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Antique Flemish Dutch Antwerp Red Tortoiseshell Box Cabinet Chest On Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional Baroque period Flemish or Dutch red tortoiseshell, bone, horn, ebony, and rosewood lift-top chest with drawer, circa 1725, mounted on a later stand.
17th/18...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Rosewood, Horn, Wood, Ebony
18th Century Wrought Iron Italian Antique Hobnail Safe Strong Box Bar Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and rare example of late 18th century Italian master blacksmith craftsmanship, this antique studded safe with typical all-around hobnails and great wrought iron details, pr...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
$5,225 Sale Price
20% Off
George III 'Mansion' Form Bottle Caddy or Tabletop Cellarette, circa 1780
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A rare and exquisite circa 1780 English, possibly Irish, George III period bottle caddy or tabletop cellarette in the form of a two-storey ashlar Palladian mansion house, the boxwood...
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British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Charming Swedish Baroque Box in Elm and Fruitwood, Early 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Baroque Box in Elm and Fruitwood, Early 18th Century
A rare and charming Swedish baroque box dating from the first half of the 18th century, crafted in elm and fruitwood wi...
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Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm, Fruitwood
18th Century Original Green Painted Wood Box with Handle
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish green painted pine wood box from the Folk Art
Rococo-period, meaning late 18th Century or early 19th Century. The lock hardware is original and the key is working working ...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Spanish Church Alms Box / Wall Decoration with Carved Nun Detail, 18th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved wood hand painted donation / offering ALM BOX, Spain, 18th century.
Polychromed carved wood church collection offering donation money box as wall decoration.
This alms box is made of pine wood painted in terracotta hues. A nun carved ornamentation decorates the top.
Wall hanging collection / donation money box. Originally used to collect donations at Christian churches/chapels. Interesting to be used as key box or key cabinet or as wall decoration
Rare find.
Provenance: Private collection.
No key avaliable.
Overall Measures:
45 cm H x 26 cm W x 21 cm D
Poor box...
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Spanish Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Pine
$3,230 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Green Shagreen and Silver Eyeglass Case with Monogram
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Green Shagreen and Silver Eyeglass Case with Monogram
England or France, circa 1760–1780
Dimensions: 5" H × 2.5" W × 0.5" D
Interior measures 3"d x 1.25 w
A refined G...
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European Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Japanese 18th Century Tsukinami-e 6 Panel Floor Screen, Edo Period
Located in Norton, MA
A Japanese 18th Century Tsukinami-e 6 Panel Floor Screen depicts the Activities of the Twelve Months of the Year, mineral pigments on gold leaf, mounted on wood panels with 6 frames...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Louis XVI Hand Painted Wedding Box
Located in Essex, MA
Likely made in the Normandy area of France. Domed hinged top with wrought iron hasp and lock. Conforming case. With original painted surface.
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Antique Campaign Apothecary Box, English, Chemist’s Case, Georgian, Circa 1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique campaign apothecary box. An English, flame mahogany chemist's case, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1780. A superb and evocative example of 18th century porta...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Late 18th century Georgian Period Mahogany Oblong tea caddy having very attractive inlaid decoration to front and hinged top enclosing double lidded interior with original paper foil landing.
This particular caddy is relatively plain and simple in design, but is lifted significantly with the attractive inlaid decoration.
It remains in relatively good condition and had clearly been well loved throughout its life.
Tea was a precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves, but also to enable the owner to lock away those aforementioned valuable tea leaves, keeping them safe from the house staffs potential wandering hands.
This 18th century tea caddy...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Spanish Alms Box / Wall Decoration with Carved Saints Detail, 18th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved wood hand painted donation / offering ALM Box, Spain, 18th century.
Polychromed carved wood church collection offering donation money box as wall decoration.
This alms box is made of pine wood painted in shades of blue and gray with carved saint figures onamentations decorating the top.
Wall hanging collection / donation money box. Originally used to collect donations at Christian churches/chapels. Interesting to be used as key box or key cabinet or as wall decoration
Rare find.
Provenance: Private collection.
No key avaliable.
Overall Measures:
Saints Box: 33 cm H x 37 cm W x 14 cm D
Poor...
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Spanish Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Pine
1750 Venezia Italy Blue Lacquered Wooden Box with Flowers and Figures
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a large and extraordinary lacquered wooden box, with floral decoration and polychrome drawings that represent a man collecting red coral on the beach, on blue background. Made in precious fir wood, Swiss pine, lacquered and engraved.
This blue lacquered box...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Rare 15th Century Venetian Casket Former Dr. Albert Figdor Collection
Located in Doha, QA
This exceptional 15th-century Venetian painted casket is a rare example of early decorative art from the late Medieval to early Renaissance period in the Republic of Venice, Italy. H...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Tibetan Painted Leather And Iron Chest or Trunk
Located in Bradenton, FL
AntiqueTibetan chest, beautifully aged painted leather with original iron hardware. Chest has a spacious wooden interior, offering a large amount of storage. Outside features polychrome painted dragons and Asian...
Category
Tibetan Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Georgian Yellow Gold Toothpick Case / Holder with Mirror
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English 22k yellow gold toothpick case / holder with mirror - boxed; an addition to our ornamental ...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
18th c. Engraved Powder Horn
Located in Greenwich, CT
A horn for carrying gunpowder having engravings of two decorative trees, one decidious and one evergreen, each in a container, finely done, and also the initals MP. Retaining orig...
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American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn
18th Century German Hammered Copper & Brass Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique 18th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in good used antique condition with patina and a view minor dents. S...
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German Biedermeier Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
18th Century Welsh Strong Box with Carved Detail
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century Welsh strong box with carved detail.
Category
Welsh Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Oval Rococo Decorated Jewelry Box, France 1780's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique oval jewelry box with brass decorated framework and hardware. This charming box features a blue velvet interior for rings and other jewelry pieces. Perfect sitting on a vanit...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 17th Century Medieval Handcrafted Black Iron Coffer or Box
Located in Brescia, IT
The iron coffer, fully original in every part of it, was forged and handcrafted in German in the 1610. Complete with key. Full working iron mechanisms. It ...
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German Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Large Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality Georgian 18th century mahogany rectangular tea caddy having replacement brass axe drop handle to hinged lid enclosing cavity with attractive inlaid decoration throughout.
Tea was of course a very precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Indian Teak Dowry Box with Brass Mounts
Located in Middleburg, VA
A richly detailed Indian dowry box dating to the late 18th century, crafted during the final decades of the Mughal Empire. This pyramidal casket is construct...
Category
Indian Agra Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Metal
Antique 16th century Venetian Painted Gold Gilt Iron Strongbox with Original Key
Located in Doha, QA
An extraordinarily rare and visually striking 16th-century Venetian iron treasure coffer, showcasing the height of Renaissance artistry and engineering. Crafted in the early to mid-1...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Iron
Large box with inlay of various fruit woods. Baroque, early 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful and large box with inlay of various fruit woods. Baroque, early 18th Century. Working lock and key. Interior with later fabric.
Wear consistent with age and use
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Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Shagreen Letter Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice letter box. It has great brass hardware.
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
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 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Hostiary. Bronze. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Hostiary. Bronze. 16th century.
A circular, tubular bronze box with a finial lid, to which a piece of tubing is attached, forming a press for the interior of the case. It features a...
Category
European Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
FRENCH 18th Century Perfumed Scents Necessaire Box In 18Kt Yellow Gold & Carving
Located in Miami, FL
French perfumed scents necessaire from the 18th century.
This is a fantastic and very rare 18th century necessaire box for perfumed scents, created in the kingdom of France during t...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold
$3,198 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French Tortoise Shell Circular Box With Inlaid Silver Top Depicting Fox & Stork
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Tortoise Shell Circular Box With Inlaid Silver Top Depicting Fox & Stork
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Spanish Colonial Era 18th/19th Century Inlaid Cedar Wooden Chest Box Trunk
Located in Forney, TX
A charming scarce Spanish Colonial era parquetry inlaid cedar legged storage chest (large table box / small trunk) with nicely aged warm rich dark patina. circa 1790
Rustic handmade...
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Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Buddhist Shrine Box "Zushi", Edo Period '1603-1868'
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This antique Buddhist shrine box was crafted in the Edo Period (1603-1868).
Known in Japan as a “Zushi,” it served as a small sanctuary to enshrine Buddhist figures, scriptures, or ...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cedar
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
LATE 16th CENTURY SMALL WALNUT BOX
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant solid walnut small box, entirely hand-carved. The rectangular chest features an opening top, ideal for storing objects. The front, back, and sides are decorated with geometri...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Nutwood
Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique English, Charles II (Carolean) period carved oak bible or document box, circa 1680.
Such boxes were particularly popular in the 17th century, when printed bibles were very expensive and a treasured family possession. The bible was most likely the only book owned by a family and was also the means of recording births, deaths & marriages which would be written on the flyleaf or endpapers. They were also used to protect other important documents and valuables and were brought to colonial America by early settlers.
This bible box dates shortly after the English Civil War & the brief time that England was a Republic (known then as the Commonwealth) under Oliver Cromwell. The box typifies those Puritan values, simple six plank construction with a hinged lid enclosing a storage area for a bible or important documents. The front of the box having a carved foliate twin lunette design with a hand cut steel lock & hasp above, the box is robust & solid & for it's 350 or so years it is in very good condition!
This very early antique carved bible box...
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English Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
1700s Colonial Hand-Forged Strongbox Verdigris Green Jewelry Table Chest Safe
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Hand Wrought Lock Box. Beautiful patina. Painted inside with date, which is after the original creation date.
Box W 13.25 x D 10 x H 10 in.
Key L 4 in.
Category
American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$1,596 Sale Price
44% Off
18th Century, Heavily Carved Bone Inset & Iron Mounted Spanish Vargueno
Located in Atlanta, GA
Spanish, 18th century or earlier.
An 18th century Spanish bargueno or vargueno traveling desk, used for storing documents, jewels, or sewing box. The six drawer chest is inset with ...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Very Rare Casket Minnekästchen or Box, Germany or Italy, 15th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Wooden coffret, call minnekästchen, engraved with a dog, a hare and foliage with
polychromy remains. During the Middle Age, the hare is a symbol of fertility, joy and represents the Christ...
Category
European Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$11,401 Sale Price
20% Off
18th c. Coromandel Travel Writing Slope
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 18th century Indian Macassar Ebony traveling writing box with Tutenag metal hardware, the vividly grained case with rare alloy trim, the rectangular form opening to make a ...
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Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century Decorative Lacquered Portrait Figures Wood Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of a woman and on the other side a dancer.
The piece will be delivered with its certi...
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Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$570 Sale Price
20% Off
17th century and later simulated tortoiseshell, gilt decorated strong box
Located in London, GB
An outstanding 17th century and later simulated tortoiseshell, gilt decorated, and iron bound strong box. With Chinoiserie decoration, the hinged top enclosing void interior with iro...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Casket with Inlays. Baroque Early 18th Ctr. Walnut and Ebonised Oak
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Baroque casket crafted in oak, richly veneered with hand-cut walnut and finished with ebonised mouldings.
The lid features pronounced Baroque-s...
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Danish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Mid 18th century hand painted traditional Swedish pine chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 18th century hand painted traditional Swedish chest/box circa 1750.
Stunning traditional Swedish box hand painted in the original paintwork. Decorated on all sides with swags ...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
George III 18th Century Mahogany Letter Box. Circa 1790
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality circa 1790 Georgian letter box, with three compartment fitted interior (see image). Exterior has original double brass hinged slope top with serpentine shaped front, and...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
$2,700 Sale Price
40% Off
Imperial Manufacture Of Tula, Russia, End Of The 18th Century. Steel Sewing Box
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Imperial Manufacture Of Tula, Russia, End Of The 18th Century. Steel Sewing Box"
Russian work from the imperial factory of Tula from the end of the 18th century.
inlaid with copper ...
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Russian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Iron
Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Kang Table from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small low table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent island cou...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Original Antique Belgium Spa Sewing Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Northampton, GB
Painted with Spa Scenes
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Original Spa Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular form made from Sycamore is extensively decorated with Spa scenes to each side which include; la Sauvenière, la Géronstère, le Tonnelet, les Cascades de Coo and vue du aviny du château dimbles. When opened the box reveals a light pink lined sewing box with multiple compartments for storage and tools. The interior lid is finished with a framed panel of rauch velvet and an outer border of simulated ropework. The Sewing Box also contains four original spa spinners with painted scenes and a central lidded compartment painted with a further spa scene of la place du spa at lo fontaine du pouhon. Beneath the lid is a secret compartment which can be accessed by removing the rear panel which reveals a small handled drawer. The Spa Box...
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Belgian George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
Louis XV Gold & Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV gold & lacquer snuff box
Circa Paris, France 1760/1761
With the Charge and Decharge Marks of Eloy Brichard 1756 - 1762
Circular Gold-lined bo...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
18th Century Leather-Covered Wooden Letter Box.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An 18th century leather-covered wooden letter box from the Louis XVI period.
H: 22cm, W: 18cm, D: 13cm
Please contact us before ordering to confirm availability.
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Regimental cash box. Iron. Possibly Germany, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Regimental cash box. Iron. Possibly Germany, 18th century.
It has faults.
Rectangular safe with a flat lid containing the top bolt mechanism (which has a simple mechanism to cover...
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European Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other, Iron
Mid 18th century Swedish pine baroque metal bound box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 18th century swedish pine baroque metal bound box circa 1740.
Good quality oval baroque period decorative box. Profusely decorated and bound by iron strap work, edging and hing...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Charming Scent Box in silver with gilded crown. Louis XVI from late 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful and charming Scent Box in silver in the shape of a heart with a gilded crown in Louis XVI from the late 18th Century. Probably made in Denmark. Inside in gilded silver. Own...
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Danish Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Japanese Momoyama Period Black Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Box, 16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual Japanese black lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid box, Momoyama Period, 16th century, Japan.
The large box and cover featu...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Abalone
18th century inlaid mahogany Georgian knife box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century inlaid mahogany Georgian serpentine knife box circa 1790
Good quality decorative box, serpentine fronted and an inlaid with a shell patera to the hinged lid.
Many other...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Rococo Chinoiserie Box, circa 1750
Located in New York, NY
Swedish Rococo chinoiserie box with red interior, circa 1750, Origin: Sweden.
Original blue paint under the later chinoiserie paint. Many pieces were redecorated with chinoiserie ...
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Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint
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...
Category
British William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
$6,825 Sale Price
30% Off
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 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
Rare Scottish George III Corporation Treasury Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare Scottish George III corporation treasury box, dated 1772, of caddy form, the lid with cove molded edge, the front with polychrome decoration commemorating the Edinburgh Corporat...
Category
Scottish George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th-Century French Gold Etui
Located in New Orleans, LA
A marvelous objet d'art is this exquisite Louis XVI-era étui. Crafted entirely of green and yellow gold, this stunning octagonal vessel bears an exceptional, engraved Neoclassical de...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
