Antique Shell Box

Antique French Boulle marquetry box with game elements inside, cards and bone game chips. The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass and tortoiseshell. Original key is included....

A shell decorated box, with a ships painting, the box and painting are new, the box is antique.

Charming 19th century British jewelry box ambitiously encrusted with exotic seashells. The interior has a mirror, pin cushion and six compartments lined with pink paper.

English Regency hinged tortoiseshell and pie shaped mother-of-pearl glove box, with brass oval inlays, a lined baize interior, and resting on raised brass ball feet, Mid-19th century.

Great 19th century English bone inlaid tortoise shell tea caddy with painted interior and metal feet.

Early 19th c. English Regency Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy with Mother of Pearl Inlay and Ivory Bun Feet.

Each cammeo is different and represents a different scenes. Bronze and shell materials make this jewellery box a really rare and precious piece.

English Regency silver inlaid turtle shell double tea caddy, 19th century. English Regency sarcophagus form tortoise shell tea caddy, raised on applied brass feet, decoration featuri...

Indian Star Tortoise carapace or shell, converted to a box. The lid inlaid, with ebony and mahogany, in a star form, the box interior, with a mahogany lid, and more inlay.

Important Silver & Viennese enamel mounted repousse tortoiseshell jewelry cabinet box in the Renaissance style. Very large and impressive in size.

Enchanting pair of 19th century British jewelry boxes ambitiously encrusted with exotic seashells with exposed areas covered in marbleized paper. The interiors have mirrors, pin cush...

Is clad by brass stringed tortoise shell panels on all sides and raised on brass feet.

Rare and unusual 18K gold, enamel and shell jewelry box of French origin, circa 19th century.

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1860 Coromandel wood gold gilt Etui sewing kit with Asprey pencil and shell cameos A very ornately engraved and extremely h...

Beautiful jewelry or decorative box, used as a glove box by that time. Made in Boulle Marquetry style in blackened wood with brass marquetry, copper, mother of pearl and tortoise she...

English Regency silver inlaid turtle shell double tea caddy, 19th century. English Regency block front or serpentine form tortoise shell tea caddy, the top with silver nameplate mono...

Gorgeous jewel or decorative box, used as a glove box by that time. Made in Boulle Marquetry style using five splendid noble veneered materials as brass and tortoiseshell in differen...

19th century English tortoise shell tea caddy with bone feet and interior.

Beautiful Napoleon III Jewelry box in blackened wood veneer and Boulle style marquetry with inlays of brass threads and multiple cartridges with brass, bone, mother of pearl, Horn an...

Diminutive English tea caddy of tortoiseshell with sterling silver mounts. Tea container has original foil paper, circa 1810.

A Monumental Louis XIV style French gilt-bronze mounted wood boulle marquetry casket box, circa 1895 Known in French as a carré de toilette, this casket has canted corners with lavi...

Louis XV style jewelry or decorative box in Boulle Marquetry style in red tortoiseshell mother of pearl and pewter with 2 fine delicate golden bronze lingotières, inside the cartouch...

Antique English tortoise shell tea caddy with inlaid mother of pearl, Circa 1870-1880.

A fine English regency silver stringed tortoise shell tea caddy with architecturally shaped front, matching domed top and skirted body resting on mahogany bun feet. The top opens up ...

This conversion was likely done more than 150 years ago and the cabinetmaker who did the conversion made it such that the entire converted portion (stationery box) can lift out compl...

A magnificent and highly decorative shell inspired biscuit box, with a wonderful naturalistic formed frame in the form of tree branches.

The top and four sides have been cut and inlaid with hardstone pietra dura, flowers, leaves and stems in beautiful coloured specimen stones such as agate, lapis lazuli, Jade, turquoi...

Beautiful piece of Italian craftsmanship. This jewelry box is hand painted, inlaid with copper and pearl shell.

English Regency Mother of Pearl, Abalone, and Tortoise Shell Double Tea Caddy. With ivory veneered edge and ball feet, silver nameplate and escutcheon.

Resting on four brass ball feet this fine Georgian tea caddy features book matched tortoise shell on all visible surfaces elegantly stringed with bone along the edges. The hinged top...

An exquisite antique dome-top jewellery box that embodies timeless elegance and superb craftsmanship. The exterior of the box is veneered in exotic Coromandel, showcasing a captiv...

Lined with foil paper and mounted with brass feet and finial; the brass hinge added at a late date.

This is a truly magnificent antique French ormolu and abalone shell mounted luxury casket, circa 1870 in date. This exceptional casket is rectangular in shape and features sumptu...

English Georgian tortoise shell and silver foliage mounted hinged tea caddy with exterior silver bale, interior lid with bone knob, and original locking mechanism with key, Late 18th...

English Georgian serpentine tortoise shell and mother of pearl hinged tea caddy with four flanking inlaid corner columns, central escutcheon, bone fitted interior border with two lid...

English Georgian tortoise shell hinged tea caddy with a domed lid, centered silver bail handle, diamond shaped escutcheon, fitted interior with two lidded tortoiseshell compartments,...

An exquisite miniature of French philosopher Charles Montesquieu graces the lid of this tortoiseshell-lined snuff box. The handsome portrait was fashioned by the renowned Jacques-Jos...

English Tortoise shell, Ivory, and Mother-of-pearl inlay serpentine tea caddy with a paktong hinged top reveling two lidded compartments, centered paktong square escutcheon, and term...

Heading : Georgian antique tea caddy with shell inlay Date : c1810 Period : George III Origin : England Decoration : Shell pattern inlay to cover. Interior with three lift-out co...

Two medallions in the shape of scallop shells adorn the sides. The box rests on four hoof feet that are flanked with foliage, circa 1815.

Pretty antique Victorian mahogany conch shell inlaid tea caddy, having a quality antique Victorian inlaid tea caddy with pretty conch shell inlay to the lid opening to reveal three c...

18th Century English Tea Caddy with Shell Marquetry Inlay

A shapely English Georgian octagonal lidded tea caddy with shell inlay; the octagonal lid centering an inlaid shell medallion all-over a conforming body.

An English Regency style Tea Caddy in Blonde Tortoise-Shell, retaining its original fitted interior compartments, and dating from the late 1800s.

The elongated rectan...

The shell has a beautiful mellow patina and the silver binding to both the lid and body on both sides enhances this piece. The interior retains its original lining throughout.   

This is a sweet little box with a lot of character, I love the original faded exterior surface.

Early 19th c. English Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy with Ivory Bun Feet and Red Velvet Interior.

An Antique English blonde tortoiseshell card holder with locking hinge. Please view all photographs for damage.

19th Century Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

This tourist diorama depicting the port of Canton, China was made from paper, shells, wooden frame, and glass from the early 19th century.

The box opens to an interior with red marbled paper in the interior of the lid.

A great looking cigar box mounted in silver with scroll decoration on the exterior of the box. The mounts are in a good gauge of silver. The tortoiseshell is in excellent condition a...

Rectangular snuff box in brown tortoiseshell and gold. The interior of the box is entirely lined with gold. The hinged lid is decorated with a rectangular micromosaic featuring a vie...

19th Century tortoise shell grain and greek key tea caddy. Boule, Georgian.   A stunning Georgian tea caddy having boule inlaid Greek Key and sunburst design integrated with a tort...

An exceptionally fine quality example of a Lady’s silver plated and Faux Tortoiseshell Grooming box set of English origin, late Victorian period.

Early 19th Century English Large Octagonal George III Tea Caddy with Shell & String Inlay

Tortoiseshell and bronze marquetry serpentine front on ebonized wood cellaret, opens top and sides to reveal a gilt bronze rack holding four decanters and ten(of original 16) footed...