Antique Containers

The lid of the desk has a pen rest (a slot in the wood) and a round opening on the right for a glass container, which is now missing. This is used to put the ink in it.

19th century Chinese gold lacquer tea caddy container from the Qing Dynasty. Unique shape, hard to find.

The drum is an open container for cigars.

Likely used for kitchen storage, the container would look lovely nestled in a garden filled with plants or as a water feature.

Beyond its artistic appeal, this bowl serves as a practical and stylish container for sugar cubes, candies, and sweets. The set also includes a pair of tongs for hygienic removal of ...

A bun shaped brass container that transforms into two candlesticks. Its commonly known under the name 'Officer's Campaign - Travel Candlesticks'.

Spice tower has a square base with a filigree leaf designed stem branching upward and encompassed with a ball in center. Spice container is square shaped with a floral design in the ...

To the right, the “Saka” is depicted leading a mule bearing two large water containers. Described as a charitable dervish, the saka distributes water to the public as a humble act of...

Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynasty society, the practice provided an opportunity to display one's refined aesthetic through collectible snuff containers. This ch...

They also make stylish and functional additions to your home, serving as unique containers for magazines or remote controls in your living room.

The vineyard employee would attach the hotte to his/her back (see the last detail photo for an example) and place the harvested grapes directly into the container. This particular ho...

The oval container with thick brass braces and a tin liner rests on stand with cabriole legs terminating in pad feet.

It is thought that it was a container for storing something. A photo of the vase with a lid is included in the reference photo.

This chest, with its brushing slide, has a fitted top drawer of small lidded containers which are finely made. The original cast brass handles and flamboyant rococo escutcheons are ...

Solid teak wood container. Originally used for pounding rice. Great by a fire with logs stacked or by a pool with white towels or for magazines.

Today, you can use it as such or as a container for whatever you want, jewelry, candy, etc.

It is an object full of charm suitable for both centerpieces or kitchen containers Art deco age

19th century, countryside particular sideboard with drower, container trunk with drawer in solid fir polished to wax This kind of container or sideboard were used for bread, sugar s...

Hokai boxes are traditionally used in Japan as the containers to store and carry shells for Kai-awase game in Edo and Meiji Period.

Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) floral metal filigree containers / umbrella stands with 5 sides, spherical feet, and mulberry-shaped finials.

Birch veneer on solid wood. Two containers with numerous drawers and storage spaces.  

Antique walnut lectern, 19th century Rome (Italy), built with exhibition bell and internal container, 3 hand-turned support legs, from Rome, ideal as a display for books, sheet music...

On the inner side of the hinged lid the container bears the hallmarks of the region and period, indicating its origin and verifying the purity of the silver.

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Baroque silver box with loose plug-in lid in a bulbous oval shape, flush stand without feet, in the lower area of the container and on the lid chased boss decoration with ornamentati...

Beautiful glazed Italian oval pottery container with scrolled double handles and pierced decorative fretwork band above banded base, all on four scrolled feet in a transitional neocl...

A fine pair of ormolu and cut glass wall lights suspended by oval fluted back plates with ball bead decoration, mounted with a scroll arm supporting cut glass eggs, mounted with a or...

Formal French bicolor hard stone ice container. One in its kind. A great element to create a fountain, flower pot, hand washer or even to be used as wine cooler.

When first introduced to Europe from Asia, tea was extremely expensive, and kept under lock and key. The containers used were often expensive and decorative, to fit in with the rest ...

This humidor is in good condition except for a four-inch separation on the bottom of the container.

This could be carried about in a simple container without any worry of spills. If a dispatch was required, the warrior need simply to slide open the lid and press his brush into the ...

We can observe the traces of an eventful life and after having played their role as containers for a few decades, they will be able to fit into your interior as a singular fruit bowl...

Affixed to the lower half of the backplate are eight cast oval-shaped oil containers tapering to rounded points. The removable servant is designed similarly and is affixed to the top...

This captivating box serves as a functional storage container but also stands as an example of the enduring legacy of the Qing dynasty.

This striking fruit basket combines a beautiful beech wood frame with glass rods, integrated in the wood on the horizontal plane as to form a container for the fruit while maintainin...

Neutral colors such as straw yellow and dark midnight blue, which adapt to any interior, even the most modern as a contrasting element. Containers therefore suitable for bathrooms, ...

. 🌸 🎨 Tin tea cans are not only a container for storing tea, but also a work of art and an elegant utensil for tea lovers.

An authentic wood container used by the Tutsi people, a group of people residing near the African Great Lakes.

They are generally fitted with a lockable container (Beilade) or till at the right or left side.

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Large Victorian Brass Jardinière, Lions Mask Planter This a good quality piece of solid brass craftsmanship, the Jardinière has a rolled top edge and lions mask ring handles There i...

Silver spice container, Germany, circa 1900. In the shape of a Gothic castle, hand engraved, topped with a silver flag.

However, by chance, I was lucky enough to fill this container with about 1/3 water and it did not leak.

Dimensions: Box width 7 ½, depth 7”, height 2 3/4” Containers diameter 2”, height 1 1/2”.

In solid walnut, with zinc containers.  

A pandan was associated with the preparation and storage of ingredients used for paan, while larger covered containers could hold chapati, roti or other foods.

He learned to craft durable containers and how to pack them properly – a well-respected profession at the time.

This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions.

Fine Edwardian copper and brass spirit container of barrel form with riveted construction and having gleaming surface.

This upper section is supported by four slender and delicately scrolling legs gracefully coming down to secure a smaller container in the lower part, with a décor echoed from the top.

Such receptacles served as containers for beer or milk.

Made of lignum vitae. The container & lid & base separately turned & screw together - the "jar" of a solid piece typical of fine treen work. 4 1/8" dia., 4.5" h.

Good Size 19th Century Sheffield Oak Brewery Barrel, Table, Log Bin or Christmas Tree A superb strong Victorian coopered Oak barrel, it is from Sheffield, This good looking piece...

An unusual William IV mahogany tea caddy in the form of a pedestal sideboard with a hinged lid opening to reveal a central well for a mixing bowl (now missing) flanked by two removab...

Two auriform foliate side rails flank the eight oil containers resting on raised foliate scrolled holders applied to the rectangular base which rests on four seashell scrolled feet.

Early 19th century brass bird cage, circa 1810-1830 The bird cage has two bird seed containers that attaches to the cage.   

Textured with subtle trailing vine patterns in low relief and balanced on tripod feet, the unusual container makes for a fantastic planter or fire pit.

Nefs are extravagant table ornaments and containers made of precious metals in the shape of a ship.

On the right is a matching container (haifuki) used to hold ash and waste. This smoking set includes a lacquered bamboo smoking pipe (kiseru), supported by hinged metal hooks on the ...