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Grand Scale, 18th Century, English Document Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An impressive, solid wood, period, hinge-top document box completely covered in tole and incised
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Grand Scale, 18th Century, English Document Box
Grand Scale, 18th Century, English Document Box
$5,800
H 12 in W 27.5 in D 19.5 in
Late 18th C. English Carved Wood Document Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
this piece. This late 18th century English document box will make a great decorative object for your
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Antique 18th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Late 18th C. English Carved Wood Document Box
Late 18th C. English Carved Wood Document Box
$2,653
H 12 in W 16.5 in D 10.5 in
Chinese 17th/18th Century Huanghuali Document Box with Baitong Mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Chinese Huanghuali document box with baitong mounts Late Ming/Early Qing dynasty, 17th/18th
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Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Ming Furniture

Materials

Brass

Dutch-Colonial Sri Lankan Coromandel Wood Document Box with Silver Mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Dutch-colonial Sri Lankan coromandel wood document box with silver mounts Probably Galle, 18th
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Antique 18th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Furniture

Materials

Silver

18th Century Spanish Colonial 'Escribania' or 'Document Box'
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good 18th century Spanish colonial 'scribe' box, or 'escribania' as it is known in Spanish -- for
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Antique Mid-18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Knife Boxes

Materials

Wood

Period Jacobean Document Box
Located in Washington, DC
A finely carved oak lift top Jacobean English document box, carved lid and body with original iron
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Boxes

Materials

Iron

Period Jacobean Document Box
Period Jacobean Document Box
$6,800
H 9 in W 24 in D 13.5 in
George III Letter or Document Box
Located in Woodbury, CT
Straight front with concave corners. Mahogany solids and veneers. 12 compartmentalized sections but missing 5 of the light wood separators. Minor chips to the satinwood thin moldings...
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Antique Late 18th Century British George III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

George III Letter or Document Box
George III Letter or Document Box
$2,700
H 15.25 in W 10.5 in D 12 in
Late Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Document Box in the Manner of Oeben
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in London, Middlesex
The hinged rectangular lid inlaid in tulipwood, amaranth and a floral spray within a cartouche. The sides with handles and on short fluted and acanthus feet. The style of the mar...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tulipwood

Tooled Leather Document Box, French 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A fine Louis XV period document box in hand-tooled leather, with gilt brass hardware and retaining
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

Tooled Leather Document Box, French 18th Century
Tooled Leather Document Box, French 18th Century
$2,250
H 10.5 in W 8.5 in D 7.5 in
English Mahogany Document Box with Thumb Carved Edges, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
English 18th century mahogany document box with thumb carved edges, a brass escutcheon, and a brass
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Antique 18th Century English Decorative Boxes

Early 18th Century Spanish Colonial Tooled Leather Petaca Document Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 18th century Spanish Colonial petaca (document box) with cedar interior and domed top
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Antique Early 18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

18th Century, Spanish Walnut Coffee Table or Document Box
Located in Houston, TX
This is a perfect Spanish walnut document box, It is now missing the key but has the original iron
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Antique 18th Century Spanish Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

18th Century Carved and Ebonised Wood Document Box with Hunt Scene Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
18th Century document or bible box. Heavily carved. With Rose head nails and old blue paint covered
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Antique 18th Century British Rococo Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

18th century Spanish Leather Box
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century Spanish tooled leather document box retaining its original green polychrome and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Boxes

Materials

Iron

18th century Spanish Leather Box
18th century Spanish Leather Box
$3,800
H 7 in W 17 in D 12 in
Antique Painted Document Box
Located in Houston, TX
This amazing original painted document box has aged beautifully. It adorns a floral pattern and
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Antique 18th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

Antique Painted Document Box
Antique Painted Document Box
$1,700
H 8 in W 24.5 in D 16 in
Dutch Colonial Document Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
17th C Dutch colonial document box in amboyna and rosewood with original brass hardware and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Rosewood, Amboyna

Dutch Colonial Document Box
Dutch Colonial Document Box
$4,900
H 8.5 in W 18.25 in D 11 in
17th Century English Oak Document Box or Table Coffer
Located in Essex, MA
An early English carved oak document or bible box, of rectangular form, the front and sides carved
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Jacobean Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wrought Iron

17th Century English Oak Document Box or Table Coffer
17th Century English Oak Document Box or Table Coffer
$1,840
H 8.75 in W 24.5 in D 14.63 in
English Tooled Leather Document Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
English 18th Century tooled leather document box with original brass handle and iron lock, the
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Georgian Boxes

Materials

Brass, Iron

English Tooled Leather Document Box
English Tooled Leather Document Box
$1,450
H 3.5 in W 10 in D 5 in
Baroque Studded Leather Document Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 18th century document/travel box having fine studwork decoration comprising small and
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Antique Late 17th Century European Baroque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Steel

Baroque Studded Leather Document Box
Baroque Studded Leather Document Box
$5,900
H 10 in W 21 in D 15.5 in
18-th Century Tokugawa Shogunate Document Box. Meiji Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A Rare and Historic Letter Box This rare and historic letter box is made of leather and is covered
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Antiquities

Materials

Leather

Miniature English George III Antique Mahogany Document Box Chest of Drawers
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MINIATURE GEORGE III MAHOGANY TABLETOP DOCUMENT BOX England, circa 1785 Item # 011BMA19P An
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Antique Late 18th Century British George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany, Pine

Historic 18th Century Early American Hide Wrapped Document Box
Located in Forney, TX
An important historic Long Island 18th Century document box, American Revolution era, having a
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Antique 18th Century American Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

18th Century English Leather Document Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather document or letter box with gilt tooled leather detail, nailheads and angel figure at the
Category

Antique 18th Century British Boxes

Materials

Leather

18th Century English Leather Document Box
18th Century English Leather Document Box
$2,150
H 13.5 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
18th Century George III tooled red and gilt leather document box
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
George III tooled red and gilt leather document box Embossed with three GR coronets and remains of
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Antique Late 18th Century British George III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

Georgian Red Leather Document Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine late 18th Century English red grained leather document box with original brass handle and gilt
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Georgian Boxes

Materials

Brass

Georgian Red Leather Document Box
Georgian Red Leather Document Box
$950
H 5.5 in W 12 in D 7 in
Fine Georgian Document Box of Walnut Cross Banded and Inlaid, circa 1780
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality English Georgian period box or document box with fine inlaid and cross
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

18th Century Document Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An 18th Century Italian Intarsia decorated Document Box.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Boxes

Materials

Wood

18th Century Document Box
18th Century Document Box
$1,600
H 7 in W 12 in D 11 in
An 18th Century Dutch Document Box
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century Dutch padouk, brass and ebonized document box fourth quarter 18th century
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Boxes

Materials

Brass

An 18th Century Dutch Document Box
An 18th Century Dutch Document Box
$2,200
H 5 in W 16.5 in D 12.25 in
18th Century French Document Box
Located in Birmingham, AL
18th century French walnut document box.
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Antique Late 18th Century French Country Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

18th Century French Document Box
18th Century French Document Box
$875
H 9 in W 11.5 in D 11.5 in
An 18th Century Swedish Document Box
Located in New York, NY
A Late 18th Pine Document Box with Rounded Corners and Decorative Iron Strapwork. Sweden
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Boxes

An 18th Century Swedish Document Box
An 18th Century Swedish Document Box
$2,900
H 8 in W 17.5 in D 13 in
Swedish 18th Century Tortoiseshell and Brass Document Box
Located in Natchez, MS
Swedish 18th c. Tortoiseshell and brass document box with medallions on each corner and molded
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Boxes

Colonial Padouk Wood Document Box, Late 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Distinctive Portuguese Colonial Padouk Wood Document Box with Brass Mounts, Double Handles, and
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Brass

Hand-Tooled 18th Century Leather Spanish Colonial Petaca Document Box
Located in Montecito, CA
Hand tooled and embossed leather Spanish Colonial document box. Hand forged iron hardware. Velvet
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes

Document Box
Located in Woodbury, CT
In an old red wash this box retains its original lock and key as well as the hand wrought handles
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes

Materials

Iron

Document Box
Document Box
$1,150
H 11 in W 22.5 in D 16 in
17TH CENTURY ITALIAN DOCUMENT BOX
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 17th Century Italian Walnut Document Box.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Boxes

Materials

Wood

17TH CENTURY ITALIAN DOCUMENT BOX
17TH CENTURY ITALIAN DOCUMENT BOX
$3,800
H 9 in W 15 in D 8 in
Painted document box
Located in New York, NY
Painted document box, with brass mounts, fittings and hinges
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Jewelry Boxes

Painted document box
Painted document box
$1,950
H 10 in W 13 in D 10 in
Hepplewhite Inlaid Document Box
Located in Litchfield, CT
Probably Pennsylvania, ca. 1790-1810. Condition: Excellent condition This large scale document
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany, Burl

Hepplewhite Inlaid Document Box
Hepplewhite Inlaid Document Box
$11,500
H 9.75 in W 20 in D 11 in
17th Century Spanish Document Box with Iron Hardware
Located in Montecito, CA
Beautiful 17th Century Spanish Document box with Wrought Iron hardware
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Boxes

Materials

Iron

Colonial Mexican Document Box
Located in San Miguel Allende, GTO
colonial period box made from sabino wood with dovetail corners and hand forged steel hardware
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Boxes

Colonial Mexican Document Box
Colonial Mexican Document Box
$1,950
H 8 in W 19 in D 9 in
George III Mahogany Document box
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A late 18th century George III mahogany serpentine outline document box with extensive Adam style
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Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Decorative Boxes

George III Mahogany Document box
George III Mahogany Document box
$2,800
H 15.5 in W 9.5 in D 13.5 in
English, mahogany tea caddy, document box, miniature clock
Located in New York, NY
caddy Ca. 1780 and English mahogany document box Ca 1800
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

Framed English Land Documents
Located in Newport Coast, CA
English Land Documents, framed on linen. Price is for each
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Shadow Boxes

Extremely Fine and Rare 18th Century Spanish Colonial Papelera
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 18th century papelera (document / writing box) from Michoacan, circa 1750, is a colonial
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large Italian Painted Document Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Rare 18th Century Italian Document Box decorated with raised and painted Chinoiserie scenes.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Large Italian Painted Document Box
Large Italian Painted Document Box
$6,500
H 12 in W 23 in D 14 in
Fine Antique Hwan-Hwa- Lee Document Box
Located in Westport, CT
Nice larger size in traditional proportions. Traditional brass fitting throughout. Excellent conditions. Free shipping within the US. At cost (FedEx or UPS)
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Brass

Flemish 17th c. Document/Jewel Box
Located in Summerland, CA
A mahogany-veneered strong box fitted with highly decorative bronze hardware, concealing 3 secret
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Bronze

Flemish 17th c. Document/Jewel Box
Flemish 17th c. Document/Jewel Box
$11,500
H 13 in W 22 in D 13 in
Continental Document Box with Tapestry Inlay
Located in Natchez, MS
Continental document box with tapestry inlay. Inlaid wooden interior. Exceptional condition for age.    
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Antique 18th Century Baltic Decorative Boxes

Continental Document Box with Tapestry Inlay
Continental Document Box with Tapestry Inlay
$3,850
H 11 in W 18 in D 9.75 in
A Rare Russian Steel Document Box
Located in Bantam, CT
A Russian Polished Steel document box with wonderfully chased steel handle, circa 1770. With key.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Russian Neoclassical Boxes

Materials

Steel

A Rare Russian Steel Document Box
A Rare Russian Steel Document Box
$800
H 5.5 in W 16 in D 12 in
English Oak Document Box 18th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
An English Oak Document Box c.1750. Who knows what valuables and treasures may have been
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Blanket Chests

Materials

Iron

English Oak Document Box 18th Century
English Oak Document Box 18th Century
$325
H 11.25 in W 27.5 in D 18 in
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18th Century Document Box For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal 18th century document box for your home. Each 18th century document box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. Your living room may not be complete without a 18th century document box — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right 18th century document box, those designed in Georgian, Baroque and neoclassical styles are of considerable interest. A well-made 18th century document box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Mellerio, Thomas Chippendale and James Watt are consistently popular.

How Much is a 18th Century Document Box?

A 18th century document box can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,160, while the lowest priced sells for $325 and the highest can go for as much as $922,167.