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Sailor's Inlaid Ditty Box
Sailor's Inlaid Ditty Box

Sailor's Inlaid Ditty Box

$4,900

H 4.5 in W 9.5 in D 6.5 in

Sailor's Inlaid Ditty Box

Located in Greenwich, CT

A sailor's ditty box for holding a sailor's valuables (mending needles, thread, pipe tobacco, razor

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

Personal Writing Chest or Sailor's Ditty Box in Pine with Handles and Lock
Personal Writing Chest or Sailor's Ditty Box in Pine with Handles and Lock

Personal Writing Chest or Sailor's Ditty Box in Pine with Handles and Lock

Located in Doylestown, PA

Personal writing/document campaign style chest or sailor's ditty box in pine with carry handles

Category

Early 20th Century Campaign Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Metal

Early 20Th Century English Maritime Sailors Gambling Game Box  ‘Crown & Anchor'
Early 20Th Century English Maritime Sailors Gambling Game Box  ‘Crown & Anchor'

Early 20Th Century English Maritime Sailors Gambling Game Box ‘Crown & Anchor'

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A early 20th century sailors ditty box, with painted ‘Crown & Anchor’ lid and original dice. C & A

Category

Early 20th Century English Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

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Folk Art Sailor's Wood Ditty Box
Folk Art Sailor's Wood Ditty Box

Folk Art Sailor's Wood Ditty Box

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H 4.5 in W 14 in D 10 in

Folk Art Sailor's Wood Ditty Box

Located in Downingtown, PA

Folk Art Sailor's wood ditty box, Early 20th century The Folk Art sailor's rectangular wood box

Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Sailor Made Whalebone Ditty Box, circa 1850
Sailor Made Whalebone Ditty Box, circa 1850

Sailor Made Whalebone Ditty Box, circa 1850

Located in Nantucket, MA

Ditty boxes were used by sailors to store small tools and personal items,the body is made of out

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art More Folk Art

Materials

Bone, Mahogany

19th Century English Handcarved Soldiers Ditty Box
19th Century English Handcarved Soldiers Ditty Box

19th Century English Handcarved Soldiers Ditty Box

Located in London, GB

Soldiers ditty box A delightful example of a hand carved 19th century Folk Art sailor’s ditty box

Category

Antique Early 1900s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Collection of Scandinavian Folk Art Boxes
Collection of Scandinavian Folk Art Boxes

Collection of Scandinavian Folk Art Boxes

Located in Greenwich, CT

birch bark cylindrical box, a fisherman's ditty box and a charming small domed valuables box having

Category

Antique 19th Century Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Sailor Made Scrimshaw Box, circa 1850
19th Century Sailor Made Scrimshaw Box, circa 1850

19th Century Sailor Made Scrimshaw Box, circa 1850

Located in Nantucket, MA

brass lock, raised on ball feet. A beautiful decorative sailor's ditty box made by a whaleman during one

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Mahogany

Primitive Antique Pennsylvania Painted Pine Blanket Storage Hope Chest Footed
Primitive Antique Pennsylvania Painted Pine Blanket Storage Hope Chest Footed

Primitive Antique Pennsylvania Painted Pine Blanket Storage Hope Chest Footed

Located in Dayton, OH

(ditty box) and hand turned bun feet. A charming addition to any space. The ditty box was often used

Category

Antique Early 19th Century American Classical Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine, Paint

Sea Chest with Great Beckets and Canvas Top
Sea Chest with Great Beckets and Canvas Top

Sea Chest with Great Beckets and Canvas Top

Located in Norwell, MA

Sturdy seamans chest with a fine pair of intricately knotted beckets, canvas covered top, ditty box

Category

Vintage 1950s North American Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

Two Similar Shaker Oval Ditty Boxes
Two Similar Shaker Oval Ditty Boxes

Two Similar Shaker Oval Ditty Boxes

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H 2.5 in W 5.5 in D 4 in

Two Similar Shaker Oval Ditty Boxes

Located in San Francisco, CA

A near pair of shaker bentwood maple and pine oval ditty boxes of lapped finger construction one

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Shaker Decorative Boxes

Materials

Maple, Pine

American Early 19th Century Sponge Painted Trunk with Bracket Base
American Early 19th Century Sponge Painted Trunk with Bracket Base

American Early 19th Century Sponge Painted Trunk with Bracket Base

Located in Wells, ME

interior ditty box. This trunk is made using the classic dovetailed construction of the time. It retains

Category

Antique Early 19th Century American American Colonial Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine, Paint

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