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Period: 1880s
19th Century Victorian Majolica Bird Box Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Victorian Majolica cobalt box with a bird handle and white flowers Joseph Holdcroft.
Very rare shape box.
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$1,840 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
British Victorian 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
French Majolica Box Dog in a Kennel Choisy-le-Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica box dog in a kennel signed Choisy le Roi , circa 1880.
Category
French Rustic Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Majolica Grapes Lidded Jar
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Grapes Lidded Jar.
Category
French Rustic Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Brown Westhead Moore Box
Located in Austin, TX
T.H. brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Staffordshire cobalt Majolica box, England, circa 1880.
Box with figural strap decoration and braided handle to cover.
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Majolica
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,047 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Box in Lather and Silk
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful glove box from the end of the 19th century, entirely sheathed in leather with a beveled glass on the cover.
The interior is covered with a padded blue silk.
Category
French Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Silk, Glass
19th Century Royal Worcester Biscuit Box with Under Tray
Located in High Point, NC
A gorgeous Victorian Royal Worcester melon shaped biscuit box featuring a gorgeous floral design embellished with gilt detailing. The rim of the jar is embellished with bats wing flu...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
$1,188 Sale Price
30% Off
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
Large Old Paris Porcelain Bombé Shaped White Glazed Box-Hinged and Footed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Old Paris Porcelain box with a white glaze in the form of a bombé commode. The top panel is of a nude woman with two dogs. The front panel ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
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
Brown Westhead Moore and Co. Majolica Belted Suitcase Box and Cover
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore Co. Majolica box and cover which features a suitcase (perhaps), with two belt straps either side of a twisted rope handle. Coloration: cobalt blue, brown, ochre,...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Majolica
Antique Porcupine Quill Box. Sri Lanka, 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely quill box
Ebony and porcupine quill
Good condition
Free UK shipping.
PLEASE NOTE only available in the UK at the moment. I am seeking advice on Cites exemption for export....
Category
Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Foliage Painted & Brass Mounted Tacked Chest on Stand with Key, C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Chinese foliage painted and brass mounted tacked hinged chest on stand with flanking side handles and interior lock with key, Late 19th Century
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Arts and Crafts Golden Oak Correspondence, Post or Letter Box
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Golden Oak Correspondence, Post or Letter Box
This very attractive Box is made in Oak, it has 2 letter slots in the top, one for POST IN and the other for POST OUT
T...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
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
19th Century Treen Money Box A fine 19th century treen money box
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Treen Money Box
A fine 19th century treen money box, made in fruitwood with brass feet and handle, the money box is in good condition for its age, lovely colour and pat...
Category
Folk Art Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Japanese Porcelain Covered Jar, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Japanese porcelain covered jar, circa 1880.
Category
Japanese Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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
French Tortoiseshell and Gold Inlaid Purse
Located in London, GB
A French Tortoiseshell and gold inlaid purse with red silk inner lining. A very pretty and unusual item, the tortoiseshell in very good condition.
Category
French Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
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
$1,326 Sale Price
30% Off
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
Large Antique Walnut Box with Marble Insets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A handsome, hand-carved, walnut hinged box with marble insets and hand-painted and gilded details.
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Pillow Topped Tunbridge Ware Glove Box c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Pillow topped Tunbridge ware glove box
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central floral mosaic wth a foliate mosaic border within k...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
ANTIQUE CiRCA 1880 BURMESE HAND CARVED SEWING BOX WITH THE ORIGINAL CONTENTS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning original circa 1880 Burmese hand carved sewing box...
Category
Burmese High Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tunbridge Ware Spool Holder with Floral Mosaic c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware spool holder with floral mosaic
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central floral mosaic with geometric border. S...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tunbridge Ware Glove Box with Floral Mosaic c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box with floral mosaic
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tonbridge or Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration :Pillow topped with central floral mos...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Battersea Box Depicting Gentlemen on Hobbyhorses
Located in Tampa, FL
A 19th century English Battersea box depicting gentlemen on hobbyhorses.
Category
English Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Large, 19th Century, Italian, Wood Coffer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grand, lidded, hinge-top, richly carved walnut coffer embellished with four panels of reliefs featuring shields bordered by foliate scrolls. The whole atop paw feet.
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Carlsbad Bohemian Hardstone Inlaid Rosewood and White Metal Casket Box
Located in London, by appointment only
Bohemia, circa 1870.
This exceptional 19th century antique casket originates from Carlsbad, a spa town in the west Bohemia region of the Czech Republic. The town is officially known as Karlovy Vary and gained fame as a destination during the 19th century.
Its piping hot springs drew tourists from across Europe to 'take the waters' and their health benefits. The highly figured stones used on this exceptional box were locally sourced and are specific to the hot mineral rich springs of Carlsbad. Close inspection will reveal layer on layer of fine mineral...
Category
Czech Napoleon III Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Marble
