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George III 'Mansion' Form Bottle Caddy or Tabletop Cellarette, circa 1780
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A rare and exquisite circa 1780 English, possibly Irish, George III period bottle caddy or tabletop cellarette in the form of a two-storey ashlar Palladian mansion house, the boxwood...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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 Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Tortoiseshell Minaudiere Box
Located in New York, NY
Tortoiseshell Minaudiere Box. Chic antique tortoiseshell clutch with mirrored flap, blotting paper holder and two lidded interior compartments. I...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Geometric Tessalated Bone Box
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Geometrtic Tesselated Bone Box.
This beautiful decorative box is the perfect accessory for a coffee table, dressing area or bookcase.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Japanese Carved Bone Floral Birds Inro, signed early 20th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Nicely carved Inro with birds and flowers. Quality craftsmanship. Hand-carved pierced sides and top. Opens into two pieces, held together with a rust-red s...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Architectural Model Box of the Alhambra Palace, with Key
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Architectural Model Box of the Alhambra Palace, with Key
Handcrafted in Granada, Spain, Circa 1960s
A stunning architectural model box that showcases the ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Moorish Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$638 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Anglo Indian Quill Work Vizagapatam Sandalwood Sewing Box
Located in Huntington, NY
This fine Regency period quill work, bone, ivory & sandalwood sewing box
with intact interior w sewing implements.
Category
Early 19th Century Indian Regency Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ivory, Sandalwood
$13,200 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Anglo-Indian Sadeli Inlaid Work Box Traveling Writing Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A stunning camel bone, ebony and metal inlaid sadeli work box with portable writing desk, Bombay, circa 1850.
The sandalwood body of faceted rec...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty antique British colonial lidded box handcrafted in indigenous hardwood clad in tortoise shell and decorated with intricate bone designs, featuring an etched and painted center ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Sea Green Shagreen and Macassar Ebony Box with Bone Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, exotic, and unmistakably refined, shagreen has long captivated those with a discerning eye for luxury.
A study in subtle opulence, this artisan-crafted decorative box is wr...
Category
2010s Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Anglo Indian Lidded Quill Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique British colonial lidded box handcrafted in mahogany and decorated with porcupine quills and bone dots. The interior has a removable tray with nine compartments all...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
French Tortoise Shell Circular Box With Inlaid Silver Top Depicting Fox & Stork
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Tortoise Shell Circular Box With Inlaid Silver Top Depicting Fox & Stork
Category
18th Century Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Vintage Karl Springer Style Horn and Wood Pyramid Monumental Box Rare
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and commanding vintage horn and wood monumental Karl Springer style pyramid box makes a statement. The size alone is most unusual. The interior wood color is black and ...
Category
1980s American Organic Modern Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
$2,625 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Turtle Box by Antony Redmile
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical mid century trinket box crafted in composition in a turtle form having a polished stone lid handle and silver plate on brass head and...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Exceptional Anglo-Indian Stag Horn Veneered Sewing / Work Box From Vizagapatam
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An unusually large stag horn veneered sandal wood sewing box from Vizagapatam, India. This large, fitted box in the Regency taste has tapered sides and a two-tiered sloped lid, all c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Antler, Sandalwood
Tessalated Horn Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative keepsake document box decorated with hand applied rectangular horn pieces. A great addition to any desk, night stand, bookcase or coffee table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
Black Buffalo Horn Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative trinket keepsake box adorned with convex black buffalo heat set tiles. A great addition to any desk or coffee table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
Antique Georgian Amboyna Sewing Box
By William Dobson
Located in Northampton, GB
Veneered in Amboyna Wood
From our Sewing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Amboyna Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular shape veneered in Amboyna with a circular mo...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shell, Amboyna
Chinese Lacquered Happiness Box with Birds & Blossoms, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely lacquered box was once presented as a gift, filled with popular snacks like roasted melon seeds, dried fruit, and cinnamon-toasted soy beans. Dated to the late 19th centu...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Antique Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Jewelry Inlaid Sadeli Footed Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th century Anglo-Indian jewelry, trinket footed box, inlay with ebony, mosaic marquetry Sadeli work and a carved Hindu scene on top.
The box case is made from sandalwood wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Vintage Geometric Tessellated Bone Box
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Geometrtic Tesselated Bone Box.
This beautiful decorative box is the perfect accessory for a coffee table, dressing area or bookcase.
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Moorish Islamic Mughal Raj Decorative Vizagapatam Carved Bone Jewelry Box India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative Mughal Raj Vizagapatam Carved Veneered Bone Jewelry Rectangular shape Box.
Vintage Asian lidded box crafted with bone finely engraved and hand painted in black with geometric Moorish designs.
Delightful Anglo Indian footed box crafted with an intricate patterned polished bone inlay mosaic over a wood frame.
Handmade in Vizagapatam, India, mid 20th century.
Elegant intricate pattern. A true work of Islamic artwork...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Anglo Indian Hexagonal Porcupine Quill & Bone Inlaid Box For Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Anglo Indian hexagonal porcupine quill and bone inlaid box comprised of dark hardwood and inlaid with bone dots framing the panels of regimented porcupine quills. The lid opens to re...
Category
20th Century Asian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
Large Middle Eastern Moorish Turkish Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large Turkish mother-of-pearl inlaid chest inlaid throughout to show foliate scrolls and geometric forms, raised on four legs.
From the 16th century onwards the dominant influence...
Category
20th Century Syrian Moorish Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Danish Early 19th Century Empire Tobacco Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
A charming mahogany tobacco box in an architecturally intriguing form. The top of the lid is adorned with a small knob of bone.
Great quality and craftsmanship.
Empire. Denmark, ...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mahogany
20th Century Tessellated Bone Trinket Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
An elegant modern style tessellated bone trinket box with black felt-lined interior. Mostly cream in color, but does have hints of light pink througho...
Category
20th Century Philippine Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Felt
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Jewelry Box in Red Dyed Tessellated Bone
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Small jewelry box in red dyed tessellated bone in the style of Karl Springer
Category
1950s Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian lidded box handcrafted in indigenous hardwoods clad in tortoise shell and decorated with elaborate lacy bone designs, featuring an etched and painted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
French Art Deco Bone Marquetry and Macassar Wood Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant Art-Deco, lidded box was hand-crafted in France in the 1930s. The top of the lid is ornate with bone marquetry. The design is very modernist using slices of bovine bones...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood, Macassar
Elongated Octagonal Lidded Tessellated Bone Box in the Style of Enrique Garcel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A well crafted wooden Octagonal box with Tessellated bone inlay - lidded and ready for many different contents, from desk accessories to television remotes, jewelry, letters, memento...
Category
20th Century Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
18th Century, Heavily Carved Bone Inset & Iron Mounted Spanish Vargueno
Located in Atlanta, GA
Spanish, 18th century or earlier.
An 18th century Spanish bargueno or vargueno traveling desk, used for storing documents, jewels, or sewing box. The six drawer chest is inset with ...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Vizagapatam India Table Box Ebonized Wood & Bone Carvings
Located in Forney, TX
Vizagapatam box, India, 19th century.
This highly decorative and unusual Anglo-Indian table box features rustic workmanship that adds to the character and charm of this unique Sout...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Veneered Sandalwood Dresser Box with Penwork Decoration, Vizagapatam, India
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Rectangular penwork decorated veneer on sandalwood box. The top with a double border centering a floral cartouche, the four sides with wide leafy borders to top and bottom. Fitted wi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Early 19th Century Russian Stained and Carved Bone Table Box with delicate gold
Located in Larkspur, CA
Early 19th century Russian stained and hand-carved Bone Table Casket Kholmogory Box, veneered with panels of foliate engraved stained bone alternating with geometric and foliate fret...
Category
Early 19th Century Russian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Japanese Carved Bone A Bamboo-Form Snuff Bottle
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting an astonishing Japanese Antique Carved Bone bamboo-form snuff bottle, museum quality.
Dimension: 2.5" H x 1 " Dia.
Condition: Excellent Condition
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Anglo Indian Micro Mosaic Inlay Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely crafted early 20th century Anglo Indian micro mosaic Sadeli box with gorgeous antique Persian geometric pattern.
The finely detailed box featu...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
Intricately inlaid vintage Damascus box with hinged lid
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Intricately inlaid vintage Damascus box with hinged lid in hardwood, sandalwood, ebony, and camel bone. The box features a geometric inlaid field over fiv...
Category
Early 20th Century Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Hardwood, Ebony, Sandalwood
Vintage Hindu Indian Punjab Inlaid Marquetry Rosewood & Bone Jewelry Box
Located in Portland, OR
A very attractive vintage inlaid rosewood Indian jewelry box.
The hinged box made is from solid figured rosewood and finely and is sumptuously inla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony, 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...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Exotic Turquoise Shagreen and Macassar Ebony Box with Bone Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, exotic, and unmistakably refined, shagreen has long captivated those with a discerning eye for luxury. Derived from stingray skin, this richly textured material first appear...
Category
2010s Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
19C Anglo Ceylonese Sewing Box of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely stunning 19c Anglo Ceylonese sewing box of museum quality.
Made in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) circa 1860, this is one of the finest sewing boxes of it’s kind that we have ever seen!
The box is made from coromandel wood (an exotic hardwood found in Ceylon) and has a serpentine edging all over the front, back and sides.
Very often the lids/tops of these boxes suffer cracks due to shrinkage but this one is near perfect with no crack in the lid/top. There is some evidence of natural shrinkage but that is around the edges of the lid/top.
It is when you open this box that it reveals it’s true beauty, quality and treasure !
The inside of the lid/top is heavily and beautifully decorated with inlaid bone in scrolling floral patterns which have then been hand painted with red and black ‘lac’ ink. The central medallion is a circle of inlaid specimen exotic hardwoods radiating towards a central bone and hand painted flower. The circle is edged in bone, wood and silver chevrons.
What makes this box Exceptionally rare is that it contains 3 lift out base sections. Normally, there would be a maximum of 2.
The first tray/section is clearly for the purposes ancillary to sewing with a pair of sections with bone spools for thread etc. There are 17 other lidded compartments with each one highly decorated using hand painted bone and specimen woods to replicate tortoiseshell.
The first tray lifts out to reveal a second removeable tray which is made up of a pair of open sections and 8 specimen wood lidded sections each with chevron banding.
The third tray is a smaller tray underneath with 14 lidded compartments each with hand painted bone and specimen wood inlaid lids again, replicating the look of tortoiseshell. Again they are banded with a chevron border.
This is a museum quality piece !
It is in fantastic condition for it’s age with the minor shrinkage to the edges of the lid/top, some finger pulls missing and some very minor cracks to the tray lids and bases but nothing that in any way detracts from the piece. No key.
Dimensions: Closed the box is 16.75 inches wide, 11.25 inches deep and 7.5 inches high
Fully open the box is 16.5 inches high, 16.75 inches wide and 11.4 inches deep
Anglo-Indian and ceylonese boxes: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
Anglo-Indian boxes normally consist of 3 main types:-
(1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...
Category
Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
A Vintage Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn and Stone Box With Brass Trim
Located in Charleston, SC
A flat-lidded brown polished horn box by Maitland Smith, with two beautifully inlaid and brass trimmed polished greenstone ( I believe to be amazonite tiles surrounded by a gilt bras...
Category
1970s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
White Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary India white camel bone box.
Rectangular shaped tiles with slightly raised pyramid shaped top.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
$995 / item
Ceylonese 'Sri Lankan' Ebony Writing Slope
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 19th century carved ebony writing slope, the exterior richly carved with foliate decoration, the interior profusely inlaid with bon...
Category
Early 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Sandalwood
Mother of Pearl Mosaic Inlay Trinket Box, Middle Eastern, c. 1960's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite handcrafted geometric wood box with micro mosaic inlays of mother of pearl in Khatam artistry, an Ancient Persian technique of inlaying. Moorish style box also features geo...
Category
1960s West Asian Moorish Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Velvet, Wood
A vintage Maitland Smith tessellated horn and stone box with brass trim.
Located in Winnetka, IL
A flat top brown polished horn box by Maitland Smith having two wide bands of polished green stone tiles surrounded by a gold brass band. The interior is a warm mahogany wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
19th Century Anglo Indian Inlaid Mosaic Box With Drop Front and Drawers
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century Anglo Indian fall front box with six drawers with metal pulls. The exterior and interior inlaid throughout with bone and various woods. Intricate geometric designs cover...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood, Holly
Singing bird box by Jacques Bruguier tortoiseshell case with enameled lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very rare singing bird box by Jacques Bruguier, made in Geneva circa 1850.
When activated, the lid opens and a finely crafted bird rises from a beautifully pierced and engraved grill...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel, Other
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany, clad in tortoise shell, and ambitiously decorated with bone. The inside has a mirror and red felt lining.
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Silver and Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1900
By Bontems
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Singing bird box by bontems of Paris, Circa 1900. Tortoisesheel embellished with sterling silver, with silver and enamel lid.
Category
Early 1900s French Late Victorian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Petite Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming petite antique Anglo Indian lidded box handcrafted in indigenous hardwoods clad in tortoise shell and decorated with elaborate lacy bone designs, featuring an etched and pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Art Deco Pale Green Shagreen Covered Box on Ball Feet and Bone Edged Lid
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pale green stained shagreen covered Art Deco box with bone trimmed hinged lid raised on ball feet. The bottom stamped "John C(?) ______(?) & Sons, LTD."
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Art Deco Shagreen Covered Box with Bone Edges, Marked "London Made"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco shagreen covered cedar box with bone edges, the snug fitting lid attached at the back with a single long stop hinge to prevent the lid falling back when open. The leather co...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Brass Inlay Blue Dyed Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Handd dyed bone blue keepsake box with 3 brass inlay stripes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$495 / item
Midcentury Bone Inlaid Chest Box or Jewelry Casket
Located in Plainview, NY
Midcentury bone inlaid chest box or jewelry casket mesmerizing decorative patterns and extraordinary sculptural and design details provide this authe...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
$1,332 Sale Price
20% Off
Cornflower/Lilac Bone Box, 12x7
Located in New York, NY
Modernist Cornflower/Hydrangea lavendar bone keepsake box lined in wood. A great addition to any coffee table, bedside or desk.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
19C Anglo Indian Vizigapatam Stamp Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely gorgeous and very rare 19C Anglo Indian Vizigapatam stamp box.
Made in Colonial India (the Time of the Raj) circa 1860.
Prob...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shell
Antique Anglo Indian Box Form Quill Lap Top or Travel Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian lap top desk crafted in quills and ebony decorated with bone dots. The surprising interior has multiple components featuring a felt writing surface, n...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Felt, Wood, Ebony
Russian Prisoner Of War Carved Bone Miniature Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Made as a slant lid desk with fold down writing lid opening to a fitted interior. Two drawers below and bracket feet. Bone is white and tinted green. Carved details.
Category
1790s European Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Marquetry Wood Box with Mosaic Bone Inlays, Middle East. c. 1970's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite handcrafted Khatam wood box with micro mosaic marquetry design, an Ancient Persian technique of inlaying. Moorish style box features geometric inlays of wood and bone. Art...
Category
1970s West Asian Moorish Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
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