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Retro Vintage Lau Indsutrial Box Fan Coffee Table Glass Top Reclaimed Repurposed
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Industrial Lau box fan table. Square form with adjustable legs and a glass top. Measure
Category

Late 20th Century Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

Antique Fan-Shaped Biscuit Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
fan, a one-of-a-kind motif rarely seen in boxes of this period. By twisting the beautifully carved
Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Fan-Shaped Biscuit Box
Antique Fan-Shaped Biscuit Box
H 12.5 in W 10.25 in D 5.25 in
19th Century a Pair of Chinese Fan with Frame Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century a pair of silk Chinese fans, Qing dynasty with fan frame box. Fan is 18inch x
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Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Silk

Spaniard Fan Shadow Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
shadow box. In the back, it is written that this fan was daily used by Dona Felisa since the last 15
Category

20th Century Spanish Victorian Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Spaniard Fan Shadow Box
Spaniard Fan Shadow Box
H 14.25 in W 23.5 in D 2 in
French Victorian Bronze Dore Fan Box
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze dore fan shaped box with faux bamboo trim and filigree sides with green
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

French Victorian Bronze Dore Fan Box
French Victorian Bronze Dore Fan Box
H 5.25 in W 11.5 in D 5.5 in
Antique Chinese Hand Paint Gold Lacquer Scene Gilt Fan with Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
lacquer box, fan is 17 inch x 9.5 x 1, the lacquer fan box is 10.5 x 2.5 x 2 inch.
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Antique 1830s Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Beautiful Limoges France Hand Painted Porcelain Fan Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful Limoges porcelain fan shaped box is handmade and hand painted in rich colors of cobalt
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Late 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Chinese Brass Fan Hardware Shadow Box
Located in Somis, CA
A vintage shadowbox of solid brass hardware. The exceptionally large fan-shaped door plate is
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20th Century Chinese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

Red/Black-Lacquered Fan-Shape Five-Case Lunch Box, Ric.00034
Located in Norton, MA
Red/Black-lacquered Fan-shape Five-case Lunch Box, China, 19th century, with three bamboo splint
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Antique French Napoleon III Cut Crystal & Bronze D'ore "Fan Box" circa 1870-1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Most Unusual Antique French Napoleon III Era Cut Crystal and Bronze D'Ore "Fan Box" Circa 1870-1880.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
antique lacquer fan box. Fan is 16inch x 8 x 1.5, the box is 12.5 x 2 x 2 inch.    
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Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Hand-Painted Mother-of-Pearl Fan Screen Shadow Box, Circa 1840.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Hand-Painted Mother-of-Pearl Fan Screen Shadow Box, Circa 1840.
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Shadow Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Regency Fan Inlaid Jewelry Box With Fitted Interior and Mirrored Lid, c1810
Located in valatie, NY
Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Box with Fan Inlaid Front, a Fitted Interior and Mirrored Lid, c1810
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Antique Early 19th Century Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

Vintage Japanese Hand Painted Cherry Blossom Fan In Gold Shadow Box Frame
Located in Fort Washington, MD
of pearl elements. The fan is displayed within a shadow box frame, which seems to be lined with pink
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20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Shadow Boxes

Materials

Berlin Iron

19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
of blue, green, purple and brown and red. With antique lacquer fan box. Fan is 20.5inch x 11 x 1, the
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Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

French 19th Century Fan
Located in Tampa, FL
19th century French fan in an Italian Florentine fan case and the back is lined in velvet. The fan
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Antique 1890s French Shadow Boxes

Materials

Textile, Velvet, Wood

French 19th Century Fan
French 19th Century Fan
H 12 in W 23 in D 1.5 in
Mother of Pearl and Lace Fan Gilt Wood Display
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a delicate mother of pearl sticks and Lace fan enclosed in a fan shaped gilt wood & glass
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Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Circa 1910 Pink Marabou & Tortoiseshell Framed Fan
Located in Asheville, NC
soft pink velvet backing and gold leaf wood. This style of fan, once used for presentation at court
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20th Century Unknown Shadow Boxes

Mid 19th Century Chinese Telescopic Canton Fan with Carved Bone Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese telescopic Canton fan of carved bone stays supporting a scenic decorated paper in gouache
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Bone, Paper

Mid-19th Century Chinese Telescopic Fan of Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese telescopic fan of gilt decorated black lacquer stays with paper painted in gauche in the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Enamel

Pair of Early 19th Century Italian Wedding Boxes
Located in Hudson, NY
fan ribbed lids are surmounted by classical female busts in gilded wood. The interior of both boxes is
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Antique English George III Knife Box / Stationary c.1790
Located in Bath, GB
with the style of the box. The sloped lid is inlaid with a fan inlay (a faintly visible repair to the
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Antique Late 18th Century British George III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique English George III Knife Box / Stationary c.1790
Antique English George III Knife Box / Stationary c.1790
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H 14.75 in W 9 in D 10.75 in
Large Victorian Box, Mahogany on Oak, England, circa 1840
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large early Victorian box, Mahogany on oak, England circa 1840 Large body in mahogany veneered
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Antique 1840s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Hand-Made Fan in a Lacquered Frame, circa 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century Chinoiserie hand-made fan in a lacquered frame, circa 1870.
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Lacquer, Paper

Italian Grand Tour 800 Silver, Enameled Malachite & Painted Roman Scene Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
antique box is rectangular in form heavily decorated with hand chased foliate scroll work, fan form
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Victorian Enameled Blue Opaline Milk Glass Dresser Box Jewelry Casket
By CF Monroe
Located in Forney, TX
Beautiful antique Victorian era enameled blue opaline milk glass dresser box, (jewel casket
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Opaline Glass

Wright & Davies Sterling Silver Box Hand Painted Enamel Plaque with Genre Scene
By Wright & Davies 1
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This fabulous rectangular sterling silver box was made in 1887 by English silversmiths William
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Stunning Embossed Leather on Wooden Box w. Don Quixote & Sancho Panza Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
for somebody who is into reading, who is a Don Quixote fan OR who sells or writes novels. This box
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20th Century Spanish Renaissance Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron, Brass

Rare Art Deco Lidded Box with Floral and Geometric Motifs, Silver and Ivory Hues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking in its originality and abstraction, this high-style Art Deco lidded porcelain box is
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jewellery Box, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain and gilt bronze jewellery box, 19th century An important porcelain and gilt bronze fan
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Antique 19th Century European Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

1920´s Boxer Sculpture / Table, Mantel Clock
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
-silvered. Perfect Gift for any Box Fan.
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

1920´s Boxer Sculpture / Table, Mantel Clock
1920´s Boxer Sculpture / Table, Mantel Clock
H 15.56 in W 12.41 in D 3.55 in
English Georgian Period Yew Wood Octagonal Tea Caddy with Fan and Column Inlays
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian 18th century yew wood octagonal tea caddy inlaid with fan and column motifs in
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Yew

Antique Rosewood Jewellery Box with Sarcophagus Shape and Ornate Brass Details
Located in Northampton, GB
Introducing a truly magnificent Antique Sarcophagus-shaped Rosewood Jewellery Box, an extraordinary
Category

Antique 19th Century British Regency Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass, Steel

René Lalique (1860-1945) « Boite Ronde Grande Muguet » Mint Green 1921
By René Lalique
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
tinted molded-pressed opalescent glass box decorated with Lily of the Valley Extremely rare in this
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Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes

Materials

Art Glass

Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey
By Asprey International Limited, Garrard & Co. Ltd.
Located in London, GB
image of a peacock, with a magnificent fanned train, composed of red, dark blue and green coloured
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1990s English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold

Very Early 19th Century Engine Turned Silver Gilt Musical Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
half circle fan burst, thistle curl and leaf trail swag reserve on breathtaking petit-point ground, all
Category

Antique 1810s Swiss Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silk

Georgian Harewood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
With Tuscan Columns & Fan Inlay. From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Boxwood, Harewood

Georgian Harewood Tea Caddy
Georgian Harewood Tea Caddy
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H 4.3 in W 5.3 in D 3.35 in
Fabulous Antique English Penwork Double Compartment Tea Caddy c.1820
Located in Bath, GB
handles. The box opens to reveal a twin compartment configuration with two lift-off lids. The edges to to
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Antique 1820s British Regency Tea Caddies

Materials

Wood

Georgian Tuscan Column Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
With Tuscan Columns & Fan Inlay. From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this
Category

Antique Late 18th Century British George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Boxwood, Tulipwood, Harewood

Georgian Tuscan Column Tea Caddy
Georgian Tuscan Column Tea Caddy
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H 4.53 in W 5.51 in D 3.54 in
Georgian 18th Century Octagonal Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Attractive Inlaid Decoration Of Fans And Pillars, With Hinged Lid Enclosing Lidded Compartment. Tea was an
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Mahogany

Georgian Prince of Wales Feathers Harewood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
a fan-inlay. Each scene is bordered with tulipwood crossbanding and boxwood edging. Upon opening the
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Boxwood, Satinwood, Harewood

Georgian Prince of Wales Feathers Harewood Tea Caddy
Georgian Prince of Wales Feathers Harewood Tea Caddy
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H 4.53 in W 4.92 in D 4.33 in
Georgian Sheraton Period Tea Caddy finely Inlaid, English circa 1780
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
hardwoods. * Exceptional inlays of Shells, Fan patera quarter corners, Spiral vertical corners, Stringing
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Tea Caddies

Materials

Satinwood, Walnut, Sycamore, Boxwood

Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
having inlaid boxwood flutes. The front and lid feature oval cartouches with fan inlays, the lid
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Boxwood, Yew

Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
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H 4.53 in W 5.12 in D 4.13 in
Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
ivory along with the Caroline ivory-nut palm and Vanuatu, and the real fan palm. A tagua palm can take
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tea Caddies

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
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H 4.72 in W 7.87 in D 4.72 in
Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest with Secret Compartments
Located in Northampton, GB
. The lid features four fan inlaid corners and a central silver loop handle above a reverse teardrop
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Antique Late 18th Century British Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Silver

Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest with Secret Compartments
Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest with Secret Compartments
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H 5.12 in W 7.87 in D 4.72 in
18th Century Georgian Period English Mahogany Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
adorned with satinwood and ebony round fan marquetry depicting patera, a hinged lid opens to reveal single
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood

Vintage Art Deco erotic sterling silver cigarette case, enamelled
By Joseph Gloster
Located in NEWARK, GB
erotic theme and features a lady topless in a reclined position with a fan and a gown. The enamelled
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Fan in Its Antique Box
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Hand painted antique fan in a special old wooden box decorated thirty years ago with decoupage by
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Early 20th Century Italian Other Models and Miniatures

Materials

Silk

Antique Fan in Its Antique Box
Antique Fan in Its Antique Box
H 12.8 in W 22.84 in D 0.79 in
Paul Walker - Outsider Art Box and Fan
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Edward Walker (American, b.1949) Box and fan signed on side P.E.W. ‘94 box: 8 ¾ inches
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1990s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Paul Walker - Outsider Art Box and Fan
Paul Walker - Outsider Art Box and Fan
H 2.5 in W 8.75 in D 5.5 in
Early 19th Century Hand Painted Chinese Fan Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A 19th century Chinese box which most likely held a fan. Beautifully hand painted on the interior
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paint

19th Century French Painted Paper Fan with Box
Located in Brea, CA
This ornate, antique paper hand fan was crafted in France, circa 1850. the one side showing a
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Antique 1850s French French Provincial Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Japanese Lacquer Ware Fan-Shaped Box with Compartments
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese fan-shaped lacquer box with tassels, red exterior with slightly scalloped cover. The
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique A Silk Lacquer Chinese Fan with Shadow Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique Chinese fan Qing dynasty, the fan features black and gold lacquered handled a colorful
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Chinese Hand Painted Lacquer Scene Gilt Fan with Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century antique Chinese hand painted lacquer scene gilt fan with original lacquer box.
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Antique 1830s Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Chinese Hand Painted Lacquer Scene Gilt Fan with Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century antique Chinese hand painted lacquer scene gilt fan with original lacquer box.
Category

Antique 1830s Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Set of a Pair of Vases and a Fan Shaped Box, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Set of a Pair of Vases and a Fan Shaped Box, 19th Century. Furniture set composed of a pair of
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan
Category

Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique French Framed Hand-Painted Fan Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
glazed box frame, dating from the late 18th century. This wonderful fan is beautifully hand-painted
Category

Antique 1790s French Paintings

Materials

Linen

19th Century French Painted Paper and Mother of Pearl Fan
Located in Brea, CA
19th century French painted paper and mother of pearl fan, shadow-box framed antique ladies fan
Category

Antique 1850s French French Provincial Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

19th Century a Pair of Chinese Silk Fans with Giltwood Handles
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted floral motifs on silk Chinese fans Qing dynasty, the fan in silk
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

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There is a range of used box fans for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique used box fans was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, glass and lacquer. Used box fans have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Used box fans bearing Victorian or Georgian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Limoges produced beautiful used box fans that are worth considering.

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The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,593, while they’re typically $295 on the low end and $13,007 highest priced.
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