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Place of Origin: British
19th Century Victorian Jewelry Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian jewelery box. The box is made of wood, covered with paper machee, lacquered black and inlaid with a mosaic of mother-of-pearl. Painted with gold colored decorations. The interior of the box is lined with blue silk fabric...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Travelling Vanity Box, English, Campaign Correspondence Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling vanity box. An English, leather bound campaign correspondence case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880....
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Antique Brass Inlaid Rosewood English Jewelry Sewing Casket Gillows Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality example of a Lady’s or Gentleman’s English Regency Period polished brass mounted well figured Rosewood inlaid Boulle Style Jewellery or Sewing Casket or Table Box made during the first quarter of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin. Raised on its original bun feet, the quality of this item is firmly attributed to furniture makers Gillows of Lancaster.
The rectangular form with hinged lid opening to reveal its original yellow silk lined interior, complete with lift out sectional tray.
This exquisite casket is raised on four generous beaded bun supports.
Condition: Good condition with nice patination, no losses to brass inlays. Lock is present and working, lacking key. Some losses to edgings of lift-out tray, overall a wonderful item in good condition.
Height: (entire closed) 5.5" (14cm). Width: (at front) 10” (25.5cm). Depth: 7.25” (18.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller.
Provenance: Private collection Northern Ireland.
The Gillow family of Cabinet Makers and Upholsters came to prominence with Richard Gillow (1733 – 1811), the son of Robert Gillow, founder of the firm. Gillow’s reputation as one of the leading British cabinet making firms of the 18th and 19th centuries was established by contributions from some ten members of the family over three generations.
During the 18th century, the Gillow firm established a reputation for producing the highest quality furniture, made by competent workmen from the best woods, in elegant but practical styles...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Art Deco Shagreen Box by Asprey, England
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully finished in panels of ivory-toned shagreen, this hinged box is a superb example of the craftsmanship practiced by the famed Asprey Company in London. Founded in the late ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
19th Century Oak and Pine Wall Hanging Spice Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming mid-19th century wall hanging
Oak and pine spice box, or cabinet, having
Four short drawers over one long drawer
Retaining original brass knobs
(Through history, spices have been a very
sought after commodity for a whole variety of
different reasons and therefore regarded as
valuable items which deserved a special place
to live and be stored within the home. This is
a modest and humble example of an antique
spice cabinet which has stood the test of time
well and is now a really quite charming, as well
as useful and functional piece of British history.)
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak, Pine
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 Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Regency Brass Bound Coromandel Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Quality English Well Figured Solid Coromandel Anglo-Indian Colonial Officers Campaign Style Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large ...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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 Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Antique Victorian Tunbridge Ware Lined Handkerchief Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Victorian rosewood Tunbridge ware handkerchief box with lid decorated with mosaic floral group to the centre and floral border, opening to reveal a ...
Category
19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Victorian Tunbridge Ware Letter Rack Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique Tunbridge ware box having a beautifully inlaid exterior with floral rose borders, a waisted form, and a domed top with and inla...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pair of George III Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair have the typical shape of boxes from this period, with shaped serpentine front, sloped hinged lid, and boxwood and ebony lines. Each cover is inlaid with an oval patera and...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Very Rare 1867 Asprey & Co. Coromandel Dressing Table Box Sterling Silver Pearl
By Asprey International Limited
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare 1867 sterling silver hallmarked Asprey 166 Bond Street London Coromandel wood vanity dressing table box
A very rare and high quality collectable piece, the box is solid Coromandel wood with brass edges, it’s a lovely dark timber with a similar grain to Rosewood. The suite inside is all sterling silver, fully hallmarked T.W for Thomas Whitehouse, the Queens head for Queen Victoria, the sideways facing Lion for Sterling silver, the Panther head for London and the date letter M for 1867
The box has Braham locks which were of such high quality Gillows of Lancaster an London used them on their finest furniture, at the back of the base section you have a hand engraved plaque which reads Asprey Maker 166 Bond Street London, in the middle of this plaque is a depression switch, if you press it a hidden drawer pops out of the bottom. The listing includes the original key
The mirror pulls forward to reveal a hidden document folio...
Category
1860s Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Magnificent and Rare Early Silver Plated Drum Biscuit Box on Stand, 1844
By George Richmond Collis & Co.
Located in Bath, GB
I would imagine this was a regimental presentation gift having had this top quality stand custom made in heavy cast silver plate by the finest of silversmith's Elkington and Co. The ...
Category
1840s Early Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Wedgwood Black Basalt Gold Egyptian Revival Jewelry Box
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A vintage English Wedgwood Egyptian revival matte black basalt and gold jewelry box, circa 1970s, England. This matte black basalt stoneware box has a g...
Category
20th Century Egyptian Revival British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Wooden Turned Treen Pot, Container or Vide Pouche, England Late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A skilfully crafted piece of turned treen with an interesting silhouette. The piece opens into two sections leaving an interior space to prize, hide or store a treasure or two. There...
Category
1990s Folk Art British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Victorian Figured Walnut Jewellery Box
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4433 fine Victorian figured walnut jewellery or sewing box with brass carrying handle, original working lock and a key and green interior, all in home ready condition, circa 1880.
...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English Early Georgian Mahogany Box with Original Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early Georgian mahogany box from the late 18th century. This exquisite English box is made of a rich mahogany wood seemingly stained to perfec...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Blue and White Ceramic Heart Shape Trinket Box with Lid by Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful ceramic heart shape trinket box by Wedgwood. This dish is in the Classic “Wedgwood blue” and features a Greek mythological scene on the top in white. A floral garland tri...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1920's TEAL COLOURED LOCKABLE MACHINIST WORK TOOL BOX WITH LOCK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this original, stunning condition teal coloured machinist work tool box in all steel with period lock and lo...
Category
1920s Industrial Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century black lacquered jewellery box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century chinese black lacquered jewellery box circa 1860.
Good quality shaped chinese jewellery box with overstuffed top cushion. Hand painted i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinoiserie Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
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 Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Master Craftsman's Retirement Box, English, Keepsake Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique master craftsman's retirement box. An English, rosewood and white metal celebration keepsake case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Skilfully craf...
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Heart shaped Victorian sterling silver & Glass biscuit box by Heath & Middleton
By Heath & Middleton
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1898 by Heath & Middleton, this charming, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver & Glass Biscuit Box, is heart shaped, with a cut glass body, and a plain silv...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Halcyon Days English Bilston Enamel Rabbit Trinket Box
By Halcyon Days
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Halcyon Days, a Bilston enamel trinket box shaped as a rabbit, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1970-1980s.
Established in the 1950s, Halcyon Days ...
Category
1970s International Style Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Antique Dark Blue Jasperware Wedgwood Round Covered Box
By Wedgewood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Jasper ware round covered box.
By Wedgwood.
In dark blue dip.
Fully marked to the base.
Simply a wonderful box by Wedgwood.
Da...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique English Mother of Pearl & Rosewood Writing Box Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Firmly Attributed to Hausburg
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Victorian Writing Box attributed to ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Antique Figured Coromandel Brass Box / Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique brass bound coromandel Victorian Gothic Revival casket by Parkins and Gotto, 24 & 25 Oxford Street, London, circa 1860...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Charming Brass Spice Box by Jones Bros, England, Early 1900s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Charming Brass Spice Box by Jones Bros, England, Early 1900s
A beautifully patinated and functional brass spice box with interior compartments in zinc, made in England in the earl...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Zinc
1930s Art Deco Half Doll Powder Bowl
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive and totally original 1930s Art Deco ladies powder/ trinket box. Made from porcelain with a vibrantly colored painted finish. There is m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box by Green of London
Located in Northampton, GB
Makers to the Royal Family
From our Vanity Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box by Green of London. The Vanity Box of rectangular shape with b...
Category
Early 19th Century George IV Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Antique Country House Parlour Game Case, English, Oak, Organiser Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique country house parlour game case. An English, oak organiser box, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fascinating proportion to this pleasingly craft...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Tunbridge Ware Large Lined Burl Walnut Inlaid Box with Mother-of-Pearl
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A sizable and very handsome inlaid English walnut box with notable decorative details. The box with geometric and rosette pattern inlaid bands, diamond form mother of pearl escutcheo...
Category
19th Century Edwardian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Burl
Georgian Architectural Model
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early 19th century mahogany architectural model of a church, the multiple steeples flanking a faux carved slate shingled room, wh...
Category
Early 19th Century Gothic Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Charles II Needlework Casket, Second Half of the 17th Century
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an English needlework casket from the Charles II period (1660-1685), with silk work exterior panels depicting various figures and animals, a top mirrored compartmen...
Category
Late 17th Century Charles II Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique English Walnut Military Campaign Chest or Lap Desk with Brass Mounts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique campaign box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1820 and done in the period Victoria...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
ViNTAGE BURL WOOD SMALL BOX FOR CARDS JEWELLERY
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Vintage Burl Wood Small Box.
A beautiful burl wood box with storage.
Please carefully examine the pictures to see the condition before pu...
Category
20th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl
Christopher Dresser Mintons Chinoiserie Aesthetic Movement heart box inkwell
By Christopher Dresser
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Rare heart shaped inkwell designed by Christopher Dresser made by Mintons. Impressed markings OO / MINTON / 15
Pink version on line...
Old Christies East labels
Category
Mid-19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Dark Green Shagreen Covered Wooden Box with Bar-Form Lid-Lift
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco shagreen covered wooden box of dark green color and with a bone lid lift.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
England 1810 Georgian Battersea Enamel Neoclassical Decorated Box
Located in Miami, FL
Early 19th century Georgian Battersea enamel box.
A beautiful antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box, created in the district of Ba...
Category
1810s George IV Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Victorian Decorative or Jewelry Box, in Wood, England, 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 19th century, in England, Victorian Period. Its lid is made in wood, brown in color.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
One-Off Winsor & Newton Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Sterling Silver 1977 Artist Box
By Windsor & Newton
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely one of a kind Winsor & Newton 1977 Queen Elizabeth Jubilee presentation with sterling silver ...
Category
20th Century Early Victorian British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
19th Century English Tunbridge Ware Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
A well-made antique, circa 1830, English tea caddy with stunning marquetry inlays, warm coloring, superb detailing, and luminous rich patina!
When tea first arrived in Europe in t...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Grain Painted Box
Located in Wilson, NC
English grain painted box, this nearly square box is painted on all sides to simulate quarter sawn oak. It retains the original steel carrying handles on...
Category
1860s Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
English Silver George V Queen Mary Coronation Pill Box, 1910
By James Fenton Birmingham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A silver pill box, made to commemorate the coronation of George V, by James Fenton, Birmingham, England, date marked, 1910.
The round lidded box shows the heads of King George the F...
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Early 20th century Edwardian mahogany inlaid wine cooler
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century Edwardian mahogany inlaid wine cooler, circa 1905.
Sheraton revival wine cooler cellarette. Top with oval stringing and inlaid ebony. Lid opens to reveal compartm...
Category
20th Century Edwardian British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Octagonal Tunbridge Ware Games Box c1845
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Octagonal Tunbridge Ware games box c1845
Date : c1845
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells or Tonbridge, Kent
Decoration : Cover with perspective cubework with keylin...
Category
1840s Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Campaign Cellarette, English, Colonial, Storage Box, Victorian, C.1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique campaign cellarette. An English, mahogany and brass colonial storage box, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1850.
Impressive proportion and of a quality f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Georgian Mahogany Pair of Knife Boxes
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality, 18th century, George III Period, Mahogany Pair Of Knife, Or Cutlery, Boxes Of Typical Shape With Serpentine Fronts And Superbly Figured, Inlaid And Crossbanded Sloped Lids, Revealing Later Fabric Lined Interior Compartments.
Cutlery boxes, or as they are now more commonly referred to, Knife boxes, were of course originally made with the purpose of housing the homes most precious and valuable cutlery and enable it to be locked away when not in use. This was very important as generally the cutlery used...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Malcolm Appleby Shooting Companion
Located in London, GB
The Malcolm Appleby Shooting Companion is a breathtaking collaboration with master engraver, Dr Malcolm Appleby MBE. A striking pairing of Britain's Cr...
Category
2010s British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Brass
Fine Tunbridge Ware Writing Box / Lap Desk, Eridge Castle, circa 1870
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fine example of a Victorian Tunbridge Ware writing box or lap desk dating to circa 1870.
The central section featuring Eridge Castle, East Sussex. The box comes complete with a working tasseled key, the lock in working order.
The top portion lifts to reveal the fitted interior incorporating a pair of brass topped inkwells...
Category
1870s Late Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus form Tea Caddy
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency Mahogany sarcophagus form tea caddy. With
Brass keyhole escutcheon.
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Campaign Style Rosewood Brass Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved with the name of its owner, Anne Orten. The piece opens to reveal a velvet lined writi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Campaign Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Silver Cigarette Case Birmingham 1911 Joseph Gloster Ltd
Located in Toronto, Ontario
English Silver Cigarette Case Birmingham 1911, Joseph Gloster Ltd. Slightly concave rectangular shape case; front, reverse and outside borde...
Category
1910s Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Regency Period Brass Inlaid and Bound Document Box with Lift Handles and Key
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Brass bound Regency period rosewood document box by Wells & Lambe with brass edges, geometric line inlay and flush mounted skeletal lift handles. The top with a monogramed rectangula...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Dressing Table Sewing Set, English, Ebony, Haberdashery, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dressing table sewing set. An English, ebony lidded pot and haberdashery accessories, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Striking ebony set exudes ...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony
George Betjemann Art Deco Sterling Silver Mounted White Onyx and Lapis Box
By George Bentjemann
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
George Betjemann & Sons George V Art Deco Sterling Silver Mounted White Onyx Box with stepped Lapis Lazuli corners.
Box features three compartments. Imp...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
Regency Sterling Amboyna Box Paul Storr, London, 1813, Royal Coat of Arms
By Paul Storr
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Regency Sterling Amboyna Box Paul Storr, London, 1813, Royal Coat of Arms
England, London, 1813
An exquisite Regency Sterling Amboyna Box, crafted by the renowned silversmith Paul...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Pewter Inlaid Burl Amboyne Coromandel Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Quality English Well Figured Burl Amboyne and Coromandel Ladies or Gents English early Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large propo...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass