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Collection of 19th Century Kashmiri Objects
Located in London, GB
Collection of 19th Century Kashmiri Objects
A beautiful selection of late 19th Century hand crafted Kashmiri objects. This collection includes a tobacco jar, pepper shaker, cigar b...
Category
Indian Early Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Late 19th Century Decorative Box - Marquetry Wood - Cubics
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique decorative box, inlaid with different types of wood.
This type of marquetry work is also called 'Oeben Cubes', named after the famous ebenist Jean Oeben (1721-176...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood, Walnut, Burl
VICTORIAN 1880 Carved Wood Desk Oval Box With Hunting Dog Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Late Victorian carved wood oval box.
Stupendous antique oval desk box, created in England during the late Victorian period, circa 1880. The beautifu...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1880s Asian Carved Wood Box with Drawers
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s Asian carved wood box with drawers.
Category
Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Bohemian Crystal Box with Engraved and Gilt Floral Motifs by Moser
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This stunning antique Bohemian crystal box is attributed to Ludwig Moser, the renowned glassmaker from Karlsbad, celebrated for his exquisite designs and unmatched craftsmanship. The...
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Czech Art Nouveau Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Switzerland Mahogany Ebonized Hinged Music Box with Three Cylinders, C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Rare Switzerland mahogany & ebonized hinged music box with the original crank, three interior paper labels, and cylinders. Music box is stamped by maker and is In working condition, ...
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Swiss Biedermeier Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Rare Majolica Box with Oysters and Snail Choisy Le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica box with oysters and snail signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le Roi, circa 1880.
Measures: Height / 8", length / 15" on 6.5".
Category
French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Persian Papier Mache Hand Painted Trinket Box
Located in London, GB
19th Century Persian Papier Mache Hand Painted Trinket Box
Covered in hand painted detail and illustrations, this 19th Century Persian trinket...
Category
Indian Early Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
19th Century Perfume Box - Napoleon III - Crystal Bottles
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique marquetry wooden box for perfume.
The box dates from the French Napoleon III period, circa 1880-1890.
The box features those original crystal perfume bottles, bea...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl
Finest Antique English Burr Walnut and Brass Cigar Cabinet / Humidor, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
About as fine as they get, this large Burr walnut cigar cabinet is a magnificent quality box beautifully made.
Each corner has a carved column with a polished brass base and brass...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Aesthetic Movement Gothic Style Brass Mounted Stationery Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning quality British Aesthetic Movement brass mounted oak stationery box with gothic influences dating from around 1880. The box stands on a wide ...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Jewelry Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian jewelery box. The box is made of wood, covered with paper machee, lacquered black and inlaid with a mosaic of mother-of-pearl. Painted with gold colored decorations. The interior of the box is lined with blue silk fabric...
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British Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Rare 19th Century Majolica Flowers Box
Located in Austin, TX
Large Rare 19th Century French Majolica Flowers Box .
12 inches Lenght.
Category
French Rustic Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Pair Chineses Red Lacquered Leather Chinoiserie Trunks 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunningly beautiful antique pair of Chinese red lacquered leather chinoiserie trunks, circa 1880 in date.
The pair features rectangular shaped red leather trunks decorat...
Category
Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Antique Italian Jewelry Box circa 1880
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Antique handmade Italian jewelry box in wood lined with silk velvet. It has beautiful scalloped sides which are smooth as silk to the touch. The box has a hinged lid which also is po...
Category
Italian Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Chinese Camphorwood Trunk Coffer Coffee Table 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is beautifully carved antique Chinese camphorwood bedding trunk or coffer, circa 1880 in date.
With a rectangular hinged lid and side carrying handles there is no mistaking its...
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Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
Large 19th Century Continental Neoclassical Between Dresser Vanity Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An extensively filled 19th century ormolu-mounted ebonized wood dresser vanity box fitted with silver gold washed lidded glass gars and sewing tools. The ...
Category
European Empire Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Victorian Greyhound Sterling Silver Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel cigarette case; an addition to our range of silver boxes and cases.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver cigarette case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
This antique cigarette case has a subtly curved form proffering a comfortable fit in the majority of pockets.
The anterior cover is embellished with an exceptional hot enamel scene depicting two greyhound style canines in a rural setting.
The posterior surface of the case is ornamented with the contemporary engraved initials 'G.W.C.R' and the date '11th Feby 1886'
The rounded sides of this cigarette case are plain and unembellished.
This antique enamel cigarette case...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
19th Century Dresden Porcelain Box, Hand Painted Flowers With Gilt Metal Detail
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely showpiece of a box with exquisite details down to it's ormolu surround and clasp. Lovely hand painted florals all over including its main painting on the top of the box as w...
Category
German Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Antique French Victorian Burled Marquetry Inlay Trinket Vanity Case Cigar Box
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional large wooden case from the Victorian era, circa 1880s. Made from pine with raised and burled panels. Features a marquetry inlay top showcasing a bird within a flowerin...
Category
Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Burl
19th Century Mosaic Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box Sorrento Napoli, C1880
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Amazing Marquetry and inlay on this Sorrento Napoli Box C1880. There is craftsmanship of the highest caliber all over this box. Box front drops down to reveal inside completely cover...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Black and Red Leather Box bearing Arms of Irish MacNamara Clan, 1880s London
Located in Knivsta, SE
Black and Red Leather Box bearing Arms and Words of Irish MacNamara Clan, 1880s London.
A striking leather box, produced by London firm Parkins & Gotto, Oxford Street-based company specialized in leather goods and stationary. Features the coat of arms, with a rearing (rampant) lion surrounded by standing golden arrows in a solid field of red as well as a helmet with coronet, mounted with an arm bearing a sword, as well as the motto of the MacNamara clan (Firmitas in Caelo, meaning Strength in Heaven), an ancient Irish...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Sevres Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Watteau Lovers Scene Bombay form Box, Signed
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous French Louis XVI style Sevres Porcelain cobalt blue Ground Watteau Lovers Scene Bombay form jewel box and cover, Signed by the Artist. Of cartouche form with bombay shaped...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Collectible spectacular rare big box, casket, tramp art, folk art, 1885, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
This incredibly rare box is made in the famous austrian tramp art around 1880 to 1890, its a extraordinary richly decorated example of these boxes.
The object is rectangular in shap...
Category
Austrian Folk Art Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Outstanding Games Box in Burl Walnut, Brass and Malachite, c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning English Victorian Games / playing card box made from Burl Walnut mounted with impressive polished brass mounts beautifully detailed, and in turn, inset with polished green malachite stones.
The box comes with a working (replacement) key which when unlocked reveals a fitted interior complete with a wooden cribbage board, whist markers...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Brass
19th Century Decorative Ebonised Box - Stones and Bronze Mounts - Napoleon III
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique decorative Napoleon III wooden box. Beautifully decorated with copper and bronze elements and round cut stones cut (tiger eye). The box is made of black lacquered...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century Victorian Majolica Bird Box Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th century Victorian Majolica turquoise box with a bird handle and white flowers attributed to Joseph Holdcroft.
Very rare shape box.
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
A Shapely 19th Century Chinese Export Black Lacquered Dressing Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
the scalloped top centering an oval medallion radiating coved reserves above a conforming body fitted with brass bale handles; finely decorated with gilded figures in a garden lands...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1880s, European Sterling Silver Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Solid sterling European box. 4.25 ounces. Sun, basket of fruit, flowers adorn the top of the box. Gold wash inside.
Category
Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine Antique English Coromandel Decanter / Drinks Box, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A truly magnificent drinks / decanter box made from exotic Coromandel mounted with polished brass mounts inset with a plethora of different kinds of cabochon cut and polished onyx st...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
19th Century Italian Writing Box with Macassar Veneer and Silver Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case. The chest is veneered with Macassar wood. Decorated with silver mounts. The interior is made of birdseed maple...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Salesman Sample Of A Demilune English Chest
Located in Tampa, FL
This is a salesman sample of a Demilune English chest. It has four doors with an ivory bar handle. It is all inlaid around the top and the bottom. It sits on four legs. Circa 1800s.
Category
English Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Wood
Musical box with 6 Bells and 3 Automatons By G. Bendon
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful music box by Bendon.
Made in about 1880 in Switserland by this well known manufacturer. The mechanism plays 8 tunes on a 28cm cylinder as indicated on the original 'Bendon'...
Category
Swiss Late Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Victorian Sterling Silver Cockerel Sugar Box (1882)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large and rare antique sterling silver cockerel sugar box; part of our continental ornamental silverware ...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Original Antique Grape Vine Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood music box with grape vine carving to the top
A very good lookin...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Wooden Box
Located in London, England
Brass bound box in walnut. Circa 1880
H 31cm x W 63cm x D 25cm
Category
British Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Arts & Crafts Pewter Copper Glas Wood Decorative Box
Located in Munich, DE
It was a great pleasure to find this rare Arts & Crafts pewter and copper box.
The copper applications are decorated with green and blue glas cabochons.
The ...
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English Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Pewter
19th Century French Paper Cut Out Diorama Scene
Located in London, GB
19th Century French Paper Cut Out Diorama Scene
A quite exceptional example of a mid-19th Century French paper cut out diorama scene. Depicting a la...
Category
French Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Champlevé Enamel & Agate Pill Box / Snuff Box, France c. 1880
Located in London, GB
An elegant and very collectible 19th century French gilt metal, champlevé enamel and banded agate pill or snuff box made c. 1880.
The box has oval form with a frieze of colourful fl...
Category
French Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Enamel
Victorian Tramp Work Box, America circa 1880
Located in Knutsford, GB
Victorian Tramp Work Box, America circa 1880
Carved with chip and notch pyramidal carving
Panels of Acorns and Snow bells, applied in high-relief
Silver handles and escutcheon
Category
North American Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
French Antique Casket with Four Baccarat Perfume Scent Bottles
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century French ebonised and brass inlaid scent bottle casket Of shaped rectangular outline, the hinged lid concealing four gilt decorated clear glass bottles...
Category
European Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
1880s Mother of Pearl Hand Painted Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s Hand painted box with mother of Pearl adornment. Purchased from an East Hampton estate.
Category
Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Renaissance Revival Style Bronze Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A renaissance revival style solid bronze box of the highest quality. The deep blue velvet interior has a ring holder. The interior depth is two and a half inches. No key. Austria, ci...
Category
Austrian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Victorian 1880 Oval Desk Box in .925 Sterling Silver with Brown Faux Tortoise
Located in Miami, FL
A Victorian oval desk box.
Beautiful and very attractive desk box, created in London England during the Victorian era (1837-1901), back in the 1...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
1980's Decorative " eye" box
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1980's Decorative " Eye" box
Cast aluminium
France
Category
French Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
1880s English Wood and Brass Overlay Card Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s English wood and brass overlay card box.
Category
Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique White Opaline Glass Box with Blue Floral Enamel Decoration, 1890
Located in Hamburg, DE
Luxurious and rare antique opal glass box. This kind of jewelry boxes was mainly made in France, Italy and formerly Bohemia. They were made from the early 19th century to the early 2...
Category
Italian Belle Époque Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Historicism Box, Floral Ash Veneer, Rosewood, Austria circa 1880
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful restored Historicism Box or small Chest, Floral Ash Veneer from Austria, Vienna Late 19th Century, circa 1880
Flower ash veneered on softwood with rosewood inlays. Ebonized...
Category
Austrian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Boar Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a boar; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This magnificent antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a boar.
This impressive antique vesta case is embellished with details replicating the features of the boar's coat of fur and anatomical features.
The back of the boar incorporates a hallmarked hinged cover which opens to reveal the serrated panel/match striker.
The secondary hallmarked hinged panel opens to reveal the original gilt interior; this is faciliated with a thumbpiece modelled in the form of the boar's tail.
Such magnificent period examples are rare and becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
Condition
This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body, in addition to part hallmarks to the interior of each hinged cover are very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply due to the exceptional gauge of silver.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Grand Tour Scent Box With Ruby Red Bottles
Located in Tampa, FL
An absolutely fabulous grand tour scent box with four ruby red scent bottles with stoppers. The bottles are with fine brass mounts on the body and the tops have several scenes of mon...
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Coromandel Writing Slope
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century coromandel writing slope, fabulous quality with brass corners and a central brass diamond with a nice jasperware plaque, there is ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Majolica Box Books Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Century Majolica Box Books Choisy Le Roi.
H / 6.8 inches
Category
French Rustic Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Victorian Thomas Johnson II Sterling Silver Tortoise Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a tortoise; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a tortoise.
The plain oval body of this Victorian vesta box is embellished with cast and applied components replicating the details of the tortoise's legs and head.
The anterior surface of this rare box features an applied oval serrated panel / match striker.
The hinged tortoiseshell cover opens to reveal the original gilt interior.
The underside of the body bears the contemporary engraved inscription 'July 1883'.
Condition
This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. There are some blemishes and wear to the original gilding, in keeping with age. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body are very clear.
Dimensions
length 8.4cm/3.3"
width 5.5cm/2.2"
height 3.2cm/1.3"
Weight
2.4 troy ounces/73.9g (including tortoiseshell cover)
Maker: Thomas Johnson II
Date: 1882
Origin: London, England
Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
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British Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unusual Carved Walnut Wood Inkwell from France, Circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved from walnut in France, circa 1880, this unusual inkwell features foliate and floral motifs. A flip-top lid adorned with a pair of bas relief flowers tops the central pen ...
Category
French Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
'Queen Anne' Design Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Barnards
By Barnards
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1889 by Barnards, this attractive Victorian, antique, sterling silver biscuit box, has swirled and sunken half fluting, in the Queen Anne style. It has a flus...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Anglo Indian Box
Located in Tampa, FL
19th century Anglo Indian box with raised painted arches on front, fantastic with a lot of patina. Does not have a key has small button feet.
Category
English Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Cigar Box Humidor House
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rather lovely antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood musical Cigar box Humidor with built in music box
A very good looking and well ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
