Antique English Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
Fitted Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box Interior From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box. The Rosewood box of rectangular form extensiv...
Wood
Antique Victorian Tunbridge Ware Lined Handkerchief Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Victorian rosewood Tunbridge ware handkerchief box with lid decorated with mosaic floral group to the centre and floral border, opening to reveal a red silk lined interior. Dimen...
Rosewood
Antique English Large Tunbridge Box With Marquetry Inlay
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique English Tunbridge box with geometric inlay, hinged lid, red velvet interior, felted bottom and comes with working key.
Velvet, Wood
Tunbridge Box Still Bank, circa 1870s
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Incline Village, NV
This Tunbridge box still bank is indigenous to the Tunbridge ware cottage industries of the town of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England in the 18th and 19th century.
Wood
Fantastic quality antique Victorian Tunbridge ware vanity box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality antique Victorian Tunbridge ware vanity box, having a outstanding quality antique Victorian Tunbridge ware vanity box with a lift up lid opening to reveal a purple ...
Silver Plate
Unusual quality antique Victorian Tunbridge ware stationary box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual quality antique Victorian Tunbridge ware stationary box, having an unusual shaped Tunbridge ware stationary box with a lift up lid opening to reveal blue interior with four f...
Wood
Lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid writing box having a lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid wring box with beautiful detail to the box opening to reveal a pull...
Wood
Antique English Georgian / Early Victorian Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
A Georgian Tunbridge Ware sewing box dating to circa 1840. The rectangular rosewood box is extensively decorated with geometric Tunbridge Ware mosaic inlay across the exterior and st...
Wood
Antique English Regency Tunbridge Ware Chinoiserie Sewing Work Table Cabinet
Located in Northampton, GB
A Regency period Tunbridge ware cabinet dating to circa 1810, decorated throughout with finely detailed chinoiserie scenes and geometric borders. Of twin door form made from sycamore...
Sycamore
C. 1870 Antique English Tunbridge Ware & Penwork Regency Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, circa 1870. A Regency Tunbridge Ware & Penwork Tea Caddy Box of Hexagonal form. Featuring a decorated Neo Classical taste top centering the goddess Ceres recumbent upon her...
Walnut
Quality antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid tea caddy having a lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid tea caddy with beautiful detail to the box opening to reveal two rec...
Wood
Quality antique 19th Century walnut tea caddy with Tunbridge inlay
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique 19th Century walnut tea caddy with Tunbridge inlay, having a quality domed shaped lid with beautiful Tunbridge inlay opening to reveal two compartments for tea. D. 1880
Walnut
19th Century English Tunbridge Ware Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
A well-made antique, circa 1830, English tea caddy with stunning marquetry inlays, warm coloring, superb detailing, and luminous rich patina!
Brass
Victorian Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy, Parquetry Design, Circa 1870
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming 19th Century Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy With Attractive Floral Band To Main Body And Parquetry Perspective Cubes To Hinged Lid Enclosing Lidded Interior. Tea was an extrem...
Other
Antique English Tunbridge Inlaid Walnut Rare Triple fold Jewelry Box Lap Desk
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Superb and Rare Antique English Tunbridge Inlaid Walnut rare triple folding Jewelry Box and Lap Desk Please note extraordinary "Tunbridge" inlaid burr walnut exterior, mother of pea...
Walnut, Mother-of-Pearl, Velvet, Satinwood
Antique Walnut Tunbridge Ware Jewelry Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Walnut jewelry box with chequered strung edging and decorative borders on the top and front. With a mother of pearl initial plate and escutcheon. The interior is lined in green si...
Mother-of-Pearl, Velvet, Walnut
Unavailable
H 3.75 in W 9 in D 5.5 in
Antique Folk Art Tunbridge Ware Painted Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Early painted Tunbridge Ware sewing box with a lockable sliding lid, decorated with a rural scene with a figure fishing. The interior is lined with pink paper. The tunbridge sewi...
Sycamore Early Tunbridge Box Painted Ship, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique early tunbridge sycamore box with a superb painted view of a coastal landscape framed by transfer ware border.
Sycamore
Unavailable
H 6 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
Antique Tunbridge Ware Tonbridge Castle Ash Tea Caddy, circa 1900
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tunbridge ware dome top tea caddy veneered in Hungarian ash with a view of Tonbridge Castle on the top, standing on four turned wooden feet. The Tunbridge ware tea caddy interior...
Ash
Unavailable
H 6.75 in W 12 in D 6 in
Antique Mahogany Tunbridge Ware Tea Chest Muckross Abbey 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Tunbridge ware mahogany tea chest with a view of Muckross Abbey surrounded by floral borders and standing on four turned wooden feet. The interior has been refitted with later in...
Mahogany
Victorian Black Walnut Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, Circa 1880.
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Glowing, patinated wood box with hinged lid. This antique Tunbridge box of England is particularly inlaid with multiple-colored woods.
Fruitwood, Walnut
Antique Coromandel Tunbridge Ware Trinket Keepsake Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
Vandyke Border From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique Coromandel Tunbridge Ware Box.
Wood
Antique English Georgian Tunbridge Ware Brighton Pavilion Sewing Compendium
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare Tunbridge Ware Form Sewing Compendium From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this very rare Tunbridge Wear Sewing Compendium. The Sewing Compendium model...
Wood, Sycamore
Antique English Tunbridge Jewel Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Black Walnut With Exotic Inlay Fitted Jewel Box
Walnut, Boxwood, Satinwood, Olive, Satin
Victorian Rosewood Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
Many of the Tunbridge boxes had a central image with views of castles, churches, pavilions, animals, country scenes and sometimes people, such as the Young Prince of Wales.
Wood
Antique English Tunbridge Marquetry Inlaid Oak Box, Circa 1900.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Tunbridge Marquetry Inlaid Oak Box, Circa 1900.
Oak
Antique English Coromandel and Tunbridge Ware Box, circa 1850
Located in Bath, GB
A superb glove box dating to the mid-19th century with the highly sought-after combination of exotic Coromandel wood and micro-mosaic Tunbrdige Ware / Tunbridgeware. The interior ...
Wood
Pretty antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid trinket box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pretty antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid trinket box having a pretty antique Victorian trinket box with a lift up lid opening to reveal a lift out compartment with a storage co...
Walnut
Antique Tunbridge Ware Jewelry Box by T. Barton, Late Nye, circa 1850
By Barton
Located in Bath, GB
A rosewood veneered Tunbridge ware box by T Barton, the slightly domed top inlaid with a display of roses depicted in micro mosaic, framed by bandings of contrasting light and dark w...
Wood
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H 5.25 in W 9.75 in D 6.75 in
Antique Walnut Tunbridgeware Tunbridge Marquetry Jewellery Casket Table Box 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally Fine well figured Tunbridgeware Marquetry Walnut Ladies or Gentlemans Jewellery Casket of outstanding quality and condition, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century ...
Brass
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H 5.25 in W 8 in D 5.5 in
Antique Victorian Mahogany Tunbridge Ware Double Tea Caddy Box, 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine quality Tunbridge ware micro mosiac well figured mahogany early Victorian double tea caddy, with good rich color and patination. Complete with original fitted interior, circa 18...
Brass
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H 2.56 in W 8.86 in D 5.12 in
Antique Decorative Cigar Box, English, Tunbridge Ware, Keepsake, Desk, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative cigar box. An English, Tunbridge ware inlaid keepsake box or desk tidy, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Boxwood, Fruitwood
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H 6.25 in W 12 in D 7.5 in
Antique Mahogany Tunbridge Ware Marquetry Cigar Cigarette Casket Box Victorian
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine example of a Gentlemans Tunbridge Ware Parquetry inlaid Cigar or Cigarette Casket of generous size. Last half of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin. ...
Brass
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H 4.75 in W 9.75 in D 6.75 in
19th-Century English Figured Walnut Domed Tunbridge Box, Lock & Key
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb 19th century English figured walnut box with lock and key, circa 1880. This fine antique box has a wonderful domed lid accented with tunbridge bands along the top and front ...
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Circa 1850-60 English Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1850-60 Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, English. Featuring Eridge Castle on the lid.
Wood
Antique Walnut Jewel Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Walnut Jewel Box Tunbridge Inlay
Walnut
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H 6.11 in W 15.56 in D 9.45 in
Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Tunbridge Ware Inlay Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian burr walnut Tunbridge Ware inlay writing box having a fantastic burr walnut and Tunbridge Ware inlay opening to reveal a leather writing slope with two stor...
Walnut
Thomas Barton Exceptional Tunbridge Ware Wooden Box, 19th Century
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and original antique wooden Tunbridge ware box, possibly for games, made by Thomas Barton (1819-1903).
Hardwood
Quality antique Victorian walnut tunbridge ware inlaid sewing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian walnut tunbridge ware inlaid sewing box, having beautiful inlaid detail to the box with a lift up lid opening to reveal an interior tray above a storage com...
Walnut
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H 4.75 in W 10.75 in D 7.5 in
Antique English Tunbridge Box with Walnut Marquetry Inlay, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Tunbridge Box with Walnut Marquetry Inlay, Circa 1890.
Walnut
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H 5.91 in W 11.82 in D 4.73 in
Antique English Victorian inlaid tunbridge walnut jewellery casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An Antique English Victorian inlaid tunbridge walnut jewellery casket, circa 1880 in date.
Walnut
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H 7.09 in W 19.69 in D 9.85 in
Large Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Tunbridge Ware Inlay Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large quality antique Victorian burr walnut Tunbridge Ware inlay writing box having a quality burr walnut and Tunbridge Ware inlay opening to reveal a leather writing slope with two ...
Walnut
Antique Tunbridge Ware Perfume Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Tunbridge ware perfume box veneered with beautifully unusual vandyke decoration with a tessellated fleur-de-lys inlay.
Wood
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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