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Place of Origin: South Asian
Vintage Kashmiri Heart Shaped Paper Mache Floral Decorated Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
A charming vintage Kashmiri heart-shaped paper mâché box, exquisitely hand-painted with vibrant floral decorations. This piece exemplifies the traditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kashan South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Anglo Raj Hand Carved Wooden Decorative Jewelry Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand carved large wooden Anglo-Raj jewelry box.
Early 20th century wood box richly decorated overall with arabesques and floral carving.
Hinged lid shallow relief carving with inte...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo Raj South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
Antique Anglo Indian Box Form Quill Lap Top or Travel Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian lap top desk crafted in quills and ebony decorated with bone dots. The surprising interior has multiple components featuring a felt writing surface, n...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Felt, Wood, Ebony
Fine Antique Anglo Indian Mughal Carved Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fine antique Anglo-Indian hand carved wooden jewelry box inlaid.
A Nice Mughal Anglo Indian Pen Box
19th Century
The box with a Mughal I...
Category
Late 19th Century Agra Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
A Brass Mughal Indian Oval Betel Pandan Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A BRASS MUGHAL INDIAN OVAL BETEL PANDAN BOX
Northern India, early 19th century.
Length: 5 1/4" in. (13.3 cm.) height: 3 1/4" in. (8.3 cm.) width: 4" in. (1...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
A highly refined Dutch-colonial Sri Lankan inlaid box with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Galle district, 18th century
The box is made of amboyna burr with inlays of ebony, bone and burr wood and has several interior compartments, all made with the utmost attention to de...
Category
18th Century Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Amboyna
Rustic Indian 19th Century Wooden Box with Iron Details and Incised Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian rustic wooden box from the 19th century, with nicely weathered appearance, iron details and incised motifs. Created in India during the 1...
Category
19th Century Rustic Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Blue Lapis Lazuli and Marble Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli and Carrara marble stone jewelry box. Created from genuine blue Lapis Lazuli, this box is low in profile and rectangular in form. This lovely jewelry or trinket box features a lid that fits onto its base. Both of which are completely covered in this beautiful blue stone.
The interior of the box's base and lid, are created using Carrara marble. The lid features stays, which retrofit into the base, and allow the top to hold to the base without sliding or moving.
The exterior is flanked with the gorgeous richly hued blue lapis lazuli.
How we would style it:
This blue stone box...
Category
20th Century Agra South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Moorish Sajai Box with Semi-Precious Stones
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mid Century Moorish Sajai Box Inlaid with Agate Semi precious Stones box with semi-precious stones.
Made in India, circa 1950.
The box measures 1 inches high x 3 inches in di...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo Raj South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Metal
Anglo Indian Micro Mosaic Inlay Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely crafted early 20th century Anglo Indian micro mosaic Sadeli box with gorgeous antique Persian geometric pattern.
The finely detailed box featu...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
Large Asian Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box with Hammered Brass Metal Overlay
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Asian decorative wooden jewelry box with brass overlay.
Large ethnic Indian hand painted decorative jewelry wood box with brass metal hammere...
Category
Mid-20th Century Agra South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Dutch Colonial Miniature Cupboard in Coromandel Wood, Ceylon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Coromandel wood miniature cupboard
Sri Lanka, 18th century
Measures: H 89.5 x W 60.5 x D 28.8 cm
This entire four-door miniature cupboa...
Category
18th Century Dutch Colonial Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Macassar
Mystic Elegance: Siberian Charoite Keepsake Box
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Charoite Box (3.5" x 4.25") is crafted from a rare and mesmerizing purple-hued mineral found exclusively in Siberia, Russia. The swirling patterns of deep violet, lave...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Anglo-Indian Horn Veneered Sewing Box from Vizagapatam w/Fitted Interior/Drawer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large Anglo-Indian sewing box with hinged lid opening to a fitted interior and interior compartment in the lid, a lower drawer on the front provides additional storage. The box made ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Sandalwood
Asian Silver Metal Hand Carved Peacock Sitar Veena Form Box 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Asian Silver Metal Hand-Carved Sitar Veena Box.
Elevate your decor with this stunning vintage box, featuring intricate hand-carved designs of a sitar and peacock. The ornate ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo Raj South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Anglo-Indian Footed Box with Lidded Compartments, 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Anglo-Indian wooden box fitted with various compartments finely hand carved.
The top is finely hand carved with the Taj Mahal.
The interior with removable hand carved nine-lidded compartments, the front cover has a mirror, the whole exhibiting very fine workmanship.
This fine late Victorian Anglo-Indian box from India is in great condition for it age.
A beautiful example of an Anglo-Indian fine art...
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Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
1920s Wood Himachal Pot
Located in Roma, IT
1920s Wood Himachal Pot
This seemingly simple wooden vase is a design object of infinite beauty and elegance that can be placed in either an antique or a modern or contemporary set...
Category
Early 20th Century American Colonial South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Veneered Footed Sandalwood Sewing Box w/Penwork Decoration, Vizagapatam, India
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian penwork decorated veneered sandalwood box in the Regency taste, the two-tier sloped lid with a fluted carved upper tier above a smooth lower tier with penwork border and...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Anglo Indian Ebony & Porcupine Quill Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine antique 19th-Century British Colonial porcupine quill and ebony box, made in Ceylon the colonial name for Sri Lanka. This fine hand crafted box has a sliding lid and is decora...
Category
19th Century Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Bone
Handcrafted White Mother of Pearl Inlaid Moorish Octagonal Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted white mother of pearl inlaid and hand carved lidded box.
Small octagonal Anglo Indian decorative box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which hav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moorish South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Indian Sterling Silver Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian sterling silver cedar lined box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique sterling silver box ...
Category
1890s Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Indian Box
Located in Tampa, FL
This exquisite antique box from 19th century India is a true treasure with its rich patina and traces of green paint. The brass studs add a real touch making it a genuine statement p...
Category
1880s Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mughal Indian Polished Brass Pierced Incense Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful hand-crafted polished brass footed box with with lid, latch and handle intricately hand-hammered with geometric designs and pierced with holes.
Vintage pierced decorative Mughal Indian style brass box from India...
Category
Mid-20th Century Agra South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19C Anglo Indian Vizigapatam Stamp Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely gorgeous and very rare 19C Anglo Indian Vizigapatam stamp box.
Made in Colonial India (the Time of the Raj) circa 1860.
Prob...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shell
18th century Dutch-Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Indian Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Masulipatnam or Vizagapatam, 2nd half 18th century
H. 10.8 x W. 47 x D. 34 cm
...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Colonial Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Persian Box Khatam Kari Footed Wooden Round Jewelry Vanity Trinket Moorish Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Late 19th c. early 20th c. Persian Footed Wooden Round Jewelry Box.
Antique rare in round shape large Persian wooden box with marquetry called "Sadeli" or "Khatam Kari" with exquisit...
Category
Late 20th Century Islamic South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Bombay Mughal Style Footed Box With Bone Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nice and unusual Indian Mughal style large decorative box, filigree and carved horn.
Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved details throughout with filigree and carved veneered bone plaques with arabesque carving.
Vizagapatam, late 19th century.
History of the Anglo-Indian Boxes
Beginning in the early part of the 18th century, Indian artisans made what came to be known as Anglo-Indian boxes for the English residents living in India, who eventually brought or sent them back to England. At the beginning of the 19th century, India began exporting these boxes commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the 1850s. People valued them so highly that manufacturers of tins copied the designs on them in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Anglo-Indian boxes fall into four groups: Rosewood or ebony boxes inlaid;
sandalwood boxes veneered; sandalwood boxes covered with Sadeli mosaic; and carved boxes often combined with Sadeli mosaic/
The first two categories came from Vizagapatam in East India while the last two came from Bombay in West India.
English traders discovered the rich woods and intricate workmanship of Indian artisans, so colonial government officials began to recognize the work of the Indian artists and craftsmen as a source for satisfying the need for furniture and boxes, which would both serve to enhance English households in India. This gave rise to the cabinetmaking workshops in Vizagapatam between Calcutta and Madras.
Craftsmen made the first boxes to be decorated with Sadeli mosaic of rosewood or ebony, incised to give further definition to the decoration, directly inlaid into the wood. The shape of the early boxes was either sloping at the front with a flatter section at the back, reminiscent of English writing slopes, or rectangular. Artisans inlaid the borders with stylized floral scrolls and the centers with a single floral motif following a circular or oval symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. The edging was ornamental and protective, both helped protect the end grain against the weather.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras
These exotic boxes...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo Raj Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Veneered Footed Sandalwood Glove Box with Penwork Decoration, Vizagapatam, India
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian penwork decorated veneered sandalwood glove box on turned ball feet the sides and top decorated with scrolling leaf borders and the top with a central leaf-framed cartou...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Anglo Raj Hand Painted Jewellery Wood Box 1920s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1920s Hand Painted East Indian Decorative Box.
An antique Rajasthani Indian hand painted wood box, early 20th century.
The box is handcrafted of wood and feature a hinged lid that can be opened and closed to access the contents inside.
Hand painted colorful Indian box with lid depicting human figures and flowers.
Style: Anglo Raj, Paint, Wood, Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin: India.
Anglo Raj Vintage Wooden Box Hand Painted Indian Chest Trinket 1920s.
Large Trinket Box Folk Art Hand Painted Colorful Asian Jewellery Chest...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo Raj South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany, clad in tortoise shell, and ambitiously decorated with bone. The inside has a mirror and red felt lining.
Category
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Anglo Indian Inlaid Quill Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty Anglo Indian hinged box handcrafted in mahogany and decorated with porcupine quills and inlaid bone dots.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Anglo-Indian South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Large Early 19th Century Antique Hand Carved Wooden Mughal Decorative Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Early 19th century fine antique Indo-Persian carved sandalwood wooden box.
Incredibly intricate, highly detailed and deeply carved beautiful handcrafted and carved wooden box with Mu...
Category
19th Century Agra Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Indian Openwork Teak Box, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Openwork teak box made in India at the end of the 19th century. The interior is lined with velvet.
Over the course of its long history, this box has sometimes been glued back togethe...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Vintage Anglo Indian Bone House Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming Anglo Indian box crafted in tropical hardwood. Clad in tessellated bone and hand decorated with shrubbery, tools and windows.
Category
Late 20th Century Anglo-Indian South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
1950s Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950s Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box.
DIMENSIONS: 7ʺW × 7ʺD × 2.5ʺH.
Indo Persian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid.
Intricate inlaid Anglo ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moorish South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
Anglo-Indian Art Deco Silver Presentation Casket
Located in London, GB
This Anglo-Indian silver casket is inscribed on a central panel to the front with the following: 'Presented to / Mr. A. L. Guildford, B.Sc. M.I.E....
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Anglo Raj Hand-Carved Decorative Jewelry Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-carved Anglo Raj early 20th century carved wood box richly decorated overall with arabesques and floral carving.
Hinged lid shallow relief carving with interior lined with red r...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo Raj South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell decorated with bone straps, carved and painted floral panels, and paw feet. The inside has a mirror and bon...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Veneered Sandalwood Dresser Box with Penwork Decoration, Vizagapatam, India
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Rectangular penwork decorated veneer on sandalwood box. The top with a double border centering a floral cartouche, the four sides with wide leafy borders to top and bottom. Fitted wi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Handcrafted Antique Tinned Copper Metal Betel Box, India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful handcrafted antique tinned copper decorative octagonal betel box with with lid, handle and brass latch.
The metal is delicately and int...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Tin
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura Censor
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box with lid.
Handmade marble decorative lidded box inlaid with semi precious stones, jasper and carnelian for orange.
It is the same craft that you see in the Taj Mahal.
Very nice fine pietra dura art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo Raj South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Rustic Indian Document Wooden Box with Brass Details and Partial Opening Top
Located in Yonkers, NY
A rustic Indian wooden document box from the 19th century with brass details, partial opening top and petite bracket feet. This rustic Indian wooden document box from the 19th centur...
Category
19th Century Rustic Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Collectible Gilt Metal Tibetan Box with Turquoise 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Collectible Chinese Tibetan Gilt Brass Metal Filigree with Turquoise and Coral beads round Box Handcrafted round Tibetan, Nepalese decorative brass trinket wish box with pull-off lid...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
19C Anglo Ceylonese Lap Desk of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely fantastic 19C Anglo Ceylonese lap desk of museum quality.
We can safely say that this is one of the finest lap desks we hav...
Category
Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Sandalwood
Antique 19th c. Decorative Anglo-Indian Overlay Footed Box with Engraved Bone
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nice and unusual Jewelry decorative box with filigree bone overlaid decoration.
Large Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved bone de...
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Late 19th Century Anglo Raj Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Jewelry Box in Exotic Tigers Eye
By Maitland Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative jewelry box in tessellated exotic tigers eye with velvet interior.
Category
1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Precious Stone
Vizagapatam Anglo-Indian Rectangular Box with Bone Inlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous Anglo-Indian decorative box inlaid.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras.
Great decorative inlaid pen box or jewelry box.
Inside dimen...
Category
20th Century Anglo-Indian South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
Indian Bone and Brass Decorative Dome Shaped Box or Stash Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely dome shaped bone box from India. The box can be decorative or hold anything from rubber bands to 420. A compliment to cocktail tables, shelves, bedside or on an end table ...
Category
20th Century South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Anglo Indian Faux Tortoise Trinket Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Inspired vintage Anglo Indian hinged box crafted in mahogany and clad in a faux tortoise laminate.
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Colorful Semi Precious Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful colorful decorative box with a lid created from Carrara marble and inlaid with a variety of semi-precious stones. The sides are inlaid with a variety of stones in abstrac...
Category
20th Century Bauhaus South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique Anglo Indian Bombay Inlay Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fine antique Anglo-Indian hand carved wooden jewelry box inlaid.
Nice Indian Mughal pen box handcrafted in very fine Sadeli micro mosaic...
Category
Late 19th Century Islamic Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Anglo-Indian Sadeli Mosaic Jewelry Box with Lidded Compartments
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Anglo-Indian sandal wood box, Sadeli mosaic box fitted with various compartments finely hand-carved with the Taj Mahal.
Of sarcophagus form ...
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Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
Peacock Sculpture Patinated Bronze Box Islamic Art Mughal India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This is an antique patinated bronze sculpture of a stylized form peacock.
Used as a betel box or tobacco opium box.
Produced using the traditional 'lost wax'...
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Late 19th Century Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Amber Trinket Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautifully decorated Indian metal box with a stone of amber on the top. 1920s or earlier There once was a fabric inside but it has disintegrated you can see it, all of the fibers ...
Category
1920s Vintage South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Metal
Anglo Indian Bone and Ebony Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Anglo Indian rectangular hinged box handcrafted in rosewood with inlaid bone and ebony in geometric designs and plenty of decorative appeal.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Anglo-Indian South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Collection of 19th Century Kashmiri Papier Mache Boxes
Located in London, GB
Collection of 19th century Kashmiri items
A highly decorative collection of 19th Century hand crafted Kashmiri objects including 6 different shaped boxes, a working lamp and urn....
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Exquisite 19th c. Luxury Compartmented Ceylonese Sailor's Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
An exquisite 19th century luxury sailor's box in sandalwood with dramatically contrasting bone and ebony geometric decoration and string inlay having raised center tier with sliding ...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
19th Century Hand Painted Kashmiri Vessel
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hand Painted Kashmiri Vessel
A stylish late 19th Century hand painted Kashmiri vessel. Covered in intricate painted flowers a...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Indian 19th Century Box with Metal Sheathing and Bracketed Wooden Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian antique box from the 19th century with metal sheathing and bracketed base. Created in India during the 19th century, this antique box features a linear silhouette made of m...
Category
19th Century Antique South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Labradorite Semi Precious Stone Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Labradorite semiprecious stone box with hinged lid. Labradorite displays an iridescent optical effect (or schiller) known as labradorescence. La...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Grand Tour South Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
