18th Century Document Box
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
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
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
$9,011
H 2.37 in W 13.71 in D 6.89 in
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
$10,573
H 7.49 in W 19.3 in D 13 in
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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
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
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
H 5.52 in W 18.51 in D 13.78 in
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
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 Round Top, TX
This is a perfect Spanish walnut document box, It is now missing the key but has the original iron
Category
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
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
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
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
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
Baroque Studded Leather Document Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 18th century document/travel box having fine studwork decoration comprising small and
Category
Antique Late 17th Century European Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
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
Category
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
H 13.13 in W 26 in D 11.25 in
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
Category
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 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
Category
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Georgian Boxes
Materials
Brass
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
Category
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
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Document Box
Located in Birmingham, AL
18th century French walnut document box.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Country Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Boxes
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
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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
Category
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
17TH CENTURY ITALIAN DOCUMENT BOX
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 17th Century Italian Walnut Document Box.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Painted document box
Located in New York, NY
Painted document box, with brass mounts, fittings and hinges
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Jewelry Boxes
Hepplewhite Inlaid Document Box
Located in Litchfield, CT
Probably Pennsylvania, ca. 1790-1810.
Condition: Excellent condition
This large scale document
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Burl
17th Century Spanish Document Box with Iron Hardware
Located in Montecito, CA
Beautiful 17th Century Spanish Document box with Wrought Iron hardware
Category
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Boxes
George III Mahogany Document box
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A late 18th century George III mahogany serpentine outline document box with extensive Adam style
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Decorative Boxes
English, mahogany tea caddy, document box, miniature clock
Located in New York, NY
caddy Ca. 1780 and English mahogany document box Ca 1800
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Boxes
Materials
Wood
Framed English Land Documents
Located in Newport Coast, CA
English Land Documents, framed on linen. Price is for each
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Shadow Boxes
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.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Bronze
Continental Document Box with Tapestry Inlay
Located in Natchez, MS
Continental document box with tapestry inlay. Inlaid wooden interior. Exceptional condition for age.
Category
Antique 18th Century Baltic Decorative Boxes
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.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Russian Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Steel
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
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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.
Finding the Right Boxes for You
From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.
The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.
Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.
Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.
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