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Period: 17th Century
Fine William and Mary 17th Century Olive Oyster Lace Box
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine late 17th-century olive oyster 'Lace Box' of small proportions, circa 1680-1690, England. The cross-grain moulded and holly banded top is finely veneered in hand-cut veneers ...
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English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Olive

17th Century Nuremberg, German Iron Strongbox Jewels Casket
Located in Soquel, CA
Ornately painted cash box with iron hardware and key, on the original stand. Interior of box measures 8"W x 4"H x 3.75"D Exceptional, small, late-renaissance, table-top, Nuremberg, iron, 'Wedding Box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration This is a rare and small example of these characterful, early models of transportable safes. The much larger traditional chest...
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German Jacobean Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Wrought Iron, Iron

A Fine 17th C. William and Mary Kingwood Strongbox or Coffre Fort, Circa 1690
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A William and Mary Kingwood/Princes oyster strongbox or Coffre Fort, circa 1680-1700, England. Adorned with highly decorative gilt brass strapwork and decorated in knife-cut oysters ...
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English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Kingwood, Oak

Two Famille Rose Cosmetic Boxes, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period
Located in seoul, KR
Circular form with flattened doomed covers, the covers with a medallion of flower with full bloom, the bowls with two round borders. Period : Qing Dynasty, Kangxi-Yongzheng Period P...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Italian Rare Antique Miniature Blanket Chest in Poplar
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare late 17th century Italian rustic miniature blanket chest in solid poplar wood. This miniature blanket chest is ideal for decorating your home and can be used to store your preci...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Poplar

COUNTER CASH 17th Century Flemish
Located in Madrid, ES
COUNTER CASH 17th Century Flemish in walnut wood with inlays, consisting of two drawers and a drawer. Signs of use. Dim.: 31.5 x 44 x 27 cm good state
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Dutch Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

French Louis XIV Messenger Box - Leather Wrapped Wood - France - 17th 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent Louis XIV period messenger box, late 17th and early 18th centuries. This pretty box is made of leather-covered wood decorated with copper nails forming diamonds on the to...
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French Louis XIV Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Leather, Wood

Antique Charles II Silver Counter Box (Circa 1670)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and rare antique Charles II English silver counter box; an addition to our 17th century collection. This exceptional and rare antique Charles II silver counter ...
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Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Silver

17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Writing Box or Desk Box circa 1670 England
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Rare 17th-Century Charles II Carved Oak Writing or Desk Box, Circa 1660. England. The box opens on the original butterfly hinges to reveal a fitted interior of three oak-lined dra...
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English Charles II Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Oak

Important Early Edo Period 17th Century Miniature Japanese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Rare and Important 17th Century Miniature Japanese Lacquer Cabinet, 19 cm H, 17cm W, 16.5cm D. The exquisitely decorated cabinet depicts fine floral raised scenes to each side. l...
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Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer

17th Century, Charles I, Inlaid & Carved Oak Desk Box, Circa 1640
Located in Leominster, GB
The top board bearing marquetry-inlaid initials ‘MA’, the slope with further marquetry-inlaid flowers and meandering foliage, enclosing an interior with a shelf, the end boards boldl...
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English Jacobean Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Oak

Charles II Confit Box Made in London, circa 1670
Located in London, GB
An Extremely Rare Charles II Confit Box Made, Most Probably, in London circa 1670, Maker's Mark of M With a Crown Above This very rare piece is circular in form and plain in design ...
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English Charles II Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

A Japanese Edo Period Lacquer Kogo (Incense) Box, late 17/early 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Early Japanese Lacquer Incense Box (Kogo) Late 17thc. Of rectangular form with soft corners, decorated with a diaper pattern in gold lacquer on a brownish black ground, with pewter r...
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Japanese Edo Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Pewter

Small 17th Century, French Coffer or Box in Leather
Located in Buisson, FR
Extremely old box that is covered with leather and decorated with iron and brass. Rare find. France, circa 1600-1700 Weathered and some losses.
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Iron

17th Century Charles I Carved Oak Box with Original Iron Clasp and Staple Lock
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
An attractive early 17th-century carved oak box of boarded construction from the reign of Charles I, circa 1640. England The box is deeply carved and punch decorated to the frieze i...
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English Jacobean Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Iron

Antique Huanghuali Document Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Huanghuali document box with original brass mounts. Features a rectangular lid with ornate cut-out brass corners, brass bound down a...
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Chinese Qing Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

17th Century William and Mary Floral Marquetry Olive Oyster Lace Box, Circa 1685
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare 17th-century William and Mary olive oyster floral marquetry lace box, circa 1685. England The cross grain olive moulded and holly banded top is centred by an oval of...
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English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Boxwood, Ebony, Oak, Olive, Tulipwood, Holly

Steel Engraved Nuremberg Money Chest or Cash Box circa 1600
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a money chest or cash box with steel engraved figures on each side and an intricate locking mechanism under the lid, typical of metalwork coming out of a host of ci...
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German Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Steel

French Louis XIV Messenger Box in Leather Wrapped Wood - France - 17th 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Wonderful messenger box from the Louis XIV period, late 17th early 18th century. This pretty box is made of leather-wrapped wood decorated with copper nails forming scrolls and flowe...
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French Louis XIV Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Leather, Wood

French Louis XIV Messenger Box Leather Wrapped Wood - France - 17th 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Rare Louis XIV period messenger box, Late 17th Early 18th century, in wood sheathed in black-tinted leather with a radiant sun motif. This solar decoration is certainly a reference t...
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French Louis XIV Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Leather, Wood

Small 17th Century, French Coffer or Box in Leather
Located in Buisson, FR
Extremely old box that is covered with leather and metal decorations. Rare find. France, circa 1600-1700. Weathered and some losses.
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Leather, Wood

Mid 17th Century Dutch Engraved Silver Wedding Casket or knottekist, Circa 1660
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A museum-grade mid-17th century Dutch silver marriage casket or knottekistje, circa 1660. Raised on solid silver bun feet the miniature casket is profusely engraved to all faces depicting a courting couple and architecture entwined in scrolling foliage. The reverse of the casket depicts the last supper, however, if you look closely, you can see a boy stealing food or wine from underneath! Possibly, this is the courting gentleman showing that he had a sense of humour. The scratch lined moulded top is surmounted with an intricate handle (once gilt) and floral patera to the centre. There are two inscriptions each within a cartouche 'In Lÿfde Beltact het al' and 'Getrouw tot in den doot' which loosely translates to 'faithful until the death' and 'love is everything'. Wedding caskets...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Silver

Late 17th Century Leather And Brass Travelling Box
Located in Benington, Herts
A very fine and interesting late 17th century English work box or travelling case English Circa 1680 Of conventional form with slightly domed lid, this piece has acquired a magnifi...
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English Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Small 17th Century, French Coffer or Box in Leather
Located in Buisson, FR
Extremely old box that is covered with leather and metal decorations. Rare find. France, circa 1600-1700 Weathered and some losses.
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Boiled Leather Trunk, Spanish, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Leather trunk Spanish, 17th century Boiled Leather, wood and iron Measures: 22 x 53 x 32 cm. Provenance : - collection Metz-Noblat, Château de Clevant, France Rectangular trunk of the form and size of a small suitcase with wrought iron hinges and lock-plate. Wood, covered with leather, cut and embossed with every surface of the thick cow hide covered in interlace, zoomorphic features. The construction method is boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation cuir-bouilli: a process used to change flexible, vegetable-tanned leather into rigid, moulded objects. For shaping of the vegetable-tanned leather, heat and moisture were used, as indicated by the term boiled leather. No written medieval sources describing the production of decorated cuir bouilli objects survive, so knowledge of the process relies on the important studies of the Scottish leather historian John William Waterer. A large range of methods, materials and techniques could be used in various combinations. The vegetable-tanned leather, made supple with moisture and heat, was stuffed, shaped and nailed to the rigid wooden coffer support. The stuffing material was probably modeled beeswax or stearin wax. To shape the leather, to create its topography, « Cushions » were made by lacing a thread through an awl hole and attaching the flexible leather and stuffing to the rigid wooden support on the bottom. Then the decoration was done: lines were incised through the upper layer of the leather (epidermis) with different thicknesses of knives or needles. Contours were created with deep v-shaped cuts, decoration with thin incision and final details with a needle point. For the incision and pouncing stage, the leather was probably kept heated and moistened for suppleness. Once dry, the leather would be hard and rigid. the saturated leather is worked over a form, possibly even damp sand, with the pattern shaped using bone or wooden tools. Compare to metal, leather was lighter and it offered protection from cuts and punctures. Cuir bouilli objects were produced by specialist leather workers and needed skillful craftsmanship. The surface is filled with roundels shaped foliages enclosing animals, lions and peacocks. The foliate arabesques creating a vegetal connection tweet the animals create the impression of a lush verdant space . The vegetal pattern here employed in combination with geometrical pattern came from the pre-islamic artistic traditions of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. An aspect of Islamic geometry Is the basic symmetrical repetition and mirroring of the shapes that create a sense of harmony. The decoration of this truck is inspired by the islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. An arabesque character is given to the birds of the decorations through extreme stylisation. This arabesque maintained the classical tradition of median symmetry, freedom in Detail and heterogeneity of ornament. The presence of the peacocks is a paradisiacal allusion: in popular Islamic literature they were among the original inhabitants of the garden of Paradise expelled with Adam and Eve. Peacock as a decorative motif may have originated in the West, despite their eastern provenance. There was an ancient belief that the flesh and feathers of peacock do not decay. This led to the peacock becoming a christian symbol for Christ’s resurrection. Renowned for their decorative wall hangings, seventeenth-century Spanish leatherworkers also produced utilitarian objects, such as this trunk. A similar trunk is on display at the Metropolitan museum of art ( 09.158.1). Related literature : Davies L. 2006. Cuir bouilli. Conservation of leather and related materials, 94-102, Oxford: elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992 Gabriela Germana Roquez, "El mueble en el Peru en el siglo XVIII...
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Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Iron

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...
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English Jacobean Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Wrought Iron

Rare 17th Century Miniature William and Mary Walnut Table Top Chest, circa 1690
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine miniature William and Mary 17th century diminutive walnut chest. From the reign of King William & Queen Mary (1688-1702), England. The cross...
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English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass

William and Mary Kingwood Strong Box or Coffre Fort Converted to a Teacaddy
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with brass strapping and side handles. Lock plate and flap. Fitted sometime in the 19th century as a tea caddy. Labeled Orange Pekoe and Black tea...
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Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Japanese Lacquer Incense Box, Kogo, Momoyama or Edo Period, 16th/17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Japanese lacquer incense box, kogo, with a design of sparrows in flight, late Momoyama or early Edo Period, circa 1600, Japan. The small box, called a kogo, was used t...
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Japanese Edo Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Pewter

17th Century Italian Leather Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning 17th century Italian leather covered wood trunk covered in brass nail heads, some spelling out a word on top, and with iron strap hinges a...
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Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Leather, Wood

Important and Rare Italian Box Safe from the 17th Century '1647'
Located in Madrid, ES
Important and Rare Italian box safe from the 17th century In chiseled bronze, decorated with jasper plates and hard stones, with a cameo with a male figure at the centre. Inscriptio...
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Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

William & Mary Oyster Veneered Walnut Glove Box on Stand - U.K. - Circa 1690
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare William and Mary walnut glove box on later stand - exceptional quality with aged patina - featuring elaborate walnut oyster veneered top and walnut veneered sides - the interior of the box lined with hand quilted floral silk Lampas fabric...
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British William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Fabric, Walnut

Turned, Engraved Openwork Box, Florence, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Turned, engraved and openwork box Fruit wood Florence, 17th century Measures: Diameter 11cm Height 4.4cm.  
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Italian Renaissance Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Wood

17th Century, Italian Wooden Box Coated in Engraved Leather
Located in Firenze, FI
Wooden box lined with leather engraved with damask motifs, studded with convex bronze nails. This casket was used by placing it on the altars of the family chapels to house the candl...
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Italian Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Leather, Wood

Exceptional French 17th Century Marriage Trunk
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional 17th century Marriage Trunk - Malle - from the Provence region of France. Soundly constructed from wood and clad in leather. Beautifully ...
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Leather

17th Century English Leather Covered Knife Box Converted To a Letter Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
17th century leather knife box converted to a letter box with original brass hardware, sitting on brass ball feet. Fitted interior lined with 18th century silk fabric. In very good...
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European Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Indo-Portuguese Table Cabinet
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Indo-Portuguese table cabinet from the 17 th Century, the rare Cabinet is in a very good condition, has a hinged front and has 8 drawers, b...
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Indian Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Rosewood

Antique Verger's Desk Box, English, Oak, Ecclesiastic, Bible Case, William III
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique verger's desk box. An English, oak ecclesiastical bible case, dating to the William III period, circa 1700. Beautifully presented desk case with fine detail and...
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British Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Oak

Miniature William and Mary 17th Century Diminutive Olive Oyster Chest, C.1690
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Fine Miniature William and Mary 17th Century Diminutive Olive Oyster chest. From the reign of King William & Queen Mary (1688-1702), England. The...
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English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Olive

17th-18th Century Spanish Colonial Box With Domed Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Spanish Colonial inlaid bone and faux tortoiseshell domed top box. Original hammered iron hinges. Circa 1680-1740. Excellent condition and very rare.
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Spanish Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Iron

17th C. Diminutive William and Mary Kingwood Strongbox or Coffre Fort, C. 1690
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A William and Mary Kingwood / Princes Oyster Strongbox or Coffre Fort of Diminutive Proportions, Circa 1680-1700, England. Adorned with highly decorative gilt brass strapwork and decorated entirely in knife cut oysters of kingwood, this box is fit for the most discerning of collectors. The large gilt brass shield-shaped clasp opens on a push-spring release to reveal a box interior lined in rosewood with one drawer and securing bolts. Once the lid is opened you can reach inside to slide the original gilt brass bolt lock to open the fall. Once the fall is open you will find a drawer lined in oak and simulated kingwood. The box appears decorative, but it was also very difficult to break open or steal. It has a strong lock to the centre and two bolts concealed in the sides, so that it could be screwed down into floorboards if necessary or that of a horse-drawn carriage. Strong boxes veneered in oysters of Princewood such as this were luxury objects. The cabinet-makers who would have constructed and veneered the carcase apparently sold them, often using tropical hardwood veneers, and mounted it with sets of mounts, handles and locks bought in from brass founders. The elaborate veneering and conspicuous gilded brass mounts show that the appearance of these objects was important. Thomas Pistor, of Ludgate Hill, London worked with the renowned cabinetmaker Gerrit Jensen...
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British William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Kingwood

17th Century William and Mary Rosewood Coffre Fort on Stand, Secret Compartments
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
The unique 17th-century William and Mary rosewood coffre forte, circa 1690, raised on George I walnut stand, circa 1720. The rosewood veneered exterior...
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English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Antique Chinese Food Presentation Covered Box
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable antique food box from the Shanxi province, North China, late Ming (1368-1644) to early Qing (1644-1912) Dynasty. An extraordinary e...
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Chinese Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Wood, Paint

French 17th Century Leather Box, Coffre
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very charming late 17th century French Coffre - Box crafted from beautifully patina'd leather. A wonderful piece to serve as a jewelry box or to adorn any table top.
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Leather

17th Century, Alabaster and Ebonised Wood Casket Malines Coffer
Located in Dallas, TX
A 17th century Malines alabaster and ebonised wood coffer or casket with engraved inset panels, arches and columns. The interior has a marbled paper lini...
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Belgian Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Alabaster

Large William and Mary 17th Century Inlaid Olive Oyster Lace Box, Circa 1690
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare large parquetry inlaid 17th-century William and Mary period olive oyster lace box. 1680-1700, England The cross-grain moulded top is ent...
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English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Oak, Olive, Ebony

17th Century Silver Mounted Traveling Box with Key
Located in Dallas, TX
A 17th century silver mounted Coromandel wood with mother of pearl inlay traveling box with a Interior fitted with drawers and a reliquary cabinet. W...
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Silver

Antique Japanese Lacquered Incense Box Kobako Ex-Christie's
Located in Atlanta, GA
An old Japanese lacquered small box likely used to contain incense powder called Kobako, circa Momoyama to early Edo period (16-17th century). The rectangular form box with a fitted ...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lead

17th Century Japanese Bento Box for Cherry Blossom Viewing Party
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique Japanese bento box from Edo era which was used for cherry blossom viewing party. It is made with bamboo and painted with ...
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Japanese Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bamboo

Japanese Tokugawa Lacquered Wedding Chest, 17th Century
Located in New York, NY
Japanese rare early fine beautiful Tokugawa gold and black Lacquered wedding chest. Featuring Tokugawa crest and wild ginger motif, with gold gilt bronze. fittings. Gilded mulberry p...
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Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Circa 1650 Sheet Iron Money Chest from Southern Germany with Wooden Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
In 15th and 16th century Europe, the works of blacksmiths from southern Germany were known far and wide. Demand for products by these skilled metal workers spread as far as the Scandinavian countries. Perhaps one of the most intriguing items that was produced by these workshops was the iron money...
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German Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Iron

17th Century William and Mary Olive Oyster Lace Box, Circa 1680-1700
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare 17th-century William and Mary period olive oyster lace box of perfect proportions. 1680-1700, England The cross-grain moulded top is entirely covered in well-place...
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English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

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Olive, Holly

Fine 17th Century and Later Floral Marquetry Box
Located in London, GB
A fine 17th century and later floral marquetry box with hinged lid.  
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Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Sea Captain's Box, circa 1680/1720 'Colonial'
Located in Esbeek, NL
Sea captain's box with iron fittings 1680/1720 colonial.
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European Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Ebony Veneered Captain's Chest or Strong Box 'Coffre Fort', 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A strongbox was a type of travelling chest and these types of boxes were more common in England than anywhere else where they were fabricated between 1660 and 1720. The earliest proo...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Renaissance Revival Damacened and Bronze Casket
Located in Essex, MA
With a domed hinged lid and bail handle over a conforming case decorated overall with figures in Renaissance dress. Bun feet. Provenance; David and P...
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European Renaissance Revival Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

17th Century Cutlery Box
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 17th century cutlery box with the original leather, metal hardware and interior.
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Softwood

Box Tobacco 17 Century Friesland Baroque Birch Sliding Lid Love Heart Horse Lady
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This romantic and charming box has characteristic carving from the area. With chip-carved geometric decoration to the sliding lid and sides, carved with a horse, two hearts and a...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Birch

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