Used Tool Boxes

A wonderfully charming 19th century American caddy or tool box with the best whimsical wabi-sabi inspired natural bentwood hickory handle.

Very decorative tooled leather box with brass feet & trim. Handle is a clasped brass hand.

Fine 18th century French gilt tooled leather box retaining original wrought iron hardware, the interior now lined in green silk for use as a stationary/desk box.

Hand tooled chocolate brown leather box from Africa. Very fine workmanship with tribal traditional West African symbols on dark brown leather.

A large-scale box, exhibiting great color and pattern. Leather and wood.

Vintage hand tooled leather wooden box. Mexican tooled leather rustic box with felt lined interior.

French tooled leather stationary or letter box. This is a very attractive and useful piece, the box is in light brown leather tooled in gold, it has a sloping lid and a shaped fro...

1970s Paul Stuart Hans tooled thick leather box made in Italy.

An all original French tooled and gilt leather box with wrought iron handle, hasp and lock plate.

A handsome tooled and gilt leather book box with marbled paper lining.

Scallop form jewelry or valuables box with gilt tooled decoration and wonderful antique surface and rich patina.

Spanish Art Deco, circa 1920s, silver gilt tooled leather box with limed carved feet with forged iron handles and escutcheon.

Large Hand tooled leather box from Africa. Very fine workmanship with tribal traditional West African symbols on dark brown leather.

Decorated overall “au petit fer”, with coat of arms surmounted by a coronet and iron mounts, the interior compartmented and lined with marbled endpaper.

Vintage tooled leather box in the style of books. The handle on top is a small brass frog.

Wrapped in a rich, oxblood red leather, the box features elaborate gold-leaf tooling across the lid and sides.

Faux book shaped trinket box finished in oxblood red tooled leather with gold accents and page edges; titled “American History.” attributed to Maitland Smith.  

George III tooled red and gilt leather document box Embossed with three GR coronets and remains of wax seals, 72cm wide, 10cm deep, 10cm high.

Gerstner & Sons antique oakwood machinist 7 drawer tool chest box. Item features a solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, original stamps, very nice antique item, quality Ame...

Italian Brown Leather Jewelry Box with Gold Tooling. Large Italian gilt tooled leather wrapped table box, with domed top gilt decoration, raised on four bronze paw feet.

Hand tooled vintage leather box from Morocco camel color stamped with darker brown.

Whimsical, handmade, hand-painted fooled leather box. Brass accents including brass ball feet and solid brass dice pull on top.

Late 20th century Maitland Smith faux book trinket / keepsake box, emulating "The Good Life Vol. I" bound in brown and green tooled and gilded leather and featuring a photo / picture...

Very nice vintage brown tooled leather box humidor.

Early 20th c., leather document box with blue silk fabric lined interior, brass mounts and hinges, engraved by retailer "J.O. Wilson, Paris, New York". The box has an unusual triple ...

Dome top tooled Moroccan leather treasure chest This is a very attractive piece, it has a dome top and it is covered in leather which is stretched over carved wood and then tooled...

Unique Box Style Five-Piece Fireplace Tool Set with Brass Detail

18th century Spanish Colonial tooled leather trunk/chest. Chest features an embossed floral motif in subtle colors of green, brown, and yellow with a decorative hand forged iron latc...

Rustic 19th century tool caddy with two part construction and central carrying handle. One side notched to fit and support a tool. Great original green paint. Wear consistent with ag...

Italian tooled leather evening clutch with powder compact and mirror. The heavily gold stamped leather tooling is in an Italian Renaissance style motif with black, orange, green and ...

Spain, 1890 A late nineteenth century Spanish wood and leather casket with foliate tooling throughout, the domed top depicting the Greek figures Scylla and Charybdis, the borders li...

Art Nouveau style small tray on four little circular legs, perfect for a nightstand jewelry holder. High quality and durable tooled brass construction. Intricate Art Nouveau French...

Baccarat cut green and clear glass box with tooled mounts and hinged lid.   

Born in France, circa 1900, featuring heavily patinated brass-clad solid wood construction, having a slanted hinged lid top over chest form case, decorated with ornate repousse figur...

This wonderful French box was once used as a tool or specimen box. The metal plaque on the top of the box reads V.

French Victorian-style rectangular brown tooled leather jewelry box with four compartments.  

Leather document or letter box with gilt tooled leather detail, nailheads and angel figure at the top.

This mellow Italian leather bound letter box with gilt tooling has a facade of antique leather book spines opening to reveal an interior clad in Italian book Binder paper, circa 20th...

An 18th century metal bound fitted strong box with tooled leather covered boxes to the interior and a drawer to the side below.

Circa 1810 For collectors of thimbles needlework tools, and needlework boxes some of the most beautiful and sought-after pieces are known collectively as ‘Palais Royal’.

Morocco leather document box with fine tooled gold decoration, circa 1925-1930.

When opened the writing box reveals a dark blue black leather writing slope bordered with a greek key style gold tooling.

The box features subtle neoclassical gilt tooling, adding a touch of refinement to its overall design.

The top and underside having bevelled ends, the front detailed with a large tooled escutcheon. The box surrounded by chased gilt edgings, standing on ball detailed feet, There is a ...

The box has hand-tooled geometric design to the top with all over punchwork.

Very Strong Industrial Look Iron Banded Log Box A good Strong Metal Log Box with large handles and reinforced with Iron Banding for added strength, this industrial looking piece mak...

An English brass fireside lift top box from the late 19th century. This sides and front are hammered and embossed with individual scenes. Very nice quality interior and people scenes...

1890s antique coal scuttle box. Handcrafted oak wood. Metal line interior. Great addition to your fire place décor Measures 13.5" in width, 17" in depth and 17" in height. Very Good...

The lid of the top portion can be lifted to access two additional drawers and a removable tool box. Previously stripped of factor paint down to the bare industrial metal, the back re...

A round tole-ware chinoiserie Tinder box for small logs or kindling. The black background with Asian inspired decoration all around. The handles, finial top and feet in cast brass. B...

This English pine bead board wood box features a slant hinged top. It is in Fine condition with original honey color finish and original hardware. Probably originally used as a feed ...

A handsome Federal style hand painted tole tinder wood box. Ebonized lacquer paint overpainted with a federal eagle holding olive branches and arrows and crested with a Union shield....

Outstanding quality art nouveau copper and brass coal box having a claw and ball handle to the top of the shaped lift off lid revealing the original metal liner, fantastic art nouvea...

Paul Evans Humidor Box, Argente Patchwork, Signed. Hinged hand tooled mixed metal humidor box with dark pewter argente patchwork finish.

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Art Deco circa 1920-1930’s Cheese Wine and Nut set in the original silk lined fitted case fully stamped with the Royal Warrant...

This is an antique coal box. A French, Art Nouveau fireside bucket, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920. Attractive Art Nouveau taste Displays a desirable aged patina C...

Wonderful scroll details decorate this beautiful bronze coal box with original matching decorated shovel. From the scroll entwined legs, the hatch opens to reveal the original remov...