detailed scene is framed by finely engraved yell...
Category
German Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
English Georgian Period Yew Wood Octagonal Tea Caddy with Fan and Column Inlays
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian 18th century yew wood octagonal tea caddy inlaid with fan and column motifs in satinwood, sycamore and boxwood. Multiple lines of stringing in satinwood, boxood and ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Yew
Small Gilded Box Engraved and Painted Wood Venice Italy XVI C. Belloni family
Located in Milano, IT
Small box with opening top, slightly convex urn front with shaped shelf support, decorated on the front with carved tablet, while the rest of the object is simply painted. The front started with four pilasters that create three reserves, the two lateral pilasters have two twisted columns on a blue background, the central pilasters are instead painted with gold candelabra...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
A Rare Antique Swiss Gold & Enamel Jewelled Vinaigrette Box Late 18th C
Located in London, GB
Thanks for looking at this superb object of vertu.
This box is in the form of a boat, the cover and base of translucent blue enamel on a peacock-feather engine-turned ground, the cover further enamelled with a variety of sea shells on a grass bank in bright colours of red, pink, yellow, green, blue etc.
All around the cover and the base there are 64 emerald cabochons set in as a decorative border.
The sides are covered in blue enamel with a gold chequered design with a white enamel border
all the way around the corners of the base.
The curved shape grille is expertly pierced and bright-cut with foliage.
The overall condition is faultless it opens and closes effortlessly and the very important enamel is in perfect order no excuses and has never suffered any restoration.
The box is stamped with a makers mark in the base but we have never looked up the maker
please look at the images and see for yourself.
This is a very good example of a solid gold Box...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
Sea Captain's Box, circa 1680/1720 'Colonial'
Located in Esbeek, NL
Sea captain's box with iron fittings
1680/1720
colonial.
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood, Walnut
18-C English Bilston Battersea Enamel Memento Mori, Memory of a Friend Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An 18th century Georgian English Bilston Battersea enameled snuff or patch box, the motto reads, “In Memory of a Friend.” An example of Memento Mori, which translates from the Latin,...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Copper
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare Dutch baroque box composed of padauk wood with original red lacquer finish, decorated with ivory lacquer with gold outline. Richly adorned with heavy brass (or bronze) decorativ...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian 18th Century Folk Art Hat Or Wick Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Danish wooden hat or wig box of wood with original painting.
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Georgian Yew Wood Octagonal Tea Caddy with Oval Inlays on Five Sides
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian Period yew wood octagonal tea caddy with oval inlays on five sides. The ovals are incased by a line inlay made up of tiny squares of sycamore, satinwood and rosewood...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Yew
German Gold & Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
German gold & porcelain snuff box
Maker's Mark F(-) Crowned, Hanau Circa 1780, - Struck with the Hanau Town Mark for 18k Gold and a mark
resembling the P...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
18th Century Spanish Iron-Clad Strong Box in Working Condition with Original Key
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish strong box from the 18th century. This antique safe from is constructed or iron clad wood, and is handsomely adorn in domed iron nailhead trim throughout it's top, front, a...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Iron
Louis XV Gold & Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV gold & lacquer snuff box
Circa Paris, France 1760/1761
With the Charge and Decharge Marks of Eloy Brichard 1756 - 1762
Circular Gold-lined bo...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the desk has a French hand-written address on the inside. ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Figural Bird Battersea or Staffordshire Enamel Bonbonniere / Snuff Box
By Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good antique figural bird form Battersea or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonniere.
The lid has bronze mount and a bird on a branch decoration....
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
18th-Century Green Jasper Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Mounted in delicate 18K yellow gold openwork is this exquisite 18th-century English snuff box formed from green jasper. For over 300 years, master artisan...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Stone, Gold
Louis XVI Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1778
Located in Paris, FR
Oval snuff box in three tones of gold. The hinged lid is decorated with an intricate scale pattern surrounded by a frieze of roses, ribbons, and pink, green and white gold leaves. Th...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
Georgian Yellow Gold Toothpick Case / Holder with Mirror
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English 22k yellow gold toothpick case / holder with mirror - boxed; an addition to our ornamental ...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
English XVIII Octagonal Mahogany Tea Caddy with Satinwood Inlay and Brass Knob
Located in Santa Monica, CA
English 18th Century Octagonal Mahogany Tea Caddy with Satinwood Inlay and Brass Knob
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
Grand Scale, 18th Century, English Document Box
Located in Newport Beach, CA
An impressive, solid wood, period, hinge-top document box completely covered in tole and incised brass with delicate foliate designs throughout. The inside lined in a vibrant, scarle...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass, Metal
18th to 19th Century Lidded Oak Low Stool with Interior Storage
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th to 19th century lidded oak low stool with interior storage
Measures: 22" wide x 8.5" deep x 15" high
The interior measures 17.5" wide x 6.5" d...
Category
American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Oak
Composition of red tortoiseshell gold piqué-work box, 18th century
Located in Paris, FR
Circular box in composition of red tortoiseshell powder called "Indian red". Inlays of nets in the form of waves of different shades of gold (rose gold and white) run across the lid...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Gold
Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Cuspidor
Located in New Orleans, LA
This intriguing Chinese zhadou is intricately carved of fine cinnabar lacquer. A work of exceptional artistry, this covered bowl is adorned with an intricately carved floral motif on all surfaces, including the cover and the wide rim. Also known as a cuspidor or spittoon, this rare container would have been used by members of the imperial family and scholar- officials at the court. Carved during the Kangxi period (1662-1722), this charming piece exhibits the high detail and charm associated with items from that period, making it a true treasure,
Early 18th century (Kangxi dynasty)
Measures: 6 ¼” wide x 3 ¼” high
Cinnabar has been revered for its color all over the world. It has been found in the royal burial chambers of the Mayas, in the rituals of India, and in the ruins of ancient Greece and Rome. In China, cinnabar and gold were the two most important elements in alchemy. Mined since the Neolithic Age, cinnabar is the ore of mercury, and as such, it can be incredibly toxic, especially when mining. In fact, during the Roman Empire, miners at Spain’s Almadén mine in Spain were frequently exposed to mercury fumes, and the subsequent, often fatal, sickness was considered an occupational hazard.
The most popular known use of cinnabar is in Chinese carved lacquer-ware, a technique that is believed to have originated in the Song Dynasty, in which cinnabar is ground to a powder and added to clear lacquer. As with mining, there was inherent danger of mercury poisoning for those who carved the lacquer, as mercury was also released into the air when artisans ground the pigments. Most antique cinnabar...
Category
Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of George III Cased Tea Caddies, London, 1793, William Frisbee
Located in London, GB
The Faulkbourne hall cased tea caddies. An important and very unusual pair of George III tea caddies made in London in 1793 by William Frisbee, all contained within a contemporary velvet and silk lined satinwood case. The hinges and handle also hallmarked for 1793.
The pair of tea caddies are of an unusual oval form with upwardly curved rim. The sides are beautifully engraved with an upper and lower band of bright cut scrolls and foliate motifs on a scratch engraved and prick dot ground. Each side is engraved with an unusual bright cut cartouche with incuse corners. One cartouche is vacant and the other is engraved with a contemporary Scottish Crest with the motto "Nil Conscrire Sibi - Consious of no Wrong " above. The curved, slightly domed, cover is engraved with an outer band identical to those shown on the sides and terminates in a Neo Classical urn finial, also engraved with bright cut designs. The caddies are most unusual as they open from the side, not in the usual manner from the front. The caddies are each in excellent condition and are fully marked in the foot and with the maker's mark and sterling mark on the cover.
The pair of caddies are contained within a most breathtaking satinwood case with hallmarked hinges and escutcheon shaped handle and reeded oval mounts. It is most unusual to find fully hallmarked hinges, and handle, which accurately date the case, as the same date as the caddies. The interior is lined with the original silk, velvet and gold braid.
The Crest and Motto are those of Lieut-Col Jonathan Bullock of Faulkbourne Hall, County Essex. He was M.P. for Essex in many parliaments and, in 1763, married Miss Elizabeth Lante. He died without issue in 1809 and his estates devolved upon his nephew Jonathan Joshua Christopher Watson who, in 1810, assumed the surname and Arms of Bullock by Royal Licence. The Bullock family were descended from Robert Bullock of Herburghfield, County Berkshire. He was Sheriff of County Berks and Oxford under Richard II. He died in 1405.
Faulkbourne Hall is a Grade 1 listed Manor House in the village of Faulkbourne in Essex, the manor being first mentioned under Edward the Confessor. The earliest surviving parts of the Hall, a red brick building with turrets, date from the 15th century. Sir Edward Bullock, Knight, purchased the Hall and Manor of Faulkbourne in 1637. The hall is considered a fine specimen of early Tudor red...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Georgian Paper Scrolled Quilled Satinwood Tea Caddy
Located in Benington, Herts
A wonderful 18th century George III quill work (scrollwork) tea caddy of hexagon form.
English circa 1790
Finely executed, this very attractive caddy ...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
Late 18th Century Lacquered Teak with Decorative Brass Indian Dowry Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
This beautiful late 18th century marriage dowry box is an exquisite example of Indian craftsmanship. Made of teak with a patinated red lacquered surface, int...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Georgian Inlaid Liquor Box with Six Original Bottles and Two Glasses
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian domed top liquor box in mahogany with shell inlay to top and front and patterned stringing in boxwood and ebony to three sides and framing the shell inlays. The inte...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Boxwood
Early 17th Century Medieval Handcrafted Black Iron German Coffer
Located in Brescia, IT
The iron coffer, fully original in every part of it, was forged and handcrafted in German in the 1610. Complete with key. Full working iron mechanisms. It ...
Category
German Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Iron
18th Century Japanned Chinoiserie Dome-Topped Box, Circa 1715-1725
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Early 18th century George I Japanned Chinoiserie dome-topped box, Circa 1715-1725. England or France.
A rare survivor from the first quarter of the ...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Cherry
Antique English Figural Horse Head Battersea Staffordshire Enamel Bonbonniere
By Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and very rare, figural horse head Battersea or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonniere or large snuff box.
A gilt bronze mount connects the...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
18th Century Chippendale Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century Chippendale period figured mahogany tea caddy, ebony beaded and mahogany cross-banded throughout, having concave-shaped lid retaining original brass carrying handle.
Category
Great Britain (UK) Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
German Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important German porcelain snuff box exhibits delightful artistry and craftsmanship. Hand painted classical tableau celebrating the e...
Category
German Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Wood Turner Test Cilindrical Box, 17th-18th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Cylindrical box of "turner's test", 17th-18th century.
Cylindrical box decorated with different bands and lid with a carved star. In the bse it presents a series of inscriptions t...
Category
European Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th Century Burmese Rakhine State Lacquer Bamboo Pillow Box
Located in Brea, CA
18th century Burmese black bamboo pillow box in relief with red Rakhine lacquer. Created with bamboo weaving. Decorated all-over with geometrical shapes and...
Category
Burmese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Candle Mold In Fruit Wood From The 1800s
Located in Søborg, DK
Antique candle wax mold used for dipping candles
Made of mahogany with a tin liner
Great decorative piece
Would also look great as a planter on a s...
Category
English Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Tin
Ebony Veneered Captain's Chest or Strong Box 'Coffre Fort', 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A strongbox was a type of travelling chest and these types of boxes were more common in England than anywhere else where they were fabricated between 1660 and 1720. The earliest proo...
Category
Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century Carved Walnut Box
Located in New York, NY
The elaborate ovoid form walnut box with lid showing royal coat of arms carved in relief, acanthus leaves at stylized points and opens to reveal an...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Red Aventurine Top Silver Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French red aventurine top silver box.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Silver
Large Japanese Lacquer Box Early Edo Period Ex-Christie's
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large lacquer Ryoshibako (Paper box in Japanese) finely decorated with Maki-e circa 17th century early Edo period. The box is of an impressive size and was used to store paper documents. Both sides of the lid were elaborately decorated with maki-e and the edge was befitted with lead rim, an early practice before the silver rim became common later. The interior and base were finished in Nashiji. The night scene on top surface of the lid depicts flocks of chidoris flying in formation from a sea shore swaying with reeds under a full moon, using hiramaki-e in both gold and silver. Ribbons of clouds were achieved with different densities of gold powder. The underside, in contrast, shows a crescent moon in takamakie-e above the sea with ferns and reeds. Chidoris, the plovers, are symbolic in Japanese culture as "thousands of blessings" and longevity. The Namichidori, the pattern in which the chidori flies in the nami (wave) represents the eternal love and safety of couples and families. For detailed references on the historical background and the use of chidoris on lacquerware, see the reference below.
This very lacquer box was featured for sale as lot 339 in Christie's London Sale Japanese Art...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Spanish Baroque Leather-Wrapped Coffer Adorn with Brass Accents, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Baroque leather-wrapped coffer brass accents from the 18th century. This antique Spanish coffer, with it's rectangular-shaped body, has been o...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
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...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Cypress
Casket, German, Baroque, painted, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Notley Priory
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This charming and unusual casket injects a romantic atmosphere into any interior. It has survived in impeccable condition with acceptable wear to the painted surface which signifies its age and use. It is a conversation piece, a piece of acting history, bought by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Porcelain and Brass Trinket Box with Flower Decorations
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French porcelain and brass trinket box with flower decorations.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Egg Shaped Enamel Box
Located in Essex, MA
Depicting land battles and a seascape. Gilt metal fittings.
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Enamel
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