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Boxes For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1990s
English Victorian Period 19th Century Metal Coin Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period metal coin box from the 19th century with brass hardware. This English Victorian period metal coin box from the 19th century is a beautifully preserved pi...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Victorian Inlaid Box with Mother of Pearl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century walnut box with band inlay, band inlay and felt interior.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Wedgwood Jasperware Dresser Box
By Wedgwood
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century Jasperware dresser box by Wedgwood. The blue color is lovely and gives off that bit of elegance in any room in which it is placed. Signed on base.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box having a quality antique mahogany storage box with red interior.
D. 1860
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure by Gyokushi (玉芝), Edo Period
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Decorated Figure, Signed by Gyokushi (玉芝), Edo Period.
A truly hand-carved ivory figure, A man is lifting a weight. It looks like he is chal...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Tunbridge Ware Glove Box c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box
Date : c1860
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Cover with a berlin woolwork floral mosaic within keylines bordered by v...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Silver Artist’s Paint Box by Harry Atkin Sheffield 1892
Located in London, GB
A stunning Antique Silver Artist’s paint box by Harry Atkin, Date Sheffield 1892.
A Rare Miniature travelling paint box in excellent condition. The silver on both the outside and the interior is in superb condition.
Upon opening, the front cascades down to reveal two wells for water and perhaps mixing colours.
The interior is well protected thanks to the interior gilding. The lid engraved “Lettice’s Paint Box”. Lettice is a traditional, English girl’s name most commonly found in the upper classes.
The actual paints are not original but the current set of paints are a later acceptable replacement. The miniature brush was with it but not original and doubt it ever had one.
Dimensions;
W 5” x D 3 1/4” H 1 1/4"
About the maker;
Atkin Brothers business traces his origin to Thomas Law...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver
Emile-Auguste Reiber (French, 1826–1893) Gilt Patinated Casket Form Box
Located in New York, NY
Our antique casket from the mid to late 19th century, exquisitely crafted from patinated and gilt bronze, is attributed to the revered artist, Emile-Auguste Reiber (French, 1826–189...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze
English Silver and Enamel Two-Tiered Freedom Casket, Dated 1899
Located in New York, NY
The freedom box is marked on the side in enamel stating "This casket - to contain the diploma of the honorary freedom of the city of Exeter - was presented to the Honourable Sir Thom...
Category
1890s Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Musical snuff box with cylinder movement, sectional comb and bouquet of flowers
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful and early snuff box with musical cylinder playing.
The box is made of pressed horn with lid and silver hinge. On top a bouquet of flowers, on the botom a basquet of flowers...
Category
1840s Swiss Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron
A rare Aesthetic Movement ebonized polychrome painted humidor with floral decor
Located in London, GB
A rare Aesthetic Movement ebonized polychrome painted Humidor with a shaped display plinth to the top, surrounded with a turned gallery, and an upper compartmented drawer hand painte...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Swedish Large Stone Box in Empire style, circa 1820
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Large Stone Box in Empire style, circa 1820
Beautiful stone patterns on the lid and box.
Made from Öland limestone.
Originally used as a tobacco jar.
Height: 11 cm/4.3 inc...
Category
1820s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Boxes
Materials
Limestone
19th Century Black Forest Carved Liquor Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th Century Black Forest carved liquor set. The exterior of the box is hand-carved in design as a wood log cabinet, the rectangular Black Forest tantalus is decorated on the top wi...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
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
19th Century English Oak Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak box from England with lovely carving throughout. The box is reminiscent of a miniature blanket chest with the initials MW carved into the lid. The top opens to revea...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Oak
Bohemian Cut Crystal Box, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bohemian cut crystal box, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Bohemian cut crystal box, brass mounting, late 19th century, Napoleon III period.
H: 15cm, W: 19cm, D: 11cm
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Antique Limoges Royal Blue Ormolu Mounted Casket Box 19h Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Limoges ormolu mounted rectangular bombe' shaped table casket, circa 1870 in date and bearing the Limoges marks on the underside.
The Royal Blue c...
Category
1870s French Antique Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Gentleman Pig Tobacco Jar
Located in High Point, NC
RARE 19th century signed Johann Maresh tobacco jar in the form of a gentleman pig. This is one of those wonderful tobacco boxes you look for to be the star of your collection. He is ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Terracotta
Regency Rosewood Writing Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine quality, charming 19th century Regency Italian late baroque period walnut 2-drawer table, late 17th/early 18th century period rosewood writing box h...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century English Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English dresser box made from exquisitely grained rosewood. The box has wonderfully inlaid patterns on the top and front in ivory, along with the beaded ivory trim. Th...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Candle Box
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century oak candle box from England. This is a wonderful folk art box with loads of character! The top of the box is hand carved and has wonderful scalloped shapes and a...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Oak
Early 20th century lacquered vanity box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century lacquered vanity box circa 1910.
Good quality Chinese export table top vanity box. Hand painted in a plum and black colour scheme in a lacquered finish.
Cube sh...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Opaline Glass Jar
Located in High Point, NC
19th century blue opaline glass jar from France with hand painted floral decorations on lid and base.
Category
19th Century French Charles X Antique Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Early 19th Century Persian Wooden Box
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century Persian wooden box
A large Persian wooden box and marquetry called "Khatam Kari" with mosaic decoration of stars and geometric patterns, Middle East origin, early-19th century. This box is in overall good condition considering its age and use, it still has its original silk insert fabric firmly attached which is rare. Khatam kari is a fine and meticulous marquetry work, the oldest examples of which date back to the Safavid era: khatam was then so appreciated by the court that certain princes learned the technique as well as music, painting, or calligraphy. The “Khatam-kari” is therefore the “work of inlays”. This technique consists of making patterns, most often star shapes, by inlaying fine wooden sticks (ebony, Teak, jujube, orange tree, rose), brass (for the golden parts), and camel bone (white parts). The decorated objects are legion: boxes, chess or backgammon games, frames, pipes, desks, or even musical instruments. The khatam can also be associated with the famous Persian miniatures, thus realizing works of art. Coming from techniques imported from China and magnified by Persian know-how, this craft has existed for over 700 years.
Size in inches: H 5” x W 15” x D 9.5”
Age: 1830 - 1850
Origin: Persia
Material: Mixed material
Completely solid in structure and form, aged naturally across all the surfaces. This box does not have a key and therefore cannot be locked, it has had old repairs in blue ink as shown. With one replacement leg...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand-carved black forest humidor with a figure of a dog and cat. The cat is atop a barrel, which has a lid which lifts to reveal a compartment for tobacco. The barrel is sitting on a base with hand-carved sticks and logs and an upside down hunting hat...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Music Box with Exposed Controls playing 6 tune probably by Lecoultre
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful, early and rare music box probably made by Lecoultre in the early 19th century. This early music box plays 6 melodies on a 25.5cm cylinder. At the beginning of the 19th cen...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
Late 19th Century Silver Deer Box from India
Located in Marseille, FR
Late 19th century silver deer box from India.
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Boxes
Materials
Britannia Standard Silver
19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes, circa 1880, comprising five shaved splint bentwood pantry boxes with straight overlaps fastened via wooden pegs, in late...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Oak Candle box from England
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century oak candle box from England. The box has a wonderfully hand carved top with two opposing birds flanking a central pineapple. These symbols were also synonymous w...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Oak
19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand-carved humidor in the form of a dog's head. The dog is very whimsical with a hat, which lifts to reveal a compartment for storage and finished with a cigar and a bo...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor
Located in High Point, NC
19th century black forest humidor hand-carved in the shape of a dog's head. His hat lifts to reveal storage for tobacco or cigars. The carving on this piece is wonderfully detailed a...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Shepherd Box, Carved Horn or Antler, Spain, 1822
Located in Madrid, ES
Shepherd box. Carved horn. Spain, 1822.
Rectangular box made of carved horn that has a date (1822) engraved on the lid and front, a legend (Soi de Manuel Zulueta year 1822) and an...
Category
1820s Neoclassical Antique Boxes
Materials
Other
Chinese 19th Century Red Lacquered Treasure Chest Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese red lacquered treasure chest box from the 19th century, with brass hardware. Born in China during the 19th century, this elegant treasure chest features a red lacquered sur...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Austrian Terracotta Tobacco Jar
Located in High Point, NC
19th century terracotta tobacco jar from Austria with a gorgeous metallic glaze. The pig is wearing a tasseled hat and overalls with a collared ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Boxes
Materials
Terracotta
Small 18th Century Alabaster Barrel Shaped Jewelry Box W/ Brass Hands Decor
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small 18th century Alabaster barrel shaped jewelry box with brass hands décor.
Category
Mid-19th Century European Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Antique American Enameled Glass Ladies Footed Dresser Jar or Jewelry Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique pressed glass jewelry casket or jar is unsigned but presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1880 in the period Vict...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
French 1830s Louis-Philippe Period Foot and Bed Warmer with Large Handle
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis-Philippe period foot and bed warmer from the early 19th century, with large handle. Created in France during the second quarter of the 19th century, this wooden bed wa...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Folk Art Leather Box
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered Folk Art box made out of wood and covered with leather. Working lock and key.
France, circa 1850
Weathered, small losses.
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Late 19th Century Miniature Blanket Chest
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century miniature blanket chest with lovely hand-carved decoration on three sides and the top has a carved heart. Great size.
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Polished Cast Iron Safe with Key and Two-Letter Combination
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your jewelry and important documents locked up in this elegant, antique safe from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. Crafted circa 1880, and built in cast iron, this travel...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Danish 1840s Mahogany Box with Ash Shell Marquetry, Banding and Lateral Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Danish mahogany box from circa 1840 with ash marquetry and banding. This exquisite Danish mahogany box from circa 1840 features intricate ash marquetry and banding that enhances it...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Boxes
Materials
Ash, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Metal Jewelry Box with Cherub and Birds
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This 19th Century French metal jewelry box features enchanting cherub and bird motifs. Reflecting the ornate elegance of the era, it captures the essence of French decorative arts. T...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal
Crystal Casket with Key Att. to Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A large antique casket made of cut faceted crystal and attributed to Baccarat. A hinged box. mounted in Gilt Metal ornamented with acanthus leaves, resting on four paw feet. Baccarat...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Boxes
Materials
Crystal
19th Century Terracotta Box with Dogs
Located in High Point, NC
19th Century terracotta lidded box from Austria. There are two lovely molded dogs on the top, which are used for the handle. The base has a molded garden scene depicting animals and ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Terracotta
Swedish Lime Stone Butterbox circa 1830
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Butterbox made of Öland Limestone circa 1830
The carvings on this butter box are extrodinarie, with its patina and wear.
The lid resembles a beautiful turtleshell.
Unlike ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Boxes
Materials
Limestone
19th Century French Baccarat Crystal Box
Located in Tampa, FL
An oval Baccarat style crystal box, no key. French, late 19 century.
Category
1890s French Antique Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Chinese Wood And Vellum Document Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A 19th century Chinese wood and vellum document box hand painted court scene. No lock but all the hardware is bronze. The interior is four and a half inches deep.
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Correspondence Box, Ceylon, Ebony, Campaign, Writing Slope, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's correspondence box. A Ceylonese ebony campaign writing slope, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fascinating grooved finish, with a we...
Category
Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Early Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Teak
19th Century Lacquered Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A papier mache tea caddy. It has all its parts.
Category
19th Century Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Early Heavily Embossed Brass Box This is a large and heavy chest
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Early Heavily Embossed Brass Box
This is a large and heavy chest is made in Brass with a wooden lining, the beaten brass is embossed with decorative gothic decoration and on the fro...
Category
Early 1800s Gothic Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Lacquered Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice Papier mache box. There are lots of compartments and drawers.
Category
19th Century Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure Group"The Turtleman" Signed , Edo
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure Group depicts a man carrying a title shell, signed on the bottom from the Edo Period.
A truly hand-carved ivory figure with fine crafts...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure Group by Gyokuseki (玉石) , Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure Group depicts a man holding a large cudgel and twining around a big bell, Signed by Gyokuseki (玉石) on the bottom from the Meiji Period...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Victorian Era Tramp Art Chip Carved Trunk/ Box with Additional Glove Box
Located in Waxahachie, TX
2 handmade boxes included.
Rare 1800s Tramp Art Lion Door knocker Hand Carved Storage Box / Jewelry Box / Crimson Velvet with Brass Hardware
With intricate and elaborate decoration, ...
Category
19th Century British Folk Art Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box, Quality burr walnut writing box with brass bounds and corners, opening up to reveal a writing slope with orig...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Gilt Bronze and Crystal Dresser Casket / Box
Located in New York, NY
Lovely antique (late 19th century) molded crystal and gilt bronze dresser box measuring 5 1/2 by 3 1/2 by 4 3/4 inches and in very good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century English Victorian Papier Mache Inlay & Gold Leaf Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite Papier Mâché box, circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral motifs and embellished decoration.
The Engli...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique English Victorian Leather and Sterling Silver Table Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Victorian English table box.
In brown leather with a wood lined interior.
With applied triangular sterling silver mounts to the corners.
The mounts marked for the J...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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.
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