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Period: 19th Century
Place of Origin: French
19th Century Napoleon III Liquor Cellar in Ebony with Brass Inlay
Located in Paris, FR
Liquor cellar in brass inlaid ebony with crystal glassware. The top of the box is engraved with the initials of the owner. Front and top sides are decorated with golden rinceau, foli...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass, Bronze

Early 19th Century Gold Box
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular snuffbox with angled corners in several colors of gold. The hinged cover, the sides and base are decorated with a guilloché of parallel strips. The composition is framed ...
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Early 1800s Restauration Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Gold

Onyx, Champlevé and Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box, Louis XV Style, France, circa 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Onyx, champlevé and gilt bronze jewelry box. Louis XV style, France, circa 1890.
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1890s Louis XV Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Onyx, Bronze

Antique French Ormolu and Blue Enameled Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a jewel of a box. The blue enamel is vibrant. The work is wonderful. Treat yourself to a treasure!
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Late 19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

French Renaissance Revival Champleve Enamel Jewelry Box with Oval Mirror Inserts
Located in New York, NY
French Renaissance Revival champleve enamel jewelry box with oval beveled mirror inserts. Handmade in France during the mid-19th century. The ...
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Mid-19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

19th Century Provencal Salt Box or Boite a Sel
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French boite à sel, or salt box from Provence. Made of walnut with a pierced carved star at the top and a drawer with brass knob. Waxed fini...
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19th Century French Provincial Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Walnut

French Mid-19th Century Lacquered Oak Reliquary Box
Located in Milan, IT
French 19th century lacquered rectangular shaped reliquary box, realized in oak, decorated with a dark brown/grey lacquering and a white scrolling and pa...
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Mid-19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Oak

Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on four tapered, fluted legs connected by a curving X-form stretcher. In the centre of this stretcher is an ormolu urn decorated with rams heads, four hoof feet and birds on the top. The legs of the table are also ornately decorated with draped garlands and scrolled detailing. The apron is inset with Sèvres style porcelain plaques depicting scenes of cherubs and children in landscapes as well as decorative floral detailing, and is surmounted with laurel leaf mounts. The casket itself is of oval architectural form, and is set on fourteen small feet. It features further porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, musical instruments and a central oval portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette within a crowned gilt cartouche. Her portrait is flanked by two cherubs and is sat within a decorative royal blue border, matching the turquoise colored borders of the other plaques. The reverse of the casket is similarly decorated and features a painted plaque of her husband King Louis XVI. The plaques are separated by mounted ormolu columns decorated with crowns and draped laurel leaves, and each column is surmounted by floral crowns. Each curved side of the casket features an ormolu mask of a female figure, and the hinged lid is surmounted by two reclining female figures wearing draped dresses and holding a central crown. The casket opens at the lid to reveal a velvet interior. There is an inscription below the portrait of Marie Antoinette which spuriously reads ‘This casket formerly property of Marie Antoinette, presented to my beloved wife as souvenir of our European tour / Sept 8th 1886 / Louis L...
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Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Romantic French 19th Century Bellows Shaped Porcelain Box with Courtship Scene
Located in Tustin, CA
Exquisite antique French box, from the 1890s, is a handmade and hand painted miniature porcelain box with hinged lid and is shaped like a fire bellows. Th...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Gilt Bronze Mounted Sevres Jewel Box and Cover with Multi-Panel Scenes
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful 19th century gilt bronze mounted sevres jewel box and cover with multi-panel scenes. Of cartouche shape, the top painted with two maidens reclining in a garden attended b...
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1880s Belle Époque Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

French Glass and Ormolu Wedding Casket, circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Glass and ormolu-mounted octagonal casket. Made in France in the 1860s. Perfect original condition with a lovely patina. Set of two.
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1860s Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Sèvres Style Blue Ground Gilt Metal Mounted Circular Box and Cover
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Sèvres style blue ground gilt metal mounted circular box and cover. A Sèvres style blue ground gilt metal mounted circular box and cover, painted with a quarter-length portrait ...
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19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Early 19th Century French Boite À Sel or Salt Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century French boite à sel, or salt box, made of solid oak. Hinged lid with tacked leather tabs. A simple handcrafted box with nice proportio...
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Early 19th Century Country Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

French 19th Century 'Sevres' Porcelain Mounted Casket
By Tahan Paris
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century gilded ormolu and Sevres style porcelain mounted casket, the hinged lid opening to a silk lined interior (needing repair) and raised on ormolu melon ...
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Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Walnut

19th Century French Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very fine. Early 19th century Napoleon tea caddy. Brass inlay. Crystal vessel (not original).
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Early 19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

19th Century French Perfumerie Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass inlay and Brass mounted. Original perfume bottles. Mint condition.
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19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

19th Century French Bronze Mounted Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine doré bronze mounts. Hand painted scene under glass. This box is signed by maker on the lock.
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19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Musicians of Jacob Petit Scenes from Parisian Life, 19th Century
By Jacob Petit
Located in Paris, FR
This is an exquisite and happy subject, the hand painted porcelain realized by the master is signed with his well-known blue initials "J.P." was his monogram mark. From 1834, Jacob ...
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1840s Rococo Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Jewelry Box with the Portrait of Madame de Sévigné
Located in Paris, FR
Louis-Philippe jewelry box crafted of crystal and gilt bronze. The ormolu lid chiseled with garlands of roses, is decorated with a miniature featuring Madame de Sévigné. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) was a French aristocrat and writer, one of the great icons of French 17th century literature. The crystal body of the box is highlighted with ormolu garlands of flowers and ribbons. The bottom of the box is carved with a radiant pattern. The jewelry casket rests on three feet embellished with foliated scrolls and shells. The miniature is signed Marc (for Marc-Louis Arlaud?). circa 1840 Dimensions: W 5.9 in, D 5.1in, H 3.1in. Dimensions: L 15cm, P 13cm, H 8cm. Literature Marc-Louis Arlaud (1772-1845) was a Swiss portrait...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Antique French liquer cellar, cabinet “Cave a liqueur”
Located in Delft, NL
Antique French liquer cellar, cabinet “Cave a liqueur” An antique French book-shaped lidded liquer cellar cabinet, also called “Cave a liqueur”. A liqueur cellar hidden in 18th cent...
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19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Late 19th Century French Bronze Chased Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand painted with Sèvres Porcelain plaque insert. Velvet-lined box inscribed by maker.
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Late 19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Rare Majolica Chesnut Tureen Luneville, circa 1890
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
Rare and colorful Majolica chesnut tureen Luneville, circa 1890.
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1890s Rustic Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Vaseline Glass Covered Fruit Form Box and under Plate, French, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Vaseline glass covered fruit form box and under plate, French, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass

Antique French D'Ore Bronze 2nd Empire Box, Napoleon III
Located in East Hampton, NY
Antique French dore bronze 2nd Empire stamps box, Napoleon III Era, circa 1850s.
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1860s Napoleon III Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Treen Pot with Lid
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This elm pot was probably used to store Tabaco. It is finely turned and has an attractive patina.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Elm

19th Century French Majolica Duck Bank
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French Majolica money bank duck. No maker's mark.
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1890s Country Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Majolica Jewel Box Choisy Le Roi
By Choisy-le-Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Large and rare 19th century Majolica jewel box signed Choisy Le Roi. Renaissance style.   
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1890s Renaissance Revival Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Antique French Pink Enameled Ormolu Jewel Box, circa 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is an extraordinary box. It is a perfect example of the fine process of enameling and ormolu fitting that took place in 19th century France.
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Late 19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Sevres Style Casket
Located in London, GB
19th century French Sevres style ormolu and porcelain casket having light blue ground, painted with panels of romantic scenes.
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Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

See larger image Early 19th Century French Cut Crystal Box in Rare Amber Color
Located in Paris, FR
Charles X yellow cut-crystal box with molded "bamboo" ribbing on the body and long squares and diamond patterns on the lid. Finely sculpted gilt bronze mounts are decorated with flow...
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1820s Charles X Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Grand French Three-Piece Desk Set, Hand Painted Porcelain Inset, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
Wonderful to find a top-notch, highly decorative and most unusual desk set, French in origin dating to around 1860. Made from nutty coloured burl Walnut, all three pieces are mounted with the most wonderful polished brass mounts all inset with fabulous hand painted porcelain plaques. Our restorer had to remove all the mounts to professionally clean and on doing so found the name of the figure depicted on the plaques, "Ninon De Lenclos" a French Author, Courtesan, Freethinker and Patron of the Arts. The set is made up of a Stationery box with brass swing handles each side; the box complete with a working tasselled key. The box opens to reveal the wonderful original gilded leather lining with the original paper lining the sides of the dividers. The lock and hinges are beautifully engraved, a true sign of quality. The next piece is a hefty large oval Walnut Inkstand with a large glass inkwell...
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1860s Victorian Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

French Mid-19th Century Leather and Gilt Decorated Jewelry Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a slightly domed top with gilt decorated banding above a conforming case with a brass escutcheon.  
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19th Century Louis Philippe Antique French Decorative Boxes

Rare Napoleonic Straw Marquetry Box
Located in New York, NY
This cylinder box is an exceptionally fine example of straw marquetry, and a rare survivor of the craft, which involves the cutting, coloring, and mounting of split straws to form de...
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Early 1800s Neoclassical Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Straw

Intricate Carved French Fruit Wood Trunk, Perfume Box, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous example of a French fruitwood box carved beautifully carved into the form of a trunk. Look closely at the amazing detail, the side handles, the leather stitching, the l...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Fruitwood

French 19th Century Barbotine Bonbon Box Depicting a Boy Laying on a Tree Trunk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French barbotine bonbon box from the 19th century, depicting a young boy laying on a tree trunk. Born in France during the 19th century, this charming candy box features a delicate...
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19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

19th Century French Empire Style Salesman Sample
Located in Dallas, TX
Charming French late 19th century Empire style salesman sample. Makes a fine accessory.
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19th Century Empire Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

French Gothic Oak Coffer Chest
Located in New York, NY
French Gothic-style (19/20th Century) oak coffer chest on stand with tracery carved panels and a domed lid with iron strap work
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19th Century Gothic Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

French Porcelain Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French metal mounted porcelain box. Hand painted flower arrangement on top of box, front and back.
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19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century French Miniature Coffer Marquetry
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century miniature French coffer, or small hinged box, made of solid walnut with marquetry inlay. Original decorative bronze hardware and...
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Early 19th Century French Provincial Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Boulle Writing Box with Inkwell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French writing box with inkwell. Boulle and Mother of Pearl.
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19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Mother-of-Pearl

Paris Porcelain Hand-Painted Jewellery Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
A Paris Porcelain hand-painted jewellery box in the Sèvres style with cartouches of a medieval tavern scene and country scenes. The box is heavily gilt...
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Late 19th Century Other Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Sevres Casket
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
A rare antique French gilt bronze and silver Sevres porcelain casket finely painted with neoclassical figures on two round and two rectangular ...
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Late 19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Engraved Tortoiseshell Music Box with French Revolutionary Inscription
Located in London, GB
This finely engraved and inscribed tortoiseshell music box is a precious piece of French Revolution and Napoleonic history: given as a gift by the Duchess of Gdansk in 1837 to a neph...
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Early 19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell

19th Century Charles X Gilt Bronze and Mother of Pearl Box with Flowers
Located in Paris, FR
Delicate rectangular mother of pearl box engraved with garlands of leaves. The box is mounted in gilt bronze and intricately sculpted with interlacing, garlands and baskets of flower...
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Early 19th Century Charles X Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mounted Octagonal Table Box, circa 1890
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mounted octagonal table box. French, circa 1890. This fine porcelain and gilt bronze-mounted box has an octagonal ...
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Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Mid-19th Century Wooden Coffer Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Paris, FR
Sizeable rectangular, wooden coffer with its key. The blackened wood is inlaid with mother-of-pearl and brass. The lid and the main face of the box are r...
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19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Majolica Palissy Lizard Box Saint Honore Les Bains, circa 1880
By Saint Honore Les Bains
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Palissy box with a large lizard handle unsigned Saint Honore Les Bains, circa 1880.
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1880s Victorian Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Majolica, Ceramic, Faience

Renaissance Revival Gilt-Brass and Agate Dressing Table Box. French, c 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Renaissance Revival gilt-brass and agate mounted dressing table box. French, circa 1870. This fine box is applied with foliate engraved strap-work and side handles and finely po...
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Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Agate, Brass

Enamel Box Gilt Inside Painted Flowers Garlands Lady's Portrait, France
Located in Vienna, AT
Superb enamel box with flowers garlands and a lady's portrait. Specifications: 1. The surface of round box is made of white enamel. Additionally, it is stunningly decorated with nicest multicolored flowers' garlands running along the surface / mentioned garlands are hung up at bows. 2. The round bowl's lid is topped with a nicest enamel painted picture, depicting an elegant lady: The lady's style and appearance is similar to ladies of period of Angelika Kauffmann...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Enamel

Enamel Coffer with Mythological Scenes Signed Klein in Paris, 19th Century
By A. Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Small, rectangular, enamel coffer decorated with mythological scenes that are framed with spiraling lines of ormolu and attached with flowers at the corners. The Rape of Proserpina by the god Pluto adorns the lid. The front and back of the box are decorated with images of Diana being woken by her nymphs and the Rape of Europa. The sides have images of Mercury educating Cupid and a bath scene...
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1860s Louis XVI Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

Beautiful Early 19th Century French Liqueur Box
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful early 19th century French liqueur box. It contains four bottles and eight glasses, Charles X period.
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Early 19th Century Charles X Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Mahogany, Rosewood

French Bronze and Faceted Crystal Box, Empire, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
French bronze and faceted crystal box, Empire, circa 1820.
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1880s Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

French Victorian Metal Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian large faux wood painted metal jewel box with bronze dore trim and center frame.
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19th Century Victorian Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Bronze

19th Century French Napoleon III Black Lacquer Liqueur Box with Bronze Inlay
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Made of palissander, this lovely Napoleon III period liqueur box is lacquered in black, a method which became popular during Napoleon III's reign. The rose...
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1860s Napoleon III Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

French Victorian Bronze Dore Fan Box
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze dore fan shaped box with faux bamboo trim and filigree sides with green floral painted top
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19th Century Victorian Antique French Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Poudre or Vanity Jar with Porcelain Lid and Hand-Cut Crystal
Located in Charleston, SC
Superb antique cut-glass, brass and hand-painted porcelain poudre vanity box with original mirror.
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Late 19th Century Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Height Airs Swiss Cylinder Music Box, circa 1880
Located in Marseille, FR
Napoleon III music box with 8 bee melodies including 4 complications. Ability to play and replay loops melodies. Possibility to add to engage a resonator and or activate small bees t...
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1880s Napoleon III Antique French Decorative Boxes

French Victorian Porcelain Box
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian green and white pate sur pate porcelain rectangular shaped box with bird design
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19th Century Victorian Antique French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

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