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Antique Personal Diary Repository, Scottish, Brass, Keepsake Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a fine antique personal diary repository, originating from Scotland during the Victorian period, circa 1870. This striking book form keepsake case showcases the craftsmanship...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Ceramic Japanese Design Casket
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual antique English Aesthetic Movement majolica ceramic Japanese design casket by renowned makers Joseph Holdcroft and dating from the 1870’s.
At the time there was ...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century English Gentleman's Mahogany and Brass Campaign Jewelry Box
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
High quality English mahogany and brass fine jewelry box that was likely used for stationary as well. Attention to detail, originality and surviving k...
Category
English Campaign Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Swiss 8 Air Gonçalo Alves Musical Box 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Swiss 8 airs Gonçalo Alves cylinder music box, manufactured by Qualite Excelsior Sondrite Extra Puissant Harmonie, circa 1870 in date.
The Goncalo Alves case is inlaid and crossbanded with boxwood inlay and superb marquetry decoration of musical instruments. It is raised on a plinth base and is fitted with brass carrying handles.
The music box features a 28cm cylinder playing eight tunes with arrow and adjustable lyre damper, with handwritten "Tremolo a Zither" play sheet and makers plate for Qualite Excelsior Sondrite Extra Puissant Harmonie.
Condition:
In excellent working condition, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 28 cm x Width 66 cm x Depth 22 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 11 inches x Width 2 foot, 2 inches x Depth 9 inches
Music box
(also musical box) is a 19th/20th century automatic musical instrument that produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc so as to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. They were developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and called carillons à musique...
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Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tunbridge Box Still Bank, circa 1870s
Located in Incline Village, NV
This Tunbridge box still bank is indigenous to the Tunbridge ware cottage industries of the town of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England in the 18th and 19th c...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Three Drawer Copper Lined Hibachi. Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
KYOTO STYLE NAGA HIBACHI (FIREBOX BRAZIER GRILL), Japanese, Meiji Period, The rectangular hibachi is of Keyaki (Zelkova) wood construction with the original copper liner, and a colum...
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Japanese Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Antique French 20k Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1870
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French 20 karat tri-coloured gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection.
This exceptional antique French 20k yellow gold snuff box has an oval shaped form.
The body of this antique box is embellished with panels of engine turned and tooled decoration, incorporating circular and floral motifs.
Each incurved cornered panel is encompassed with applied simplified foliate festoon and column style borders, accented with tri-colored gold highlights.
This impressive antique 20ct gold box...
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French Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Rare Antique English Biscuit Box - 28 lb Weight c.1870
By Jonas & George Bowen
Located in Bath, GB
Always highly sought-after, these novelty "weight" biscuit boxes came in two sizes; this one is the smaller box which is the harder to find; it would look perfect next to it's larger...
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English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,277 Sale Price
20% Off
An Exceptional Gilt Bronze French 19th Century Jewelry Casket
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An exceptional gilt bronze jewelry casket, attributed to Le Blanc, France Circa 1875. Remarkable craftmanship decorated with squirrels and lizard on handles with beetles and nesting...
Category
French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Coromandel Writing/ Stationary Cabinet by Houghton and Gunn 19th Century
By William Houghton and Charles Gunn
Located in London, GB
A very fine antique Victorian Coromandel writing or stationary cabinet made by the world famous London box makers and retailers Houghton and Gunn, dated December 1878.
The wonderfu...
Category
Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Napoleon III Game Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique wooden game box from the French Napoleon III period. The wood is inlaid with a brass emblem and brass piping, this gold color contr...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
An Unusual Dore Bronze Mounted French Baccarat Opaline Crystal Egg-Form Box
Located in New York, NY
A highly unusual and exquisitely crafted French egg-form covered box, attributed to Baccarat and dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, composed of luminous white opaline crystal an...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$5,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Sevres Ceramica chest Rococo style 19th century 1870 hand painted
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres Ceramica chest
Rococo style
19th century 1870
hand painted
origin France
Perfect unrestored condition
natural wear.
The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most important and well-known European madame-de-pompadour porcelain...
Category
French Rococo Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Large Wooden Double Folding Picture Frame for Traveling 1870s
Located in Verviers, BE
Antique large wooden double folding picture frame for traveling 1870s
With original patina on all parts It is possible to clean or restore th...
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$667 Sale Price
20% Off
French Majolica Camel-Form Lidded Box
Located in Downingtown, PA
An Exotic Cargo: A French Majolica Camel-Form Lidded Box, St. Amand,
Circa 1870
This charming French majolica lidded box is a delightful example of the imaginative and naturalistic forms that characterized 19th-century majolica production. Crafted by the St. Amand pottery in circa 1870, the piece is a sculptural rendering of a seated camel, a subject that would have appealed to the era's fascination with exoticism and global trade. The camel is naturalistically colored and rests on a raised, mottled green ground, suggesting a desert landscape.
The lid of the box is formed by the camel's loaded pack, which is meticulously detailed with a variety of goods. This top section is removable, revealing a square, hollow interior in a contrasting light blue glaze—a small, hidden surprise. The impressed mark "St Ad" on the base confirms its origin from the Saint-Amand-les-Eaux pottery. This pottery, which was active from the 17th century to 1920, was renowned for its high-quality, brightly colored tin-glazed earthenware, a technique known as faience in France. St. Amand's work, often featuring rich glazes and creative forms, was widely exported and highly sought after for both tableware and decorative objects.
Majolica, with its vibrant glazes and playful designs, saw a resurgence in popularity in the mid-19th century, particularly in England and France. This camel-form box is a perfect example of how the pottery of this period moved beyond purely functional forms to create whimsical and narrative pieces. It reflects a world increasingly connected by trade and travel, where images of distant lands and their inhabitants entered the domestic sphere. This piece, from a private New York collection and with a provenance tracing to Jesse Davis Antiques...
Category
French Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Majolica
Rare 19th Century Antique Bronze Mounted KPM Hand Painted Porcelain Casket
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Truly rare, this finely decorated antique rectangular casket, German porcelain manufacturer KPM, circa 1870. The KPM brand is engraved on the inside. Made with a finely chiseled bron...
Category
German Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$13,159 Sale Price
30% Off
Allegories of Art, French 19th Century Large Jewelry Casket After Clodion
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Napoleon III Jewelry Casket
In chiseled and silvered bronze, decorated with putti scenes in the style of Claude Michel dit Clodion (...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$4,934 Sale Price
27% Off
19th Century Napoleon III Game Box with Burl Wood and Brass
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique game box from the French Napoleon III period. The box is made of book veneer match, inlaid with brass trims. This box shows the fine craftsmanship of the ebenist wh...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century Hand Painted Store Counter Bins Signed Duane St NYC
By Empire NY
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular pair of hand decorated large store tins from lower Manhattan C1875. Created by Empire Hardware Co from Duane st NYC. Hand decorated and sold to a local downtown business...
Category
American Industrial Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$767 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Box Brass Repousse Coal Nautical Galleon Warship
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Charming and characterful nautical design
- Depicting a fleet of five galleons or warships at anchor in a bay with three men in a dingy rowing ashore on the top
- The front with ...
Category
French Baroque Revival Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box with Watteau Scene Cartouches. This box consists of signature celeste blue ground of Sèvres porcela...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
$17,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Sevres Cobalt Blue Porcelain Jewellery Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique French Sevres ormolu mounted cobalt blue soft paste porcelain jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date.
The shaped hinged ormolu mounted cover is superbly de...
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Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Gilt Bronze and Wedgwood Two-Handled Casket, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Fine gilt bronze and Wedgwood two-handled casket, circa 1875.
Category
English Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Sterling Silver Coin Purse
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver coin purse; an addition to our silver boxes collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver coin purse has a tapering rounded form.
The rounded surface of this antique purse is embellished with textured details reproducing the fine definition of the purse's fabric.
The upper portion of the body is embellished with a sterling silver gilt border, replicating the formation of the rivets and fleur-de-lis design.
This impressive case/purse is fitted via two silver gilt ring loops with the original impressive sterling silver round link chain, incorporating a ring loop attachment to the apex.
The silver case secures with a push fit catch and opens to reveal the original segmented coin purse interior.
This exceptional antique silver coin purse...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box by Henry Hollamby c1875
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware sewing box by Henry Hollamby c1875
Date : c1875
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Centre...
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British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pair of Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Renaissance Style Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel
$220,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Biedermeier Beadwork, Pens Casket, Case, Box
Located in Hamburg, DE
Beautifully crafted Biedermeier pencil box from Germany mid - late 19th century. The casket is leather wrapped, embossed and has a push button closure. From the inside the box is lac...
Category
German Biedermeier Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Beads
$232 Sale Price
40% Off
1870s Antique Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver card case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection
The anterior surface of this rare Chinese silver card case is ornamented with chased oriental figures amidst bamboo and foliate designs, accented with a fenced area and simplified structures, all on a matte background.
The ornamentation incorporates a vacant shield shaped cartouche.
The posterior surface of this silver card case is embellished with an exceptional chased decorated segmented iconic Chinese dragon design amidst clouds, also all on a matte background.
The rounded sides of this antique silver cigarette case...
Category
Chinese Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique 19th Century Austrian Solid Silver & Enamel Trinket Box, Vienna c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance revival solid silver-gilt and enameled trinket box, beautifully enamelled throughout dipicting various mythological scenes. Apparently ...
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Austrian Other Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Tramp Art Wood Box. 1850 - 1880
Located in CADALSO, ES
Very hard to find in this original condition, with no restaurations.
Category
German Country Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Walnut Table Cabinet
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century walnut table cabinet, having a lovely figured top with an inlaid oval panel with shell decoration above two hinged cupboard door...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$513 Sale Price
50% Off
Chased Bronze Jewellery Box, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chased bronze jewellery box, 19th century
Chased bronze jewellery box, red silk inside, Napoleon III period, 19th century
Measures: H: 7 cm, W: 16 c...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$1,503 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver Mounted Striated Agate Box, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
Silver mounted striated agate box, circa 1870.
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Silver
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Liquor cellar with cut crystal bottles and glasses
Located in Paris, FR
Flamed mahogany liqueur cellar with brass inlaid frame simulating box hardware. The side handles are also inlaid around a motif of two swans facing each other. The keyhole and openin...
Category
Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut & Inlaid Marquetry Canterbury Magazine Rack 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique Victorian burr walnut and marquetry inlaid enclosed Canterbury circa 1870 in date.
The grain of the burr walnut is truly beautiful. It features a hinged...
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Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
French Blue Enamel Napkin Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A French blue enamel napkin box with red Moroccan leather and carved steel silver mounts. The leather pushes in with a spring mounted red leather lid, very ...
Category
French Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Antique French Satinwood Ecarte Playing Card Box, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A very fine antique French satinwood "Ecarte" playing card box, circa 1870 in date.
The slightly domed hinged cover decorated with cut-steel pinwork and inscribed Ecarte and opening...
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French Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
19Thc Original Paint Decorated Pantry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original paint decorated red over blue swing handled pantry box from New England.This amazing over painted pantry box has wonderful 19thc decoration and is in good condition.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian silver plated revolving top biscuit box registered January 1870
Located in London, London
Made circa 1870 by John Sherwood & Sons, and carrying a diamond registration mark for 28th of January 1870, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Silver Plate Biscuit Box, is spherical...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare 19th Century Kashmir Hand Painted Inkwell and Boxes Set
Located in London, GB
Rare 19th Century Kashmir Hand Painted Inkwell and Boxes Set
A highly decorative and rare example of a late 19th Century hand painted Kashmir inkwell and boxes set.
Size: (inkwel...
Category
Indian Early Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Antique Brass and Copper inlaid Betel Nut Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Philippine Brass and Copper inlaid Betel Nut Box. The top lifts to reveal 2 hinged compartments that held the betel leaf, areca nut. Top is ...
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Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Erotical 19th Century Sculpture Box Of Woman Sitting On A Carved Basket In Wood
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th century erotical secret box.
Extremely rare erotic sculpture from the 19th century, most probably created in France, circa 1870. This is a sculptural box depicting a woman sitting on a woven wood basket. The sculpture represents a small discrete treasure chest to keep jewels. It was masterfully crafted from pieces of cream and brown wood carvings and is fitted with a screwable part to reveal the interior. This is an outstanding object, unobtainable on the antique market and of high collecting.
Other examples of these enigmatic boxes produced in the 19th Century.
Gilded and patinated bronze, made in France during the 3rd Empire. Ca 1870
Weight: 192.2 Grams, (123.20 Dwt).
Measurements: 150 mm by 63.5 mm by 89 mm (5.91 x 2.5 x 3.5 Inches).
Condition: The overall condition of this sculpture is excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to any part. This erotic box...
Category
French High Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$2,789 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique 19th Century Porcelain Apothecary Jar 'Ong: Egyptiac' Palm Trees Snakes
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant apothecary lidded jar is made out of porcelain and was made in France in 1870 ca.
The apothecary jar is hand painted and hand gilt. It is decorated with two palm trees b...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Sterling Silver, Rock Crystal Combination Vinaigrette/Thread Spool Holder
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver and rock crystal combination vinaigrette/thread spool holder in the form of a carriage lamp; an addition to our diverse collectible silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver combination vinaigrette / thread holder has been realistically modeled in the form of a carriage lamp.
The body of the vessel is embellished with impressive chased scrolling leaf decoration, accented with plain silver borders.
The anterior surface of the antique silver holder bears a feature bezel set cabochon cut rock crystal panel, displaying the initials MAUD; this protruding panel replicates the location of the lamp's light.
The posterior of the vessel features an impressive hallmarked plain belt loop/hook fastening.
The piece retains the original domed hinged cover ornamented with tiered panels embellished with further scrolling leaf decoration.
The cover is surmounted with a plain ring loop attachment and opens to reveal the original thread spool.
The underside of the lamp is fitted with a hallmarked hinged cover, which opens to reveal the vinaigrette with the original push fit grille and gilding.
The grille is ornamented with an engraved and pierced decorated floral rosette design.
The interior of the antique vinaigrette cover bears a Victorian lozenge mark which certifies the patent of the design on 8th September 1869 with the UK Patent Office.
Condition
This antique thread spool...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Napoleon III circular enamel box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Napoleon III circular enamel box
Material bronze and Cloisonne enamel
Origin France Circa 1870
19th century
Excellent quality and excellent condition
Natural wear on its patina
Its i...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Tartan Plaid Box in Original Paint
Located in Darnestown, MD
This colorful tartan plaid box is hand decorated with shades of green; orange; red and yellow. It retains the original paint in very good condition. A new...
Category
American Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Dutch Netherlands 1872 Antique Oval Repousse Trinket Box in .875 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Dutch repousse trinket box in sterling silver.
A highly decorated presentation oval trinket box, made in northern Europe Netherlands, in 1872. Crafted in solid repousse .875/.999 ...
Category
Dutch High Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,396 Sale Price
30% Off
Tunbridge Ware Stationery Box – Mosaic of Shakespeare’s Birthplace c1870
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware stationery box with mosaic image of Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : A rectangular box...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tunbridge Ware Glove Box with Floral Mosaic c1870
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge Ware Glove box with floral mosaic
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells
Decoration : Dome topped with central woolwork floral mosaic and foliate...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Silver Heart-Shaped Spice Box, Lopez Portero, Manuel, Spain, Granada, 1870
Located in Madrid, ES
Heart-shaped spice. Silver. LOPEZ PORTER, Manuel. Spain, Granada, 1870.
With contrasting and burilada marks.
Silver spice rack in its color with a heart shaped shape and curved spout to one side that has two hinged lids and three spaces inside (partition above and not below); It is supported by three legs decorated with classicist elements and has, towards the side, a series of fine smooth moldings. The hallmarks are those corresponding to Granada, to date, and to the silversmith Manuel López Portero, who also worked as hallmarks in the city. The shape of the piece does not follow the usual prototypes of the time or of the school to which it corresponds (a heart shaped silver box...
Category
Spanish Neoclassical Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Tunbridge Ware Glove Box by Thomas Barton c1870
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box by Thomas Barton c1870
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Dome topped with Berlin-woolwork mosaic to c...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1870s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
