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Arts and Crafts Hand Hammered Copper Log Box with Hand Riveted Construction
Arts and Crafts Hand Hammered Copper Log Box with Hand Riveted Construction

Arts and Crafts Hand Hammered Copper Log Box with Hand Riveted Construction

Located in London, GB

An Arts and Crafts hand-hammered copper log box with hand riveted construction, decorated with a pyramid design within a circle on little out swept feet. Measures: Height 16",...

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Antique 1890s Great Britain (UK) Arts and Crafts Fireplace Tools and Chi...

Materials

Copper

Antique Coal Box, English, Brass, Fireside, Log Bin, Fire, Victorian, circa 1900
Antique Coal Box, English, Brass, Fireside, Log Bin, Fire, Victorian, circa 1900

Antique Coal Box, English, Brass, Fireside, Log Bin, Fire, Victorian, circa 1900

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique coal box. An English, brass fireside log bin, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Classic antique fireside appeal Displays a desirable aged patina...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Brass

19th C Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Coal Wood Box in Repousse Brass
19th C Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Coal Wood Box in Repousse Brass

19th C Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Coal Wood Box in Repousse Brass

By Louis Sullivan

Located in New York, NY

Charming Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts school coal, or kindling wood fireplace box, in very good original condition. The box has a hinged lift top, with loop finger grip handle, it st...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplace Tools and Chimne...

Materials

Brass, Steel

Arts & Crafts Style Wood or Ash Box in Brass and Steel with Liner
Arts & Crafts Style Wood or Ash Box in Brass and Steel with Liner

Arts & Crafts Style Wood or Ash Box in Brass and Steel with Liner

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

Arts & Crafts Style Wood/Ash Box In Brass and Steel With Removable Liner, The box is made of steel and decorated with 4 brass corners and large rivets, the front and top have dec...

Category

Vintage 1910s Great Britain (UK) Arts and Crafts Fireplace Tools and Chi...

Materials

Brass, Steel

Arts & Crafts Glasgow Style Brass Log/Coal Box in the Margret Gilmour Style
Arts & Crafts Glasgow Style Brass Log/Coal Box in the Margret Gilmour Style

Arts & Crafts Glasgow Style Brass Log/Coal Box in the Margret Gilmour Style

By Margaret Gilmour

Located in London, GB

An Arts and Crafts Glasgow style brass coal box in the Margret Gilmour style with hand formed stylized Celtic details to the front and top with squashed ball feet. Measures: Height 1...

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Antique 1890s Great Britain (UK) Arts and Crafts Fireplace Tools and Chi...

Materials

Brass

Antique English Oak Coal Bin Scuttle Fireside Kindling Box and Shovel Log Ash
Antique English Oak Coal Bin Scuttle Fireside Kindling Box and Shovel Log Ash

Antique English Oak Coal Bin Scuttle Fireside Kindling Box and Shovel Log Ash

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique English oak coal bin featuring a removable metal liner, top handle, and a copper scoop stored on the back.  

Category

Early 20th Century Country Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Copper, Tin

Large Mid 19th Century Pierced Brass Wall Pocket or Tidy Box with Two Drawers
Large Mid 19th Century Pierced Brass Wall Pocket or Tidy Box with Two Drawers

Large Mid 19th Century Pierced Brass Wall Pocket or Tidy Box with Two Drawers

Located in Nantucket, MA

Mid nineteenth century pierced brass wall pocket or tidy. This unusual example with a shaped arched back pierced with hearts and other motifs above an open pocket created by the curv...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Fireplace Tools and Chi...

Materials

Brass

19th Century Faux Grained Carpenters Chest
19th Century Faux Grained Carpenters Chest

19th Century Faux Grained Carpenters Chest

Located in Baltimore, MD

This Classic carpenter's tool box has a removable sliding shelf and sports original grain-paint and hardware including a bronze Eastlake finger lift and heavy cast iron bails and bac...

Category

Antique 1890s American Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine

Long Red and Liquid-Glass Covered Industrial Bench
Long Red and Liquid-Glass Covered Industrial Bench

Long Red and Liquid-Glass Covered Industrial Bench

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

This re-purposed general construction tool box from a truck has been completed clean and covered in a thick coating of liquid glass.

Category

20th Century American Industrial Benches

Materials

Metal

Japanese Antique Tansu Chest /1868-1912/ Drawer / Tv Board / Low Table / Mingei
Japanese Antique Tansu Chest /1868-1912/ Drawer / Tv Board / Low Table / Mingei

Japanese Antique Tansu Chest /1868-1912/ Drawer / Tv Board / Low Table / Mingei

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

It seems that it was used as a tool box. I feel very lonely. It can be used as a TV board or low table.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Cedar

Japanese Artisan's Cache Box of 14 Professional Nomi Carpenter's Carving Tools
Japanese Artisan's Cache Box of 14 Professional Nomi Carpenter's Carving Tools

Japanese Artisan's Cache Box of 14 Professional Nomi Carpenter's Carving Tools

Located in South Burlington, VT

A very unusual treasure from Japan. This is a cache box of 14 Old Japanese professional carpenter's carving and chisel tools, including fine tataki nomi timber chisels, dating ba...

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Mid-20th Century Chinese Showa Furniture

Materials

Metal

Early 1900s Small Nautical Compass Original Wooden Box Antique Navigation Tool
Early 1900s Small Nautical Compass Original Wooden Box Antique Navigation Tool

Early 1900s Small Nautical Compass Original Wooden Box Antique Navigation Tool

Located in Milan, IT

Small nautical compass from the early 1900s, mounted on a universal joint and placed in its original wooden box. Box size 12x12 h 8.5 cm. Compass diameter 7.5 cm. Excellent condition...

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Early 20th Century British Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

19th Century Magnetic Nautical Compass Original Box Antique Marine Nautical Tool
19th Century Magnetic Nautical Compass Original Box Antique Marine Nautical Tool

19th Century Magnetic Nautical Compass Original Box Antique Marine Nautical Tool

Located in Milan, IT

Magnetic nautical compass, signed Henry Browne & Son Ltd Barking & London Trade Sestrel Mark, Barking & London, second half of the 19th century . Contained in its originale wooden ...

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Antique 1890s Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

1920s Oak Stanley Tools Wall Cabinet Box Vintage Industrial Porsche Garage Chest
1920s Oak Stanley Tools Wall Cabinet Box Vintage Industrial Porsche Garage Chest

1920s Oak Stanley Tools Wall Cabinet Box Vintage Industrial Porsche Garage Chest

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Stanley tools upright/tabletop or wall mount/hanging toolbox, brass handles on sides. Never hung, and appears to never be used at all.

Category

Vintage 1920s American Industrial Cabinets

Materials

Oak

Japanese Antique Tool Kit of Four Professional Bonsai Pruning Tools
Japanese Antique Tool Kit of Four Professional Bonsai Pruning Tools

Japanese Antique Tool Kit of Four Professional Bonsai Pruning Tools

Located in South Burlington, VT

A very unusual treasure from Japan. This is an antique boxed tool kit of four (4) Japanese high quality tools used for pruning shrubs and bonsai.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Garden Ornaments

Materials

Metal

Glo Hill Bakelite and Chrome Bar Tool, Wine Cork Screw Bottle Opener in Box
Glo Hill Bakelite and Chrome Bar Tool, Wine Cork Screw Bottle Opener in Box

Glo Hill Bakelite and Chrome Bar Tool, Wine Cork Screw Bottle Opener in Box

By Glo Hill

Located in Atlanta, GA

A stylish modernist Mid-Century 1950s barware accessory, wine corkscrew bottle opener, designed by Glo Hill, Canada. Chromed metal body with brown and yellow marble Bakelite handles....

Category

Vintage 1950s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Sterling Pill Box
Sterling Pill Box

Sterling Pill Box

Located in Brooklyn, NY

It has a handle on the top and a tiny button on the side and is shaped like a tool chest. A sterling pill box that’s shaped like a tool chest; your pills are the tools you need to re...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Work Chest, English, Pine, Tool Trunk, Candlebox, Victorian, Circa 1900
Antique Work Chest, English, Pine, Tool Trunk, Candlebox, Victorian, Circa 1900

Antique Work Chest, English, Pine, Tool Trunk, Candlebox, Victorian, Circa 1900

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique work chest. An English, pine tool trunk with candle box, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Pine

Collection of Antique Planes in Handmade Box
Collection of Antique Planes in Handmade Box

Collection of Antique Planes in Handmade Box

Located in Houston, TX

Set of at least 12 woodworking hand tools in zinc topped box. From Belgium, circa 1910.

Category

Vintage 1910s Belgian Arts and Crafts Architectural Elements

Materials

Iron, Zinc

Bedel & Cie Leather box on Brass Stand
Bedel & Cie Leather box on Brass Stand

Bedel & Cie Leather box on Brass Stand

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beautiful leather tooled French box with upholstered interior. This box previously housed an inside shelf on top that is no long with the piece.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Camphor Wood Campaign Style Writing Box on Stand
Camphor Wood Campaign Style Writing Box on Stand

Camphor Wood Campaign Style Writing Box on Stand

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

The interior of the writing box has a tooled leather writing surface. The top with a central brass plaque with writing in script and brass mounted corners, the lower section of the w...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Campaign End Tables

Materials

Brass

Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Mahogany Side-Cabinet, 'Le Classeur'
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Mahogany Side-Cabinet, 'Le Classeur'

Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Mahogany Side-Cabinet, 'Le Classeur'

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

Of superb quality this Louis XVI style side-cabinet is fitted with period gilt-tooled red leather document boxes. The original cipollino Campan rouge marble top above a frieze with c...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

English Brass Bound Victorian Writing Stationery Slope, 19th Century
English Brass Bound Victorian Writing Stationery Slope, 19th Century

English Brass Bound Victorian Writing Stationery Slope, 19th Century

Located in Dublin, Ireland

Condition: Professionally restored with replaced gold leaf tooled dark green leather inside. Box closes firmly with no gaps.

Category

Antique 19th Century English Inkwells

Materials

Brass

19th Century Victorian Lady's Coromandel Vanity Case
19th Century Victorian Lady's Coromandel Vanity Case

19th Century Victorian Lady's Coromandel Vanity Case

Located in London, GB

Ladies dressing cases could feature a wide range of decorative bottles and jars as well as a vast array of beautifcation tools, all designed with pure luxury in mind. The exterior of...

Category

Antique 1860s English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case
French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case

French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

Antique French camera lucida, a mid 1800s drawing aide tool with original box. A camera Lucida is generally considered to have been invented by the English chemist W.

Category

Antique 1880s French Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquer and Gilt Painted Vanity Cabinet on Stand
19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquer and Gilt Painted Vanity Cabinet on Stand

19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquer and Gilt Painted Vanity Cabinet on Stand

Located in Austin, TX

The interior fitted with various compartments for sewing tools. The sewing box has a writing compartment below, with a pull-out surface.

Category

Antique 1860s Chinese Chinoiserie Cabinets

Materials

Lacquer

Fancy Antique English Sterling Silver Box
Fancy Antique English Sterling Silver Box

Fancy Antique English Sterling Silver Box

By William Frederick Wright

Located in New York, NY

Cover and sides have all-over engine-turned wave ornament. Tooled floral rims. Box and cover interior cedar lined.

Category

Vintage 1920s English Edwardian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Tiffany Sterling Silver & Enamel Jack-in-the-Box Baby Cup
Tiffany Sterling Silver & Enamel Jack-in-the-Box Baby Cup

Tiffany Sterling Silver & Enamel Jack-in-the-Box Baby Cup

By Tiffany & Co.

Located in New York, NY

Straight sides with curved bottom and scrolled handle. On front is tooled jack-in-the-box heightened with enamel. Marked “925 [in oval] / Tiffany & Co.” with English import marks.

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Japanese Tool Box
Japanese Tool Box

Japanese Tool Box

Located in San Francisco, CA

Meiji period Japanese tool box from Kyoto. Made from kiriwood and handmade iron hardware.

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Materials

Iron

Japanese Tool Box
Japanese Tool Box

Japanese Tool Box

Located in San Francisco, CA

Antique Meiji period tool box used by craftsmen to carry and store tools with original hand-made iron hardware.

Category

Antique 1850s Japanese Decorative Boxes

Vintage  Painted  American  Wooden  Tool  Box
Vintage  Painted  American  Wooden  Tool  Box

Vintage Painted American Wooden Tool Box

Located in Bedford, NY

OLD PINE TOOL BOX- ORIGINAL TURQUOISE COLOR- WONDERFUL WEAR MARKS- INTERIOR IN NATURAL WOOD--AMERICAN MADE

Category

Early 20th Century American Boxes

Materials

Pine

Japanese Lacquer Worker's Tool Box
Japanese Lacquer Worker's Tool Box

Japanese Lacquer Worker's Tool Box

Located in Seattle, WA

The box used to contain tools of the lacquer workers trade as well as function as a work surface.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Boxes

Materials

Iron

Vintage Tool Box
Vintage Tool Box

Vintage Tool Box

Located in San Francisco, CA

Handmade wooden tool box, great patina with it's worn wood and paint.

Category

20th Century American Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Oak Carpenter's Tool Box
Oak Carpenter's Tool Box

Oak Carpenter's Tool Box

Located in New York, NY

Made for Alex Mead. Includes 12 planes. Qty. of 7 marked (stamped). F.N Carter Sargent & Co. US 9 3/8" long Numbered: "1" / #657 "2"/ #663 "5" / #663 (Qty. 2) "7" / #663 ...

Category

Early 20th Century American Boxes

Materials

Oak

Industrial Tool Box on Wheels
Industrial Tool Box on Wheels

Industrial Tool Box on Wheels

Located in San Francisco, CA

Fire engine red industrial tool box on castors. Great for a side table ~

Category

Vintage 1940s American Industrial and Work Tables

Folk Art Sign Painter's Tool Box
Folk Art Sign Painter's Tool Box

Folk Art Sign Painter's Tool Box

Located in Chicago, IL

Folk Art sign painter's metal tool box.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Signs

Materials

Metal

Large Early Folk Art Tool Box
Large Early Folk Art Tool Box

Large Early Folk Art Tool Box

Located in Bridgehampton, NY

Large folk art handmade tool box with copper decorations. Copper has been cleaned.

Category

Early 20th Century Decorative Objects

Vintage Zinc Tool Box
Vintage Zinc Tool Box

Vintage Zinc Tool Box

Located in Alexandria, VA

Really cool zinc toolbox. Finally a toolbox that is cool and doesn't have to be hidden away. In fact, this one could be front and center on a shelf!

Category

Vintage 1930s American More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Zinc

Home Made Machinist Tool Box
Home Made Machinist Tool Box

Home Made Machinist Tool Box

Located in New York, NY

Home made machinist cantilevered toolbox. Made of aluminum & steel.

Category

Vintage 1930s American More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Vintage  Painted  American  Tool  Box
Vintage  Painted  American  Tool  Box

Vintage Painted American Tool Box

Located in Bedford, NY

PAINTED BLUE/GREEN OVER NATURAL PINE WOOD. MADE IN OHIO. HAND FORGED NAILS

Category

Antique 19th Century American More Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Rare 19th  Century  Fitted Tool Box
Rare 19th  Century  Fitted Tool Box

Rare 19th Century Fitted Tool Box

Located in New York, NY

This amazing toolbox was obviously custom fitted for a specific trade. A carpenter or wood worker would bring this to there specific job .it has the flavor of a Joseph Cornell shadowbox

Category

Antique 19th Century More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Brass, Steel

Scarce Black Painted English Oak Shipwright’s Caulking Tool Box, circa 1880
Scarce Black Painted English Oak Shipwright’s Caulking Tool Box, circa 1880

Scarce Black Painted English Oak Shipwright’s Caulking Tool Box, circa 1880

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

(Dictionary of Woodworking Tools, R. A Salman, 1989 ). A tactile, attractive and evocative box that could now be used in a variety of ways, and a rare find, too.

Category

Antique 1880s English High Victorian Nautical Objects

Materials

Oak

Swiss Design Shoe Shine Box by Wilhelm Kienzle for MEWA 1940
Swiss Design Shoe Shine Box by Wilhelm Kienzle for MEWA 1940

Swiss Design Shoe Shine Box by Wilhelm Kienzle for MEWA 1940

By Wilhelm Kienzle

Located in Basel, CH

Rarely seen version of the Wilhelm Kienzle shoe shine or tool box, designed and manufactured in the 1940's and made of stove-enameled sheet steel.

Category

Vintage 1940s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Steel

Tooled Leather Box
Tooled Leather Box

Tooled Leather Box

Located in New Orleans, LA

A tooled, lidded leather box, the cylindrical exterior decorated with book bindings, the interior lined with marbleized paper.

Category

20th Century Unknown Boxes

1970s Hand Tooled Leather Box
1970s Hand Tooled Leather Box

1970s Hand Tooled Leather Box

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hand Tooled Artisan Leather Box. In Very Good Original Condition.

Category

Vintage 1970s Boxes

Materials

Leather

English Tooled leather letter box
English Tooled leather letter box

English Tooled leather letter box

Located in Hudson, NY

English 19th c. tooled leather letter box with slots for the days of the week and a key

Category

Antique 19th Century English Boxes

Materials

Leather

Tooled Leather Covered "Book" Box
Tooled Leather Covered "Book" Box

Tooled Leather Covered "Book" Box

Located in New York, NY

The exterior comprised of tooled leather book spines of classics, such as Madame Bovary and The Divine Comedy.

Category

20th Century Boxes

Gilt-Tooled Faux-Leather Document Boxes
Gilt-Tooled Faux-Leather Document Boxes

Gilt-Tooled Faux-Leather Document Boxes

Located in San Francisco, CA

Set/5 elegant dark green faux-leather paper covered cardboard document boxes with gilt-tooled decorative motif and brass bale handles

Category

20th Century English Boxes

Arts & Crafts Tooled Leather Box with Ruskin Pottery Cabochons
Arts & Crafts Tooled Leather Box with Ruskin Pottery Cabochons

Arts & Crafts Tooled Leather Box with Ruskin Pottery Cabochons

Located in Chicago, IL

This is an interesting Arts & Crafts box featuring tooled leather with an intertwining knot pattern, round ceramic cabochons by Ruskin pottery and finished with metal brads.

Category

Early 20th Century American Boxes

Materials

Metal

Victorian Tooled & Brass Jewelry Box (GMD#2600)
Victorian Tooled & Brass Jewelry Box (GMD#2600)

Victorian Tooled & Brass Jewelry Box (GMD#2600)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Late 19th Century Victorian Tooled Leather and Brass Mounted Hinged Top Jewelry Box with Internal Fitted Removable Tray (fabric lined interior) and Original Key/Lock

Category

Antique 19th Century Unknown Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Metal

1960's Modernist Italian Tooled Leather and Enameled Copper Box
1960's Modernist Italian Tooled Leather and Enameled Copper Box

1960's Modernist Italian Tooled Leather and Enameled Copper Box

Located in North Miami, FL

Gorgeous 60's Modernist men's jewelry box is an outstanding example of both Mid-Century enamel work and fine Italian leather craftsmanship. Interior contains all original accessories...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Copper

Painted Slant-Top Tool Tote
Painted Slant-Top Tool Tote

Painted Slant-Top Tool Tote

Located in Seattle, WA

Painted green with splatters of several colors might mean it was a painter's box, made especially for a certain set of brushes or tools.

Category

20th Century American Boxes

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Used Tool Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of used tool boxes is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, all used tool boxes available were constructed with great care. Used tool boxes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of used tool boxes to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian, Arts and Crafts and Industrial used tool boxes are of considerable interest. Many used tool boxes are appealing in their simplicity, but Benham & Froud, Christopher Dresser and Louis Vuitton produced popular used tool boxes that are worth a look.

How Much are Used Tool Boxes?

Used tool boxes can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $819, while the lowest priced sells for $190 and the highest can go for as much as $13,449.
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