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Antique Rajasthani Footed Chest Box India 1900's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Rajasthani Shekhawati Merchant's Footed Chest Box India 1900's. Early 20th Century Indian
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Antique Iron Bound Merchants Chest with Hidden Compartments
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Antique iron bound merchants chest with hidden compartments. The chest is very heavy, it has a
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Antique Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Teak

Indian 19th Century Merchant's Chest with Pierced Geometric Decor and Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian merchant's chest from the 19th century, with pierced geometric decor and
Category

Antique 19th Century Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Box Document Box
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Chinese Document Box. Elm wood in Black lacquer with bronze hardware having a pine
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Elm, Pine

19th Century Chinese Box Document Box
19th Century Chinese Box Document Box
H 8.5 in W 16.5 in D 8.75 in
Early 20th Century Chinese Red Lacquer Decorated Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
a merchants name. Great as a small jewelry box or for a collection, (Watches?). Lid simply lifts off.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

19C Irish Coromandel Wood Campaign Decanter Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING 19C Irish Coromandel Wood Campaign Decanter Box. STUNNING mid-Victorian
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Antique 19th Century Irish Campaign Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Silver, Brass

19th Century English Victorian Campaign Style Travel Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
merchants and businessmen, this remarkable writing box was exquisitely hand-crafted in England in the mid
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Campaign Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique English Mahogany Campaign Style Lap Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique English mahogany campaign style travel desk / writing slope box with beautifully
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Antique 19th Century English Campaign Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Indian Antique Wooden Dowry Box with Geometric Motifs and Weathered Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antiue Indian wooden dowry box used by a merchant, with geometric design. Charming us with its
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Antique 19th Century Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Southeast Asian Filipino Maranao Silver Inlaid Brass Betel Nut Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality antique silver-inlaid solid brass betel nut box (Lutuan), dating to the
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Antique 19th Century Philippine Islamic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper

Late 19th Century Milky White Opaline Bohemian Gilded Moser Box France 1850-1920
Located in Queens Village, NY
This beautiful opaline glass and copper box was made by skilled French craftspeople between the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel, Gold Leaf

Rare Antique Italian Jewelry Box Casket with Gilt Bronze Lockplate & Hasp Attrib
Located in Forney, TX
, they were frequently used by merchants as a writing box during travel and trade, coffer storing
Category

Antique 19th Century Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Russian Silver, Gold And Niello Topographical Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
of aesthetic splendor, this functional snuff box captured a bounty of essential information and data
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Antique 19th Century Russian Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Silver

Embriachi workshop marquetry casket - Northern Italy, 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
technique. Venice in particular was known for the production of these luxurious boxes. The caskets
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Queen Anne Britannia 'Vento and Vellis' 'Wind and Speed' Silver Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Queen Anne English Britannia silver tobacco box
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Antique Early 1700s English Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Britannia Standard Silver

Coopered Barrel Advertising Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
cider. Merchants used them for storing hardware and dried goods of every kind. The whaling industry used
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Coopered Barrel Advertising Tea Caddy
Coopered Barrel Advertising Tea Caddy
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H 10 in W 9 in D 5.5 in
Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in gilded 925/1000 silver with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with
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Vintage 1980s Italian Queen Anne Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Victorian Gold and Mother of Pearl Handled Butter Knife
By George Unite & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
box cover bears the retailer's mark 'The Association of Diamond Merchants, Jewellers & Silversmiths, 6
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Antique 1890s English Victorian Knife Boxes

Materials

Gold

Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era
Located in Soquel, CA
doors hide the safe box with lock, there are two small drawers. Merchant chests were used by business
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Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique Handcrafted Small Merchant's Chest with Lock and Key
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique small merchant's chest or box, c. 1920's. Wonderful petite chest handcrafted of teak and
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Vintage 1920s Unknown Rustic Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Teak

Indonesian Madurese 19th Century Polychrome Merchant's Blanket Chest on Wheels
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indonesian 19th century merchant's blanket chest on wheels from Madura, with hand-painted and
Category

Antique 19th Century Indonesian Blanket Chests

Materials

Wood

Merchant's Chest on wheels in carved and painted wood - Madura Indonesia 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty blanket chest on wheels for an Indonesian merchant from the end of the 19th century
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Antique Late 19th Century Indonesian Blanket Chests

Materials

Wood

Stunning Antique Bronze Sculpture / Statue of a Well Dressed Venetian Merchant
Located in Lisse, NL
perfectly handcrafted bronze sculpture of a merchant from Venice comes with the most wonderful details. It
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Antique 19th Century European Belle Époque Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Japanese Lacquer Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
set of scales and abacus for the merchants. The box's exterior is a sophisticated black ground
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Antique 19th Century Asian Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Gold

Japanese Lacquer Box
Japanese Lacquer Box
H 7.25 in W 17.75 in D 13.75 in
Japanese Lacquered Furoshiki Kobako 'Box'
Located in PARIS, FR
Rectangular and flat lacquer Kobako (small box) representing a furoshiki knot seen from above
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Lacquered Furoshiki Kobako 'Box'
Japanese Lacquered Furoshiki Kobako 'Box'
H 0.6 in W 1.97 in D 2.76 in
C. 1900 Indian Strong Box With Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
box is rustic in finish suggests that it could have been used as a merchant's chest. Every vendor in
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Early 20th Century Indian Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Teak

C. 1900 Indian Strong Box With Original Patina
C. 1900 Indian Strong Box With Original Patina
H 24.5 in W 31.75 in D 18.75 in
17th Century English Oak Strong Box c. 1640
Located in Heathfield, GB
A rare English oak strong box retaining original and elaborately forged iron lock plate and lock
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Antique 17th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Oak

Dutch Walnut Writing Box with Brass Mounts, Early 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Dutch walnut writing box with brass mounts Early 18th century Measures: H. 20 x W. 47 x D
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Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Dutch Walnut Writing Box with Brass Mounts, Early 18th Century
Dutch Walnut Writing Box with Brass Mounts, Early 18th Century
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H 7.88 in W 18.51 in D 11.03 in
Antique Boxed 1912 Sterling Silver Enamel and Glass Scent Bottles
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
. These antique perfume bottles are fitted to the original hinged leatherette box with satin and velvet
Category

Vintage 1910s English Bottles

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Blue and White Square Box, Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
This cute square box could have been used as an incense burner, and flowers could have been
Category

Antique 1720s Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

Antique 19th Century Chinese Silver Cherry Blossom Box, Wang Hing 1890
By Wang Hing & Co.
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Chinese export solid silver box, of elongated rectangular form, decorated with
Category

Antique 1890s Chinese Chinese Export Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Small Blue and White Cosmetic Box circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
is believed the ship was a Chinese merchant’s cargo on its way from Canton (Guangzhou) to Batavia
Category

Antique 1720s Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

Fine 17th Century Dutch Colonial Armorial Tortoiseshell & Silver Box, Dated 1691
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A dutch tortoiseshell box with two engraved silver plaques Amsterdam, 1691, with maker's mark of
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Antique 17th Century Dutch Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Large 19th Century Lacquered and Gilded Jewelry Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
Rare Victorian (c. 1850) lacquered papier-mâché jewelry box with inlaid mother of pearl and gilding
Category

Antique 1850s Victorian Cabinets

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Daniel Douke (American, b. 1943) Romeo & Juliet Cigar Box Acrylic Painting C.
By Daniel Douke
Located in New York, NY
exhibition 1979 Illusion and Material, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ Art in Boxes
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20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Gillows: of Lancaster & London 1730-1840, Rare 2 Vol. Boxed, 1st Ed Set
Located in valatie, NY
Gillows: of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Cabinetmakers and International Merchants : A Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

Materials

Paper

Swatow Lidded Boxes in the shape of Waves and Flowers, Late Ming Era(16-17th c)
Located in seoul, KR
Small green-glazed boxes from the late Ming dynasty cargo. Identical pieces are included on page
Category

Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Two Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain HeHe Groups Kangxi Period
Located in Dallas, TX
his right hand, a coin-box in his right; the right-hand figure with his arm stretched around the other
Category

Antique 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Napkin Rings
By J.B. Chatterley & Sons Ltd.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
'Goldsmiths & Diamond merchants, G. Chambers & Sons, Head St, Colchester'. These boxed sterling silver napkin
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Vintage 1960s British Elizabethan Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Cartier Sterling Silver Tastevin Vintage Paris 20th Century France
By Cartier
Located in Antwerpen, BE
box marked by Cartier. It is a unique and classic object to have in your home or as a collector's
Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Antique George IV (1827) Sterling Silver Gilt Grape Shears
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
fit catch. The interior of the box bears the retailer's mark 'Reid & Sons, Diamond Merchants, By
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Antique 1820s British George IV Tableware

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Art Deco Pair of Sterling Silver Bon Bon Dishes
By R E Stone
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
interior of the box bears the retailer's mark 'Wilson & Sharp Ltd, Diamond Merchants, Goldsmiths
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Vintage 1930s Great Britain (UK) Art Deco Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver Owl Peppers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
modelled in the form of owls - boxed; an addition to our collectable silver collection These exceptional
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Vintage 1910s British Tableware

Materials

Sterling Silver

Victorian English Sterling Silver Cream Sugar Presentation Set
By James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
presentation set - boxed; an addition to our antique teaware collection. This exceptional antique Victorian
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Antique 1890s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Japanese Rare Early Edo Era (dated 1675!) Document Tansu 30"H
Located in Portland, OR
portable accounting chests and money boxes used by merchants and elites to carry valuable between while
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique 1923 Scottish Sterling Silver Gilt Medallion
By George Edward & Sons 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
neckline. This antique medallion is fitted to an exceptional hinged leatherette presentation box with
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Vintage 1920s British Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Middle Eastern Islamic Brass Inkwell Qalamdan, circa 1850
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pen Box Inkwell/Qalamdan, Circa 1850. The Divit Qalamdan was used by calligraphers to store their
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Antique Late 19th Century Asian Islamic Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

Midshipman Proctor’s Sword for Valour at the Battle of Copenhagen
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
slings in a fitted mahogany box lined in green velvet. English, c 1800. James Proctor (died before 1814
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Antique Early 1800s English Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Silver, Steel

Cizhou Rectangular Pillow with Carved Decoration, Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
, and Shanxi. Cizhou ware enjoyed widespread popularity, catering to an affluent merchant class during
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

F. Tamagno, Original Vintage Poster, Cachou Lajaunie, Liquorice Candy, c.1900
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
, wearing a yellow hat decorated with flowers, presents a box of Lajaunie Cachous to six gentlemen. Each of
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Posters

Materials

Paper

Japanese Sea Captain's Chest, Funa Tansu, Keyaki and Iron, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
merchant ships during the Edo and Meiji periods. Used as strong boxes to store money, paperwork, and other
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Iron

Monumental Japanese Silk Textile - Peacocks in Landscape.
By Takashimaya
Located in Christchurch, GB
required, it was a painstaking workload that was very likely destined for a weathy merchant or perhaps one
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Textiles

Materials

Gold

1916s Pocket Magnetic Compass for the Raf Officers Antique Surveyor Measurement
Located in Milan, IT
, thickness 1.5 cm - 0.59 inches. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free. The first hints
Category

Vintage 1910s Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

Cizhou Lotus Carved Jar, Song-Yuan dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
very popular, made for a clientèle of rich merchants, at a period when the paintings of famous artists
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Original Antique Map of the Duchy of Holstein
By Willem Blaeu
Located in Langweer, NL
pictorially. Two inset box provide further detail of the specific locales. The inset box in the upper left
Category

Antique Mid-17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Map of the Duchy of Holstein
Original Antique Map of the Duchy of Holstein
H 20.48 in W 24.53 in D 0.02 in
Antique African Tuareg Moroccan Shoulder Leather Bag 1960s Collectible
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
shoulder slim bag, merchants in Morocco when traveling used this bag under their coat to put their money
Category

Mid-20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Leather

End 19th Century Antique Magnetic Topographic Compass Made in Brass and Oak
Located in Milan, IT
height 1. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free (look at the last picture). The
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Antique 1890s Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Oak

A Cizhou Yuhuchunping, Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Shanxi. Cizhou wares seem to have been very popular, made for a clientèle of rich merchants, at a period
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities

Materials

Stoneware

Antique Hand Tooled Leather African Tribal Moroccan Bag Collectible, 1940s
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moorish embroideries. Hand-tooled in Marrakech, this is an old antique shoulder slim bag, merchants in
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Leather

Rustic 18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Side Table
Located in Birmingham, AL
. Custom made for a wealthy merchant, the large carved center drawer with original iron pull was used for
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Antique 1710s Spanish Baroque Side Tables

Materials

Fruitwood, Walnut

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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the merchant box you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A merchant box — often made from metal, wood and iron — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the merchant box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right merchant box, those designed in Industrial and Victorian styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Merchant Box?

The average selling price for a merchant box at 1stDibs is $695, while they’re typically $25 on the low end and $4,033 for the highest priced.