Box House Antiques Ltd.

A good quality small George lll-period mahogany chest of drawers with brushing slide. The solid mahogany rectangular top with moulded edge above a brushing slide, five short, and thr...

An unusual early-19th century Colonial solid satinwood-faced chest of drawers, with cupboards below. Circa 1820. The carcass in solid rosewood and ebony. It features a broad ebony c...

A sophisticated 19th-century Cockpen armchair in excellent condition throughout. This is of wonderful Chinese Chippendale design: a pierced back of a rarely-encountered scheme. Mos...

A 19th-century oil on canvas - manner of Zacharias Noterman. Monkeys in an interior.  Well painted, very decorative oil painting very much in the manner of Zacharias Noterman. Monk...

A rare early-18th century carved cut gesso and giltwood mirror. Circa 1730. The boldly-carved acanthus and rosettes to the broken swan-neck pediment is centred by elaborately-carved...

A fine and rare early 19th-century Chinese export lacquer coffer/ trunk. Circa 1820. Decorated in soft red, gold and black with exquisite land- and sea-scape scenes within elegant a...

A large English George III-period carved oval giltwood mirror. Mid-18th century. Flanked, in an elegantly-shaped frame, by a well-carved foliate border, incorporating crisply-carved...

A fine and quite rare Ceylonese early-19th century colonial ebony and specimen wood occasional table raised on a well-carved solid ebony support displaying elephants and scrolled fol...

An 18th-century gilt japanned / lacquer chinoiserie cabinet. Displaying exotic birds, pagodas, rock work over water, and floral decoration. Fine and beautifully-chased gilt brass/me...

A classic Chippendale-period secretaire breakfront library bookcase in well-figured mahogany. Early-George III, circa 1760. Of excellent colour, patina, and condition throughout. Th...

An English early-eighteenth century red japanned bow-front corner cupboard, or cabinet, George II-period, circa 1730. In superb condition throughout. Retaining its original butterfly hinges, with a period key and working lock. These are usually encountered with a black background, however when in red these examples of japanning are much sought after. Many were produced domestically, often by talented female members of the family. Note the charming English interpretations in the decorated surfaces. An unusual subject can be seen in the base, a hunter on horseback with sword drawn, confronting a mythological beast, probably representing a tiger with mandarins posing amongst stylised pagodas, rooftops and rockwork. Chinoiserie-decorated surfaces were extremely popular in the early part of the 18th century, almost reaching a craze among the upper classes wishing to demonstrate their fashionable status. There were several revivals of chinoiserie particularly in the first quarter of the 20th century, so caution is advised in one’s collecting. This type of decoration is also sometimes erroneously referred to as ''lacquer’'. The fashion icon Coco Chanel furnished her exquisite Paris apartments largely in the European chinoiserie taste. References: V & A – The development of English black japanning 1620-1820, A History of Japanning in England: Technique & Decoration. John Stalker and George Parker...

A fine pair of English George lll-period pedestal cabinets in well-figured mahogany of deep, rich colour and superb patination, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1800. The f...