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Boxes For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
Antique Tea Caddy, English, Loose Leaf Canister, Mixing Glass, Regency, C.1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tea caddy. An English, flame mahogany loose leaf tea container with glass mixer, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Attractive Regency period caddy with fi...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Genuine Swedish Folk Art Box Made by Hand in Pine with Authentic Patina
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish folk art box made by hand in solid pine. This box is made in northern Sweden during the mid 1800s, around 1850, and is in original condition with the first layer of paint. Th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Boxes
Materials
Pine
Antique English Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk with Japanned Finish
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the perio...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Paper
Antique Hindu Brass Box with Peacocks and Elephants
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Hindu brass decorative box.
This is an antique Mughal style brass Indian ornate locking trinket box container.
It has six compartments that lock ...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Honesty Box or Dispenser of Brass from the Georgian Era
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English honesty box or tobacco dispenser of brass from the Georgian era, circa 1820 - the rectangular brass box featuring a double-hinged lid and two compartments, one for coi...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Folk Art Box With Inlaid Hearts
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century American folk art box with decorated with inlaid hearts, diamonds, triangles and shields. Possibly sailor made, this sweet little box was likely a valentine or keepsake ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th century Folk Art Hand-painted Scandinavian Immigrants Box
Located in Leesburg, VA
Anonymous
Probably Sweden; early 19th century
Polychrome wood (probably pine); iron
Approximate size: 11 (h) x 18.5 (w) x 10 (d) in.
A handsome dome lidded Scandinavian immigrants’...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Boxes
Materials
Pine
Antique Austrian Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Pill Box, circa 1900
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning large antique Viennese sterling silver pill box made from a hefty gauge of Austrian silver.
All sides are decorated with a white guilloche enamel showcasing...
Category
1890s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Napoleon III Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Single Tea Caddy Compartment
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to bring to market this Antique French Boulle Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy o...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Dressing Table Sewing Set, English, Ebony, Haberdashery, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dressing table sewing set. An English, ebony lidded pot and haberdashery accessories, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Striking ebony set exudes ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Casket Box Betjeman
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid Nineteenth Century. Made in England by G. Betjemann....
Category
Mid-19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century black forest walnut casket
Located in Martlesham, GB
A good quality 19th Century black forest walnut casket, having wonderful crisp carving throughout, the hinged top lifting up to reveal a velvet lined interior, the top having a finel...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Inlaid Table Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
Inlaid table cabinet with six compartments and two handles. This is a beautifully decorated crafted box reflecting the craftsmanship and cultural influences of Goa during the colonia...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Late 19th - Early 20th Century Russian Lacquered Paper Mache Snuff Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th - Early 20th Century Russian Lacquered Paper Mache Snuff Box
By The Lukutun Factory
5.25" x 3.5" x 1.5"
Category
19th Century Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique French Victorian Burled Marquetry Inlay Trinket Vanity Case Cigar Box
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional large wooden case from the Victorian era, circa 1880s. Made from pine with raised and burled panels. Features a marquetry inlay top showcasing a bird within a flowerin...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Pine, Burl
Oval Sheffield brass tea caddy, c. 1820-30
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Late Georgian period oval brass tea caddy with applied rope edging on the upper edge of the lid and the rim. Centered on the lid is a sterling pineapple finial. The foot of the caddy...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
Antique Pair Chineses Red Lacquered Leather Chinoiserie Trunks 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunningly beautiful antique pair of Chinese red lacquered leather chinoiserie trunks, circa 1880 in date.
The pair features rectangular shaped red leather trunks decorat...
Category
1880s Antique Boxes
Materials
Leather
Box, Germany, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1890, WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Box
Style: Art Nouveau
year: 1890
Country: Germany
Materials: silver plated
Several of the WMF objects can be seen in museums
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art No...
Category
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Rosewood & Mother of Pearl Jewelry Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique Victorian English rosewood jewellery box with fitted interior, a removable inner jewellery tray, and fully working lock and key, circa 1850. The lid and front of thi...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Antique English Mother of Pearl Inlaid Table Cabinet Jewelry Box with Lap Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Japanese Mother of Pearl inlaid jewelry box w lap desk
This item includes restricted materials and can not be sold outside of the contiguous United States.
Additional i...
Category
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Old Wooden Cigar Box, Empire Style, Probably Swedish
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely empire style wooden box probably produced in Sweden. The box is 14 x 14 cm (5.6" x 5,6") in diameter and 23.5 cm (9.4") high. It is in excellent condition except from that t...
Category
19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Enamelled and Cloisonné Silver Box, Jade Inlay, China, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century.
Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century.
H: 6cm, W: 11cm, D: 7cm
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Swedish Wooden barrel 1800's Handmade Folk Craft great condition
Located in Forest, BE
Swedish antique pine hand crafted wooden barrel. Made to be used as a washing basin or a grain storage. Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the early 19 century. Beaut...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Boxes
Materials
Pine, Birch
19th Century Dore Bronze Mounted Cut Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This antique crystal box is a true gem. The cut crystal is mesmerizing, due to its hand-chiseled facets that catch the light reflecting it in a t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Large Antique Tunbridge Ware Lidded Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Large antique Tunbridge Ware box with wide band geometric inlaid banding across top and front. The lid and escutcheon with a rectangular i...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Felt, Wood, Paper
Antique English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Regency Circa 1811
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rectangular form with a squared body and rai...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes
Materials
Shell
Antique Georgian English Rosewood Jewellery Box by Edwards
Located in Northampton, GB
Rosewood Circa 1830
From our Jewellery Boxes collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique Rosewood Jewellery Box by Edwards, makers...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Box in Burled Wood and Silk Brown Color, France, 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is in burl wood. It has been made in France in the 1870s. The color is brown, and it is in an good condition.
Black silk in the inside.
Coat of arms on the top of the lid.
Category
19th Century French American Classical Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Silk
19th Century Anglo Indian Ebony & Porcupine Quill Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine antique 19th-Century British Colonial hand crafted porcupine quill and ebony box with working lock and key, made in Matara, Ceylon the colonial name for Sri Lanka. This fine b...
Category
19th Century Sri Lankan Antique Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box Artist Signed J. Perrot
France, circa 1890
An exquisite Sevres-style pink bombe Watteau motif ormolu-mounted table box...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Rosewood Writing Box
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French traveling writing box made of rosewood during the 1800’s. The top of the box is inlaid with a mother-of-pearl monogrammed “Charlotte” l...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Watch Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Fully Lined Interior
From our Jewellery Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Mahogany Watch Box. The Watch Box of slender rectangular form made from solid Mahogany w...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Cranberry Glass and Gilt Metal box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Cranberry Glass and Gilt Metal box. The wonderful square lidded box is raised by four Gilt Metal butterfly shaped feet s...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Borghese Italian Ceramic Box
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted piece in a gothic style that presents a faux wood exterior with incredible lines. The interior of the box is ...
Category
1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique French Repousse Silver Jewelry Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique French Repousse dresser box, jewelry box, or decorative box
France, Circa Late 19th Century
Silver over bronze, with purple silk interior.
Measures: 7.75"W x 6....
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Castle Purser's Requisitions Box, English Oak, Wall Organiser, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique castle purser's requisitions box. An English, oak mounted organiser case, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.
Delightfully crafted baronial organiser wit...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Oak
Large Japonisme Moser-Type Bronze Mounted & Enameled Blue Glass Casket Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and very fine 19th century enameled glass casket or glove box.
Typical of the enamel treatments by Ludwig Moser and reminiscent of Baccarat's Japonisme works.
Likely Bohemian, the blue glass...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Japonisme Antique Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Regency Penwork Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
Sycamore Tea Chest Circa 1815
From our Tea Caddies collection, we are delighted to offer this Regency Penwork Tea Chest. The Chest crafted from Syca...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Pierced Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box
Located in Firenze, IT
This lavish French Art Nouveau period (1880-1910) jewelry box is entirely chiseled, hammered and pierced with flowers and leaf patterns. This late 19th – early 20th century rectangul...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Automaton singing bird by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Unique flower pot with singing bird automaton made by Bontems in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Bontems was a manufacturer of bird automatons in Paris. He produced decent num...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Other
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit Box in the form of a Peach
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit Box in the form of a Peach,
19th Century.
The Chinese porcelain oval box in two parts is molded in the form of a large peach. It is naturalistically c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Gilt Bronze, Pearl and Enamel Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1890
By Bontems
Located in London, GB
A stunning gilt bronze and seed pearl singing bird box by Bontems of Paris - CIRCA 1890.
The bird rises from beneath the enamal oval lid and is sure to delight!
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Orientalist Silver and Gold Gilt Bronze 19th Century Box
Located in Rochester, NY
Orientalist silver and gold gilt bronze box. Continental. 19th century. Original key and velvet lining.
Category
19th Century European Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Superb Victorian Bird's-Eye Maple Jewelry Box
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
k0121 super Victorian bird's eye maple and tulipwood jewelry box or sewing box, having finely inlaid front and lid which opens to reveal new relined interior with lift up tray. This ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Birdseye Maple
19th Century Italian Writing Box with Macassar Veneer and Silver Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case. The chest is veneered with Macassar wood. Decorated with silver mounts. The interior is made of birdseed maple...
Category
1880s Italian Napoleon III Antique Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French 20k Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1870
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French 20 karat tri-coloured gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection.
This exceptional antique French 20k yellow gold snuff box has an oval shaped form.
The body of this antique box is embellished with panels of engine turned and tooled decoration, incorporating circular and floral motifs.
Each incurved cornered panel is encompassed with applied simplified foliate festoon and column style borders, accented with tri-colored gold highlights.
This impressive antique 20ct gold box...
Category
1870s French Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Jewellery Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality rosewood jewellery box having a quality rosewood lift up lid opening to reveal a fitted blue velvet interior and a storage compartment with beautiful origin...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Veneered Footed Sandalwood Sewing Box w/Penwork Decoration, Vizagapatam, India
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian penwork decorated veneered sandalwood box in the Regency taste, the two-tier sloped lid with a fluted carved upper tier above a smooth lower tier with penwork border and...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal
Red Japanese Lacquered Box Meiji Decorative Box, circa 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Nice Japanese glove box in red and black lacquered wood dating from the end of the 19th century. It is decorated with delicate gold, black and white flowers and foliage on all its vi...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Marvelous 19th Century French Antique Jewelry Box Napoleon III in Burl Wood
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Marvelous Napoleon III 19th century antique Jewelry box in Burl wood from France.
Impressive wood grain with slight curved edge on t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Burl
Rare quality antique black forest stationary box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Rare quality antique Black Forest stationary box, having quality carved birds to the top of the lift up lid opening to reveal compartments for letters and papers, beautifully carved ...
Category
19th Century Antique Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Very Good Georgian Burr Elm Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Caddy, U.K, circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome early 19th century Georgian sarcophagus-shaped tea caddy in burr elm. The highly figured case fitted with a hinged canted top with a cross-banded edge, opening to an interior housing twin lidded tea canisters flanking a period cut-glass mixing bowl...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Boxes
Materials
Elm, Cut Glass
Antique Victorian Quality Figured Walnut Sewing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality figured walnut sewing box having a brass handle to the lift up top opening to reveal a fitted interior, drop down front opening to reveal a storage drawer
...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Neoclassical Biedermeier Box, Rosewood Veneer, Brass Inlays, England, circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Neoclassical Biedermeie box, rosewood veneer, brass inlays, England, circa 1830
Beautiful rosewood/palisander veneered, French polished. Brass trims around the upper edge and bras...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Silver Combination Match Vesta & Snuff Box Francis Clark Birmingham 1846
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique sterling silver combination snuff & vesta case, by the silversmith Francis Clark (1799-1853), Birmingham, dated 1846.
An unusual combination snuff & silver vesta case,...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Regency Rosewood Mother-of-pearl Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
An elegant fine quality English Regency period tea caddy. Circa 1815
Born in the early 19th century, exquisitely hand-crafted from the finest exotic rosewood, rectangular sarcopha...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Antique French Neoclassical 18K Gold Snuffbox
Located in New York, NY
French Neoclassical 18k gold snuffbox, ca 1800. Oval with straight sides; cover hinged. On cover top is garden with lush vegetation and flower baskets inhabited by an alert dog eyeing up the birds; on underside is vase. Both have leafing scroll surround. On sides same alternating with cornucopias...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold
English Tortoise Shell Business Card Case with Floral Design, c. 1825-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Carte du visite (business card) case of tortoise shell, impressed in relief with a rose within a border of stars.
England, second quarter 19th century.
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Vintage, Mid-Century and Antique Boxes
From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.
The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.
Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.
Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.