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Black Forest Whip Carved Wood Fox Music Box With Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
The whip carved wood fox music box with glass eyes, is a finely crafted example of late 19th century decorative carving from the Black Forest region of southern Germany. Rendered in ...
Category
Antique 1890s German Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Decor Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite Italian cabinet showcases a stunning combination of antique craftsmanship and later vintage refinement. The original late 18th century drawers are adorned with intrica...
Category
Antique 1780s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Wood, Walnut
Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautifully crafted mother of pearl tea caddy from circa 1860 is a true testament to English craftsmanship and elegance. The exterior glows wi...
Category
Antique 1860s French Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Spanish Colonial Tortoiseshell And Mother Of Pearl Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1750. Tortoiseshell and mother of pearl box with sliding top from Mexico 18th century. Beautiful designs all over. As is condition.
Category
Antique 1750s Mexican Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy With Inlaid Mother Of Pearl
Located in Dallas, TX
Tortoiseshell tea caddy with inlaid mother of pearl from England. Metal lined under two lids. Excellent condition, circa 1860.
Category
Antique 1860s English Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Tunbridge Trinity Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century Turbridge Trinity box with exotic marquetry woods of ships etc. England, circa 1890.
Category
Antique 1890s English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silk, Wood
Carved Leather Dome Top Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Leather carved dome top box with warrior. Red silk interior. Spain, 19th century.
Category
Antique 1890s Spanish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Silk
Tortoiseshell Casket Box With Rippled Serpentine Sides
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare Dutch 18th century Tortoiseshell box with rippled serpentine sides embellished with silver mounts and mobility silver ball feet. Some small cracks in the lid, barely noticeable....
Category
Antique 1780s Dutch Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
French Blue Enamel Napkin Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A French blue enamel napkin box with red Moroccan leather and carved steel silver mounts. The leather pushes in with a spring mounted red leather lid, very ...
Category
Antique 1870s French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
Green tortoiseshell tea caddy from England. With two interior covers raised on four silver ball feet. Circa 1870.
Category
Antique 1870s English Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy With Sunburst Design
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1870, English tortoiseshell tea caddy with sunburst design. It is absolutely the finest one I’ve ever owned! No cracks no restoration absolutely mint.
Category
Antique 1870s English Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell
18th Century Knife Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A Portuguese or Cuban silver mounted mahogany knife box from the 18th century. Box with a worn painted inscription to the backside dated 1786.
Category
Antique 1780s Portuguese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A lovely bow front tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with mother of pearl flowers and topped with a silver badge. English, circa 1870.
Category
Antique 1870s English Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large faux tortoiseshell tea caddy from England. Lovely shape and sterling plate on top this hasn't been monogramed. Sitting on ball feet, circa 1860.
Category
Antique 1860s English Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bugbear Coconut Tea Caddy on Silver Dolphin Base
Located in Dallas, TX
A Bugbear coconut tea caddy mounted on a silver dolphin base. Bugbear coconuts were carved by sailors on long voyages in the 18th and early 19th centur...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Moser Grand Tour Crystal Box With Scent Bottles
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand tour Moser Bohemian flashed red crystal box. The interior fitted with two
original scent bottles. All bronze dore in very bright condition. All i...
Category
Antique 1890s Austrian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
E F Caldwell Style Letter Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful renaissance revival red velvet with gilt bronze doré letter box with shields and putti. In the style of EF Caldwell (1851–1914), not signed. Circa 1890, New York, US.
Category
Antique 1890s American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century Table Top Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare English table top fall front writing desk in burl walnut and blue eglomise painted oval panels. Ten panels inside painted with flowers and...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Paint
Japanese Woven Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Japanese decorative woven box. Late Edo/Early Meiji Japanese box, with
mother-of-pearl and ceramic inlay in autumnal leaf motif. Complete with working lock a...
Category
Antique 1790s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Mother-of-Pearl
17th-18th Century Spanish Colonial Box With Domed Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Spanish Colonial inlaid bone and faux tortoiseshell domed top box. Original hammered iron hinges. Circa 1680-1740. Excellent condition and very rare.
Category
Antique 1690s Spanish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Carved Italian Casket
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique turn of the century carved Italian mahogany casket in the style of a tomb with scrolls, acanthus leaves, bellflowers and a punch work background with winged griffons on the s...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silk, Mahogany
English Shagreen Tea Caddy 19th with Bone Finial
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique English shagreen cased six sided wooden tea caddy with nice silver mounts, bone finial and undivided interior. Comes with small silver pin to ...
Category
Antique 1880s English Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
17th Century Silver Mounted Traveling Box with Key
Located in Dallas, TX
A 17th century silver mounted Coromandel wood with mother of pearl inlay traveling box with a Interior fitted with drawers and a reliquary cabinet. W...
Category
Antique 17th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
17th Century, Alabaster and Ebonised Wood Casket Malines Coffer
Located in Dallas, TX
A 17th century Malines alabaster and ebonised wood coffer or casket with engraved inset panels, arches and columns. The interior has a marbled paper lini...
Category
Antique 17th Century Belgian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Early 18th Century Louis XVI Kingwood Small Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
A Louis XVI kingwood small chest with brass mounts. Opens to a metal lined interior and two velvet working lower drawers. Circa 1700, France.
Category
Antique Early 1700s French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tunbridge Ware Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Tunbridge ware box with herringbone pattern inlaid parquetry. Circa 1840, England.
Category
Antique 1840s English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
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Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
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H 5.71 in W 9.45 in D 5.71 in