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An English Painted Box resembling an early Georgian house, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
A tromp l'oeil painted box in the manner of a georgian house. H. 10inches, W. 8 inches, D. 6.75 inches
Good condition, but lacking lock.
Category
Mid-19th Century British Georgian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Diminutive Welsh Coffer
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scarce Welsh small coffer or "coffer bach" having hinged lid over two arch panels over two drawers, the whole constructed of dense Welsh oak and having a lovely rich color and patina.
A ‘Coffer Bach’ is Welsh for a small chest or trunk with drawers below. Made only in Wales, a ‘Coffer Bach’ is traditionally associated with marriages - a dowry or love chest...
Category
Mid-18th Century Welsh Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
$3,900
Circa 1900 Mauritanian Tuareg Box in Cut Steel, Copper, Brass, and Wood
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
This fascinating wooden box has a multi-colored arabesque overlay of cut steel, copper, and brass. The interior has a beautiful deep red upholstery, w...
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Early 20th Century Mauritanian Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel
Lovely antique Victorian mahogany trinket box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Victorian mahogany trinket box, having a lift up lid opening to reveal a storage compartment lined with a green felt interior.
D....
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Marriage Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Swedish dowry box presented to the bride by her parents on the occasion of her marriage, decorated with homemade pigments in traditional folk-art patterns in faded grey blues and s...
Category
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$3,400
English Petite Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century English trinket box has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers which ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
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...
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Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Midcentury Hand Carved Solid Ebony Wood Box France, 1950s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French handcrafted solid ebony wood box made in the 1950s.
Can be used as a jewellery box or as a decorative object.
Good condition.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Ebony
$424 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Box with Brass Plaque
Located in Toronto, CA
Rectangular 19th century box with an oval brass plaque without engraving.
The exterior has been re-polished over time. It has a nice warm patina. The int...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century and later oak and brass storage box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century and later oak and brass storage box circa 1896.
Good quality storage box by Goodyers of regent street and bond street of london. Original brass embossed brass lid whic...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
a mid-century Italian wood and glass table top box in the manner of Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in London, Fitzrovia
a mid-century Italian wood and glass table top box attributed to Fontana Arte.
Please note that we often have a much shorter handling tim...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Miniature Georgian Chest of Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III mahogany miniature chest of drawers having string inlay and cross banded top, the drawers with original axe-head pulls retaining traces of fire gilding, standing on s...
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XIV Messenger Box - Leather Wrapped Wood - France - 17th 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent Louis XIV period messenger box, late 17th early 18th century.
This pretty box is made of leather-covered wood decorated with copper nails on the front and top of the box....
Category
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Victorian Rosewood Brass Bound Writing Box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian Rosewood Brass Bound Writing Box with a lift up lid that opens to reveal a green leather writing surface and a fitted interior with inkwell.
Good condition.
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Early 19th Century Converted Stationery Box
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century stationery box, which has been converted from a knife box. It is a classic serpentine shape in the front, with the edges inlaid in boxwood. There is a central ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Mahogany
Early 18th century Scandinavian baroque oak iron bound box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 18th century Scandinavian baroque oak iron bound box circa 1720.
Characterful oval shaped box profusely covered with iron edging and strap work. This piece has taken on a great...
Category
Early 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Magnificent Victorian 19th Century Toilet Box
Located in Madrid, ES
19th Century toilet box.
Magnificent Victorian period toilet box, made of Mahogany veneer. Rectangular in shape, this kit includes original Crystal contain...
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1880s Mother of Pearl Hand Painted Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s Hand painted box with mother of Pearl adornment. Purchased from an East Hampton estate.
Category
1880s Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal
Located in Paris, FR
A 18th century set presented in trapezoidal case made of light wood and inlaid with marquetry. The vanity case includes a gold wax case decorated with fl...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Mid Century Modern Gilded Aluminum and Macassar Wood Box, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning original decorative box was expertly crafted in France, circa 1960. The rectangular form, featuring Macassar wood main body, is complemented by a brushed gilded anodize...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Red Chinese Garden Scene Lacquer Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A very nice Chinese red lacquer box decorated in gold and black with a garden scene. Box has a black interior. Circa mid 1800s.
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Ebony Macassar Box, circa 1930, Brown Color, France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Art Deco, Ebony Macassar box, for decoration or jelwery.
It has been made in France arond 1930, it is in a brown color.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Antique Sarcophagus Keepsake Box, English, Velvet Lined, Glove Case, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique sarcophagus keepsake box. An English, rosewood and velvet lined case, dating to the late Regency period, circa 1830.
Superb craftsmanship and figuring distinguis...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Maitland Smith Brown Penshell Cube Decorative Box
Located in Stamford, CT
1980s decorative pen shell cube box attributed to Maitland Smith. Medium brown pen shell with dark gray tessellated stone accents. Wood lined box. No ma...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood
Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box with Adventurine Green Stone Border
Located in New York, NY
Tessellated horn box with green stone border on top. Mahogany lined interior and felt bottom. Maitland Smith, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
$950 Sale Price
20% Off
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box
Located in New York, NY
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box, Attributed to Jansen. At first glance, the box's visual allure is simply breathtaking. Adorned with ...
Category
1930s Chinoiserie Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Georgian Mahogany Mechanical Bellows
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual early 19th century English mahogany and brass mechanical bellows for stoking a fire by blowing air into it to make it burn better. This clever contraption consists of a mahog...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Victorian Campaign Military Artist Watercolour Box By Reeves Sons War Department
Located in Norwich, GB
A scarce Victorian campaign military artist's watercolour box by the famous Reeves & Sons of 113 Cheapside, London. War department stamps, along with the initial 'I', believed to sta...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Tin
19th Century Games Box In Walnut And Boxwood
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Lovely 19th century walnut and boxwood game box.
Very beautiful, unusual box with light wood inlays forming a checkerboard on the top and decorations on the side.
Inside, a backgammo...
Category
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
George III 18th Century Mahogany Letter Box. Circa 1790
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality circa 1790 Georgian letter box, with three compartment fitted interior (see image). Exterior has original double brass hinged slope top with serpentine shaped front, and...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Box for Decoration, or Desk Box in Makassar, Art Deco, France 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is from France. It has been made in 1940, it is an art Deco Item. The wood is makassar ebony .
It can be used as a docorative box, at home or in an desk.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$424 Sale Price
20% Off
Collectible spectacular rare big box, casket, tramp art, folk art, 1890, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
This incredibly rare box is made in the famous austrian tramp art around 1890 to 1900, its a extraordinary richly decorated example of these boxes.
The object is rectangular in shap...
Category
1890s Austrian Folk Art Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century, French, Hand Painted in Flowers Wooden Box with Metal Decoration
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful hand painted wooden box decorated in very romantic style with lovely flowers on the top and front side. The edges of the box are made of metal and there are metal handles a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$811 Sale Price
20% Off
1900 Rosewood Box Art Nouveau by Erhard & Soehne
Located in Marseille, FR
Box rosewood and brass inlay cover Art Nouveau by Erhard and Soehne, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Sampson Mordan & Co 1850’s Calamander & Brass Inlaid Vanity Box Sterling Silver
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely vanity box crafted out of Calamander with brass inlay. It is by the prestigious British firm Sampson Mordan & Co of London. The utensils feature mother of pearl handles and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
Antique Napoleon III Game box with Brass and Burl Wood Marquetry
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique game box from the French Napoleon III period. The box is made of various types of wood marquetry inlaid with brass trims. This box s...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Unusual quality antique Victorian Tunbridge ware stationary box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual quality antique Victorian Tunbridge ware stationary box, having an unusual shaped Tunbridge ware stationary box with a lift up lid opening to reveal blue interior with four f...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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 Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch, Pine
19th Century English Victorian Hand Painted Letter Box, Dated 1890
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual 19th century letter box with whimsical ink decoration inside and out, signed and dated 1890. With wonderfully naive ink decoration, inc...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Urushi Natural Red Lacquer Allsorts Box - Large by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
There is type of English sweet called a Licorice Allsort. They are made in different layers and some have little balls covering them. The red lacquer and the little white pieces of e...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Walnut, Lacquer
Fine Quality Antique Stationary Box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique stationary box having a quality mahogany rectangular box with original brass carrying handles, the hinged lid opens to reve...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Box, Mahogany, Burlwood, Oak, Inlays, South Germany circa 1840
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful, high-quality late Biedermeier casket box from southern Germany, circa 1840.
Mahogany and (probably walnut) burl wood veneer on oak and maple.
Numerous inlays in maple and...
Category
1840s German Biedermeier Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron, Gold Leaf
Italian Art Deco Pyramidal Shaped Trinket Box w Mirrored Interior, Circa 1920s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a charming Art Deco period jewelry or trinket box, dating to circa 1920s-1930s, showcasing the era's distinctive geometric design and fine craftsmanship.
The box features an ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
French Art Deco Cigarette Box or Makeup Pencil Holder by Marius Agogue Loiret
Located in Miami, FL
French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s. Constructed with fine mahogany and birch woods. Designed by French ebeniste Marius Agogue Loiret.
This very decorative box would ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Carved Black Forest Triple Postage Stamp Box, Owl, Glass Eyes
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous hand carved wooden postage stamp box from the Black Forest region and dating to around 1900.
The sides are carved but the star of the show is the central carved owl to ...
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Early 1900s Black Forest Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Wood and Crystal Cookie Box Candy Jar, France 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This refined Art Deco decorative cookie box or candy jar, with a serving bowl insert, was crafted in France in the 1930s. Its modernist design boasts a chromed metal and wood holder ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Chrome
Jean Michel Frank Large Straw French Marquetry Box, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Astonishing French straw-marquetry box, dating from the 1930s, designed by Jean-Michel Frank.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Cork
Large Middle Eastern Round Lidded Spice Box, c. 1900
Located in Ross, CA
Large round hand-turned, and hand-painted lidded antique tribal wooden spice box, likely from Pakistan, made around 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Pakistani Tribal Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
$160 Sale Price
36% Off
Art Deco Style Box with Ebony Veneer, with Inlays in Bronze and Springwood
By Loyzaga
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
Large box built in spring wood with ebony veneer and geometric inlays in bronze and spring wood.
The influence for this piece came from Marion Dorn's design of the black and cream g...
Category
2010s Mexican Art Deco Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Faux Book Gold Embossed Wood Pencil Artist Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Paris, a Mid-Century leather gold embossed book box featuring the title BUFFON Oeuvres. This super charming box could be used for pencils but also paint brushes, keys or ...
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Mid-20th Century French Regency Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Leather
Gene Sherer Studio Craft Sculptural Wood Fish Jewelry Box Cabinet 1984
Located in Troy, MI
Sculptural fish jewelry box sculpture by Gene Sherer
USA 1984
Mixed wood laminated construction sculpted into a modern fish form
Body opens from a hidden magnetic hinge revealing i...
Category
Late 20th Century American Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Michael Elkan Studio Large Live Edge Oregon Maple Burl Box with Lid
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage handcrafted decorative box with lid features live edge design in spalted Oregon maple burl wood. The rich texture of the burl wood is emphasized by the fine graphic dark str...
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Maple, Burl
$580 Sale Price
20% Off
English 19th Century Square Jewelry Box
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An English burl mahogany and inlay jewelry box from the 1800’s. The top of this square box has an inlaid cartouche of ebony, birdseye maple, and oak with brass banding. The box opens...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silk, Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Mahogany, Oak
19th Century marquetry fruitwood desktop box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century marquetry fruitwood desktop box circa 1890.
Good quality desktop box covered with marquetry on all surfaces. Sloped front with decorative star panel. Top opens to reve...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Late Qing Chinese Red and Black Lacquered Rice Measure Bucket with Carved Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing dynasty Chinese wooden rice measure, hand-carved and richly lacquered in red and black, with traces of gilt enhancing its decorative motifs. Octagonal in form, the bucket...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Boho Tessellated Stone Octagon Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Enhance your decor with this Vintage Boho Tessellated Stone Octagon Box. Perfect for American-style interiors, this unique piece features intricate tesse...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
1839 Fitzmaurice West Victorian Ebony & Brass Inlays Necessaire De Voyage
Located in Germantown, MD
Exquisite antique travelling case or victorian nécessaire de voyage
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanit...
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Stingray Leather Cassette or Jewelry box, French 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Austrian or French Art Deco period wood box, overed with stingray skin. Excellent, skillfully executed craftmanship.
The geometric skin is framed is made by ebonised rosewood and sm...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Sycamore, Shagreen Stingray
Piero Fornasetti , 1950s, Italian, Painted and Enamelled metal box
Located in Oxford, GB
A vintage enameled metal box with a slide out wooden drawer. The box was designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950's . The box is composed of what appears to be a mahogany dovetailed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
17th Century Italian Ballot Voting Urn Carved Blue and Red Painted Wood
Located in Milano, MI
Antique Italian ballot urn shaped wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, Monte San Savino near Arezzo in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 17th century wooden voting box...
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Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wood Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
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