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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Table Snuff Box, 18th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box. With a pink ground and white enamel latticework decoration thro...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Enamel

Late 18th Century Fruitwood Spice Box from England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English late 18th-century fruitwood spice box, featuring a small drawer at its base with a carved ivory knob. The figurative carving of a plant on the box's...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Norwegian Baroque Box, Carved Mythical Creatures + Figurative Scenes, Circa 1740
Located in New York, NY
Very special Baroque box with carved decorations of mythical creatures and figurative scenes Carved monogrammed initials "HPP" + Family Crest, origin: Gudbrandsdal, Norway, circa 174...
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Norwegian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Softwood

Italian Neoclassic Walnut Miniature Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with diamond inlay over three drawers with similar inlay, slight cabriole legs.
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Walnut

France Late 18th Century Baroque Silver Box
Located in Brescia, IT
France Late 18th century silver carriage shape box in Regency Style This magnificent piece of art of silver jewelery. It is an example of h...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Silver

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

Materials

Oak

Chinese Picnic Box, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
The basic form of this two-tiered box with handle has remained unchanged for 1,000 years. Stacked boxes were commonly used as portable containers for food or ...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

French Lacquer Box, circa 1780
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
French lacquer box with original paint in bottom, top and sides, attributed to Niklas Lafrensen the younger. Inside painted in guilt, circa 1780.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Decorative Hand Carved Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Provencal fariniere beautifully carved and constructed. A sliding front panel features two carved fish. The box is dovetailed with a false bottom drawer. Lovel...
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal
Located in Paris, FR
A 18th century set presented in trapezoidal case made of light wood and inlaid with marquetry. The vanity case includes a gold wax case decorated with fl...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Gold

Antique Figural Bird Battersea or Staffordshire Enamel Bonbonniere / Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful, antique figural bird form Battersea or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonniere. The lid is decorated with a bird on a branch in a lan...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Knife Box Fitted Out for Letters
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th century, English George III mahogany knife box fitted out for letters / ballots. The interior voided of the old knife compartments. One small remov...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Metal

18th Century French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox, "Le Patre"
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox, "Le Patre" French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox Titled "Le Patre" Walnut wooden box with a scene of a landscape Beautiful detailed cut scenery o...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Arte Povera Venetian Chalk Box
Located in Brecht, BE
Another beauty, made in Venice, these precious arte povera chalk boxes were made for the lucky few, can be yours now.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Paper

Large Gold Candy Box 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Large and circular box featuring two shades of gold. The removable lid is embellished with detailed, concentric lines and with a central medallion representing a dove flying over a f...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Gold

18th Century French Cuir-ciselé Extra Large Reliquary Chalice or Monstrance Case
Located in Haarlem, NL
Large decorative antique 18th century 2-piece reliquary or monstrance case to hold a religious relic. This is a large case, 87cm high, 38cm wide and 20cm deep (34.3" x 15" x 7.9")...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Leather, Damask, Wood

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 Boxes

Materials

Wood

18th Century Painted Silk Jewelry Box
Located in Brecht, BE
18th century painted silk jewelry box. Pure poetry.
Category

British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Silk

Antique English Battersea South Staffordshire Enamel Table Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare antique 18th century South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box. The lid has a scene of two noble, young couples in...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Enamel

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 ...
Category

Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Paint

Antique Round 18th Century English Battersea Bilston Pink Enamel Table Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box. A very rare round form! With a pink ground, floral spray decoration, and gilt bronze mou...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Enamel

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...
Category

Asian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint

1733 George II Sterling Silver Toilet Boxes
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique George II English sterling silver toilet boxes; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. These...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

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 Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century, Lowestoft English Porcelain Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
18th century, English porcelain trinket box hand decorated in polychrome glazes and inscribed: "A Trifle from Lowestoft 1795".
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Snuff Box With Secret Erotic Motive
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very funny little snuff box with a text about Etimologie; the true learning or real learning, on the lids outside and a hidden erotic motive on the inside of the lid.
Category

French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paper

Italian Gilt Reliquary Box
Located in Dallas, TX
This 18th century Italian gilded reliquary box is made to contain a personal relic or shine. It has brackets for wall mounting. The front of the door has...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Giltwood

18th Century Walnut Wooden Snuffbox
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century French walnut wooden snuffbox French walnut wooden snuffbox Beautiful detailed cut scenery, celebrating people The text will be probably "rejouissance mamand" (festiv...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Walnut

18th Century French Fariniere or Flour Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
18th century French fariniere made of walnut with dovetail construction and nicely detailed hand-carved relief on front panel. From Provence, a fariniere is a sliding paneled box use...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Meissen Painted Dual Lidded Rococo Box Relief Decoration Brass Mountings, 1750
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Gorgeous Dual Lidded Rococo Box with Multicolored Paintings and Decorations of Relief Type. The box is edged by brass mountings. height: 6.0 cm (= 2.36 inches) width:...
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German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Brass

18th Century English Early Georgian Mahogany Box with Original Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early Georgian mahogany box from the late 18th century. This exquisite English box is made of a rich mahogany wood seemingly stained to perfec...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Bronze

George III Rolled Paper Tea Caddy
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 18th Century tea caddy, circa 1790. A very intricately detailed oval box, meticulously made from "rolled" paper. Attributed to be a work o...
Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique French Folk Art Box with Traces of Painted Flowers
Located in Port Chester, NY
A very early box, of a good size, and very charming and attractive. Probably French based on many we have reviewed, but might be German. Age is 1800 but might be earlier, possibly 17...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Paint, Wood

Italian 17th Century Primitive Collection Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and unique church collection box from Northern Italy. Beautifully constructed from thick planks of walnut with intriguing carving detail. A wonde...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Ancient Ebony Neoclassic Box, Late 18th-Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ebony neoclassic box is an original biscuit object realized in Rome during the second half of 1700 and the beginning of 1800. Very good conditions. This refined box represents...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Italian Arte Povera Box, Mid-18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The round box with white ground and decals painted through out.
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Paper

17th Century Leather Case for a Chalice
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very rare and beautiful Italian 17th century case, box, to store a chalice. Beautifully crafted with embossed leather. A fantastic accent piece, whether displayed as a single piece...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Leather

Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare figural porcelain snuff box in the form of a mouse attributed to Mennecy porcelain. Having a porcelain mounted lid with wonderfully hand-...
Category

French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Pencil Box with King Christian VII Monogramme
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautifully carved wooden box with the carving inscription of King Christian VII, and anno 1780.
Category

Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large George III Brass and Fruitwood-Inlaid and Mahogany Storage Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular hinged top with canted corners inlaid with a Turkish landscape design with an inside lift top and a lower drawer the interior fitted with a removable tray and mahogan...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Small Box with Decorative Scenes of the Reveillon Aerostat
Located in Roma, IT
Paris, Age of Louis XVI Interesting and rare small rectangular box entirely tempera decorated on each face with scenes of the flight demonstrations of the Reveillon Aerostat invente...
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French Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Metal

18th Century Spanish Colonial Escritorio
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Magnificent 18th century Bolivian locking escritorio with inlaid wood and hand-forged iron details.
Category

Bolivian Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Iron

18th Century Dutch Brass Snuffbox
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th century Dutch snuffbox. The petite box is brass with ornate scrolled design throughout. The box will look simply beautiful and elegant on display or on a dressing room vanity.
Category

Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Brass

Rare 18th Century Parquetry Baroque Writing Slope, South Germany Circa 1760
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The exterior surface decorated with striking geometric panels of contrasting light & dark fruitwood veneers with ebonized mouldings, the slant top opening on later iron hinges to a plain interior housing a small hinged compartment for writing implements...
Category

German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Iron

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...
Category

European Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Iron

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...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Mexican Tortoiseshell and Pen-Engraved Cabinet
Located in Mexico, DF
Mexican cabinet. Made of tortoiseshell, pen-engraved and wood. Possible Oaxaca or Puebla, 17th century.
Category

North American Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Pair of English Mahogany Serpentine Inlaid Cutlery Boxes. Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English mahogany serpentine inlaid slant top cutlery boxes with exterior Satinwood inlaid conch shells, satinwood and ebony inlaid interior stars, with original slotted fitt...
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British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Rococo Pewter Tea Caddy
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very beautiful Rococo pewter tea caddy with lion on the lid.
Category

Danish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Antique Bilston Enamel Box
Located in Baltimore, MD
Romantic Georgian snuff or patch box made in Bilston, England, circa 1770-1780. This lovely box is enamel painted on copper and decorated with a bird and the saying "My love is Pure ...
Category

British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Domed Chagrin Casket
Located in West Chester, PA
Very rare wood, iron and sharkskin domed casket on ball feet. Ornamented with iron strap work and double hasp lock. Silk damask interior. Ex collection of...
Category

French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

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 Boxes

Materials

Enamel

English Mahogany Satinwood Conch Shell Inlaid Wine Cellarette. Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English mahogany wine cellarette with inlaid Satinwood conch shell, hinged top revealing a compartmentalized fitted interior, and terminating on the original turned legs with brass c...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Brass

Exquisite Musical Themed Carved Panettiere Bread Box
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Exquisite musical themed carved panettiere "bread box". Circa 1775.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Wood

German 18th Century Silver And Hardwood Snuff Box
Located in Copenhagen, K
Wonderful carved German or Austrian snuff box hunting motive and silver mounting. Carved to fit "hand in glove." Provenance: Exhibited at the Dome M...
Category

German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique Bilston Enamel on Copper Box
Located in Baltimore, MD
A presentation Georgian snuff or patch box made in Bilston, England c1770-80. This lovely box is enamel painted on copper and decorated with birds and the saying "A Reward for Merit"...
Category

British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
With a domed cover, the interior with red silk lining, the whole with gilt iron mounts and lock box.
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Leather

Antique Bilston Enamel on Copper Box
Located in Baltimore, MD
Lovely Georgian snuff or patch box made in Bilston, England c1770-80. This box is enamel painted on copper and decorated with a foliate design and the saying "Keep this for my sake",...
Category

British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

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