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Place of Origin: British
Antique Mail Carriage Strong Box, English, Oak, Security Chest, Early Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique mail carriage strong box. An English, oak security chest, dating to the early Georgian period, circa 1720.
Fascinating George I lock b...
Category
Early 18th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Vintage Sterling Silver And Wood English Hinged Small Box Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely small vintage turn of the century sterling silver hinged box has a wood interior with etched design top. There are English hallmarks on the bottom that are clearly visibl...
Category
Early 20th Century International Style British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Regency Mahogany Box With Satinwood Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
English Regency mahogany box with satinwood inlay. The four corners of the top are inlaid with lovely triangular scalloped decoration. All the border molding are also satinwood inlay...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Dressing Table Box, English, Boudoir, Vanity Case, Victorian, Circa 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dressing table box. An English, rosewood mirrored boudoir vanity case, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Superb casework with a charming suite of fitted glassware...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Late Victorian English Jewelry Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
This precious 19th century English table casket features mother of pearl inlay and carved shell drawer pulls. The top of the piece is decorated with a pai...
Category
Mid-19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paper
English Blue Opaline and Silver Jewelry Vanity Pill Box, Hand Painted
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
English blue opaline jewelry or vanity box, hand painted with delicate gold decoration. This late 19th Century English box is small yet heavy in weight for its size. The jewelry box ...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Halcyon Days English Bilston Enamel Floral Egg Trinket Box
By Halcyon Days
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Halcyon Days, a Bilston enamel trinket box shaped as an egg, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1970-1980s.
Established in the 1950s, Halcyon Days Ltd ...
Category
1970s International Style Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Antique Staffordshire Painted Hen on Nest covered Box or Tureen, Circa 1880
By Staffordshire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Staffordshire Painted Hen on Nest Covered Box or Tureen, Circa 1880
A charming antique Staffordshire painted hen on a nest-covered box or tureen, dating to circa 1880. This ...
Category
19th Century High Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
English Press Minted Brass Pub/Tavern Scene Wood Kindling Storage Box on Stand
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is a decorative and functional pressed brass lift lid box with a zinc liner and an iron base which has been added. The top and front have an impressed scene depicting a group wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
VICTORIAN 1880 Carved Wood Desk Oval Box With Hunting Dog Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Late Victorian carved wood oval box.
Stupendous antique oval desk box, created in England during the late Victorian period, circa 1880. The beautifu...
Category
1880s Late Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Halcyon Days Heart Shaped Enamel Painted Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming trinket, pill or small jewelry box in the shape of a heart. Text reads I Love You, surrounded by flowers. This piece would certainly be a fantastic addition to an existing c...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Wedgwood Jasperware Pale Blue Small Circular Lidded Vanity Box
By Wedgwood
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A LOVELY Wedgwood Jasperware Pale Blue Small Circular Lidded Vanity Box.
Made by Wedgwood in England in 1982 and fully and properly marked/stamped on base.
Marked: “Wedgwood, Made in England …. “PH” … “T” ….. “82”.
2.25 inches tall lidded vanity box with a diameter of 3.25 inches.
Rolling vine and grape cameo reliefs, all over the lid and base sides.
Fabulous large pointed finial on the lid with floral cameo reliefs on the sides.
In very good original condition with no chips or cracks.
A ‘PERFECT’ match for the larger and almost identical, lidded jasperware box...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Revival British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Ruby Lustre Butterfly Box
By Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, Wedgwood, Daisy Makeig-Jones
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A ruby lustre box with mother-of-pearl lustre interior and decorated with polychrome butterflies in gold, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones circa 1920.
This ...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Luster, Porcelain
Antique Victorian Writing Box by G.H. Radcliffe Multiple Secret Compartment
Located in Northampton, GB
Late 19th Century Writing Box with two Secret compartments
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Victorian Coromandel Writing Box...
Category
Late 19th Century High Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Arts & Crafts-Style Sterling Silver Table Box with Hinged Lid by Adie Bros
By Adie Brothers
Located in New York, NY
Arts & Crafts-style, George VI period, sterling silver table box with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1949, Adie Bros. - makers. Lovely Celtic design on border o...
Category
1940s Arts and Crafts Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Octagonal Sewing Box, English, Brass, Workbox, Relief Decor, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique octagonal sewing box. An English, brass workbox with relief decor, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Delightful box for the avid sewer, with a superb r...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
17th Century English Jacobean Carved Oak Bible Box.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century English Jacobean Carved Oak Bible Box.
Period Jacobean solid dark oak bible box from the 17th century. The front is beautifully carved wi...
Category
17th Century Jacobean Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
Victorian Black Walnut Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, Circa 1880.
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Victorian Black Walnut Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, Circa 1880.
Beautiful and unique geometric inlay mosaic design banding embellishments with mother of pearl key and top medallion. Glowing, patinated wood box with hinged lid. This antique Tunbridge box...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century European Black Lacquered Chinoserie Painted Tea/Tobacco Caddy Jar
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A large English lacquered papier-mâché container from the Aesthetic Movement period, featuring a decorative chinoserie painting of stylized Asian figures, pagodas, and a garden bridg...
Category
19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Papercord
Finest Antique English Burr Walnut and Brass Cigar Cabinet / Humidor, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
About as fine as they get, this large Burr walnut cigar cabinet is a magnificent quality box beautifully made.
Each corner has a carved column with a polished brass base and brass...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Coco De Mer Nut Sculptural Box by Antony Redmile, London
By Anthony Redmile London
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a rare and magnificent object fashioned from a rare coco de mer nut and Ostrich egg by Antony Redmile. The box is secured to a wooden base with a silvered stand, holding both sides of the coconut. The coconut is a rich dark chocolate brown and appears to be warmly polished. The top of the box is silvered and adorned with beautiful malachite specimens. 2 small cast resin boar's teeth set with malachite are present on either side of the box, much like handles. Decorative silvered fittings hold ostrich eggs that serve as the lids to the box. Finally, a silvered fitting holds an oval malachite finial...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Silver Plate
Antique Vanity Case, English, Travelling Dressing Table Box, Regency, Circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique vanity case. An English, rosewood and brass travelling dressing table box, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Beautifull...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Bramah Leather Fold-out Stationary Writing Desk
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful & Luxurious Handcrafted Victorian Bramah Fold-out Travelling Writing Companion With Fitted Leather Interior, Ceramic Blotting Tablets.
Complete with Beautifully Designed...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Walnut Box with Bakelite Handle, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly iconic Art Deco walnut box with an iconic round shoulder edges and bakelite handle. This box is a great size, larger than normal, making it a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bakelite, Walnut
Superb Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique Victorian burr walnut brass bound writing box having brass bounded corners and edges around a superior quality burr walnut writing box opening to reveal a writ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
A Rare Pair of Luxury Chinoiserie Tea Cannister Shop Fittings
Located in Greenwich, CT
A rare pair of large-scale tea cannisters with wooden lids over rounded tin bodies each elaborately decorated with bucolic scenes of a pair of figures in Chinese dress in a garden, w...
Category
1860s Chinoiserie Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Georgian Kingwood Writing Box by David Edwards with Secret Compartment
By David Edwards
Located in Northampton, GB
Hidden Secret Compartment
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian Kingwood Writing Box attributed to David Edwards. The Writing Box constructed from M...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Small Antique English Silver Box - Agate Inlaid - 1925
Located in Bath, GB
A rare little square box made from English solid / sterling silver with a pillow top inlaid with Green , Red and Orange Moss coloured agate stones.
The hinged lid fits well and usin...
Category
1920s Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Inlaid Octagonal hardwood Box with Fitted Interior and Key, English Early 19th C
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand made oak Sewing Box, of octagonal form with inlaid sunburst top, fully fitted interior and having a working lock and key, all dating to circa 1840.
The bo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Secret Leather Bound Book Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A secret leather bound book box with the most beautiful marbled paper interior.
mid 19th century in age, English in origins.
Age related wear and abrasions
21/13.5/3.5cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Paper
Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Slope With Key
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Slope With A Tooled Black Leather Scriver
Slope will include
A Single Glass Inkwell
A vintage pen
S moder...
Category
19th Century Campaign Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Ceramic Japanese Design Casket
By Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual antique English Aesthetic Movement majolica ceramic Japanese design casket by renowned makers Joseph Holdcroft and dating from the 1870’s.
At the time there was ...
Category
1870s Aesthetic Movement Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Regency English Penwork Cabinet
Located in Northampton, GB
Extremely Rare Regency Antique Penwork Cabinet
A very interesting and rare Antique Regency Penwork Cabinet decorated with numerous scenes of exquisi...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
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 Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Antique English Silver Plate Hand Chased Cushion Shape Folding Biscuit Box
By Fenton Brothers
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Extraordinary antique English Sheffield silver plate exceptionally hand chased and engraved Double Folding Biscuit Box with fern motif chasing and engraving and handsome pierced and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Naturalistic Victorian silver plated folding biscuit box made circa 1890
By James Dixon & Sons
Located in London, London
Made circa 1890 by James Dixon & Sons, this attractive, Antique, Victorian, Silver Plate folding Biscuit Box, is of traditional form, with push button opening to each side, and gilt ...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
English 19th Century Brown Leather Case with GR Crowned Monogram and Ball Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique English leather case from the 19th century, with GR crowned monogram, brass handles and petite ball feet. Created in England during the 19th century, this brown leather ca...
Category
19th Century Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
England 1770 Georgian Battersea Enamel Decorated Box in Sterling Silver
By Battersea
Located in Miami, FL
Georgian Battersea enamel box from the 18th century.
A beautiful fine antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box created in the district...
Category
1770s Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rare English Regency Writing Desk With Decorative Brass Trim by Wells & Lambe
By John Lambe
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful Handcrafted 19th Century Hardwood Veneer Writing Slope With A Tooled Purple Leather Writing Liner. Item Featured Brass Carry Handles & Is Finished With A Decorative Brass...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Period Bank Storage Box with Brass Accents and Metal Interior
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period bank storage box from the 19th century with brass corners and removable metal interior. This English Victorian period bank storage box from the 19th cent...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Display Dome, English, Glass, Walnut, Taxidermy, Collectibles, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique display dome. An English, glass and walnut taxidermy or collectibles showcase, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Del...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Walnut
English 19th Century Leather Trunk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
We absolutely love this decorative trunk from England! Bound in perfectly worn dark leather and adorned with brass studs in swirling patterns. The lock is in working condition and includes one key. A pair of simple handles on each side make it easy to carry even when filled. The interior is lined with a faded red fabric and is fixed with leather cording to support the lid. Both decorative and functional, this unique petite trunk...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Cartier, English-Made Art Deco Sterling Silver Box, 1944
By Jacques Cartier
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and highly collectable box by the famous house of Cartier, this piece made in England, fully hallmarked for London 1944 together with the initials for Jacques Cartier. ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
A.E. Jones Attribution Arts & Crafts Lidded Box, Circa Early 20th Century
By A.E. Jones
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique copper and silver lidded box with blue/green Ruskin pottery roundel and intricate strap work in a riveted Celtic design. Designed by Annie Stubbs (Anne Grisdale). Lined wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Copper, Other
19th C. English Campaign Style Mahogany Travel Desk by G. Riddle, London
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A finely crafted travel desk by a noted British maker of boxes. The campaign style box has shaped brass corners, tabs, a lid plaque, center front escutcheon, and classic encased side...
Category
19th Century Campaign Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Levi & Salaman, Antique Nephrite & Essex Crystal Pill Box, U.K., circa 1911
By Levi & Salaman
Located in Chatham, ON
Levi & Salaman - Antique nephrite pill box with floral Essex crystal (rock crystal - reverse carved intaglio) - hand painted and carved daisy in full ...
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Rock Crystal, Gold
19th Century brass bound mahogany writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century brass bound mahogany writing slope circa 1890.
Good quality brass bound box slope made in mahogany. Inscribed brass plaque shows that this was presented to a mr james ...
Category
Late 19th Century Campaign Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Trinity House Marquetry Inlaid Burlwood Sewing Box, circa 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
Fine 19th Century Trinity House Marquetry Inlaid Burlwood Sewing Box, circa 1870, made by a Trinity House Lighthouse Keeper or sailor aboard a Lightship for sale to passing ships. Th...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Faceted Glass & Silver Plated Biscuit Box, c.1920
By John Grinsell & Sons
Located in Bath, GB
A heavy piece of glass was used to create this quality example, faceted all the way around and series of simple linear cuts around the circumference; the underside having a star cut....
Category
1910s Art Deco Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
SiGNED VISCOUNT DAVID LINLEY ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE KEY SAFE WALL CABINET
By David Linley
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable Viscount David Linley Architectural Perspective signed and stamped key...
Category
20th Century Art Deco British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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 Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Victorian Tunbridge Ware Paper Lined Handkerchief Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Victorian Tunbridge ware inlaid box with hinged lid and later paper lining. The lid decorated with a mosaic floral group to the centre set in birch and geometric border. The flat t...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
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 Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm, Cut Glass
18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A late 18th century, Georgian, Mahogany tea caddy having extremely attractive inlaid conch shells, banded and strung decoration, with hinged lid enclosing lidded interior retaining partial paper foil lining.
This particular caddy is relatively plain and simple in design, but the attractive inlaid decoration lifts it significantly.
The condition remains relatively good and clearly it has been well loved throughout its life.
Tea was a precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves, but also to enable the owner to lock away those aforementioned valuable tea leaves, keeping them safe from the house staffs potential wandering hands.
This 18th century tea caddy...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Mahogany Travelling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
Large size English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk/ box with original brass corner mounts, hinges, pin, top mount and retractable handles. Features include a side drawer,...
Category
Early 1800s Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th century English Document Storage Box, Monogrammed L.B. Elliott
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming antique 19th century British pine document box with iron handles, monogrammed L.B. Elliott on a brass plaque on the top. Handcrafted with solid dovetail construction and a...
Category
Early 20th Century British Colonial British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century English Victorian Campaign Style Travel Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A antique Victorian era English campaign style brass bound mahogany portable lap desk / writing slope with nicely aged patina. circa 1850
Commonly used by military officers in the f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Campaign Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Malachite Stone Box With Natural Mineral Samples c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian malachite book shaped box with natural mineral samples. When the box is opened it reveales thirty two natural samples, each fitting into their own comp...
Category
20th Century Other British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Multi-gemstone
