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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Battersea Box Depicting a Hunting Scene
Located in Tampa, FL
A wonderful 18th century Battersea box depicting a hunting scene with hunters on horseback with dogs, deer and boar depicted against a wood...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
18th Century Knife Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A Portuguese or Cuban silver mounted mahogany knife box from the 18th century. Box with a worn painted inscription to the backside dated 1786.
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$4,500
Chest. Carved wood, metal. Spanish school, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Chest. Carved wood, metal. Spanish school, 16th century.
Rectangular casket with a flat lid decorated on the outside with a series of figurative reliefs in a symmetrical arrangemen...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Other
A Mughal Indian Brass Engraved Betel Pandan Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A MUGHAL INDIAN BRASS ENGRAVED BETEL PANDAN BOX
Northern India.
18th Century.
Length: 4 1/4" in. (10.9 cm.), width: 3 1/4" in., (8.3 cm.), height: 2" in.,...
Category
Indian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tea Caddy George II Brass Padouk English circa 1760
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Fine example of a George II brass metal mounted padouk tea caddy with finely etched and wrought hardware and vivid grain, color and patina.
...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
An Italian Gold Embossed Leather Knife Box, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Italian Gold Embossed Leather Knife Box, 18th Century
Description:
The wooden surface with leather overlay and painted gilt surface decoration consisting of florets and a central...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th Century Mexican Chest from New Spain
Located in Marbella, ES
Mexican chest. New Spain, 18th century.
In polychrome wood.
Slight paint losses on the lid.
Measurements: 7 x 16 x 6.5 cm.
Wooden chest from the vicerega...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Composition of red tortoiseshell gold piqué-work box, 18th century
Located in Paris, FR
Circular box in composition of red tortoiseshell powder called "Indian red". Inlays of nets in the form of waves of different shades of gold (rose gold and white) run across the lid...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
18th Century English Diminutive Mahogany Chest with Satin Wood Banding
Located in Buchanan, MI
18th century English diminutive mahogany chest with satin wood banding. Top opens to an compartment over two drawers. Great color and patina. Can be used as a tabletop decoration...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Yew Wood Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
George III solid burr yew wood box with original spurred carrying handle and standing on bracket feet, the interior with three dividers and lined with original marbleized paper.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$2,900
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 ...
Category
English Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 18th century Scandinavian baroque oak iron bound box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 18th century Scandinavian baroque oak iron bound box circa 1720.
Characterful oval shaped box profusely covered with iron edging and strap work. This piece has taken on a great...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Chinese Picnic Box, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
The basic form of this two-tiered box with handle has remained unchanged for 1,000 years. Stacked boxes were commonly used as portable containers for food or ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
$57,280
South Staffordshire Bilston Georgian Enamel Tricorn Hat Shaped Patch Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and exceptional Georgian English South Staffordshire Bilston enamel patch box ion the form of a tricorn hat and dating from around 1770. The small box has a small round hinged...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
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 ...
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint
Decorative Antique Chinese Stacking Box, Shanxi Province
Located in Kastrup, DK
A portable stacking box featuring five separate tiers, crafted from limewood and originally coated in black lacquer. Remnants of the lacquer are still visible, lending the container ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Italian Venetian Gondola Shaped Ceremonial Casket
Located in New York, US
Our rare, 18th century ceremonial casket in the form of a Venetian gondola is expertly carved from walnut with gilt cartouches depicting figures and s...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Japanese Woven Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Japanese decorative woven box. Late Edo/Early Meiji Japanese box, with
mother-of-pearl and ceramic inlay in autumnal leaf motif. Complete with working lock a...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Mother-of-Pearl
$5,850
English George III Period Early 18th Century Walnut Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Georges III period walnut box from the early 18th century with slanted lid and brass hardware. This exquisite English George III period walnut box from the early 18th cent...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Swedish Forskrin, Folk Art Travel Box from the 1700s, Original Condition
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique folk art box, a so called Forskrin which was used when travelling for storing documents and valuables around the late 1700s. Made in nor...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Silver Mounted Mother of Pearl Engraved Box, circa 1800
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and fine antique French silver mounted mother of pearl box and with an exquisitely carved ducal with a maiden holding a coronet, elaborate monogram and a rod of Caduce...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century English Liquor Bottle Case with Chubb Lock and Handle
By Chubb & Son
Located in Milano, MI
19th century English Oak Liquor Bottle Case with brass Chubb lock and brass handle engraved with Capt. E.J. Ward R. A. relative to Captain Edward Jo...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Pair of 19th Framed Century Carved Lime Wood Sculptures Depicting Romantic Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th Framed Century carved lime wood sculptures depicting romantic scenes
Swizerland
9.5"H x 8.25"W x 2.25"D framed
5.5" x 8.5"H unframed
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th Century English Mahogany Knife Box
Located in High Point, NC
Lovely Georgian mahogany knife box from England. The top is sloped and has a brass handle for easy lifting. The top lifts to reveal the original fitting for knives with remnants of...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century Shagreen Letter Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice letter box. It has great brass hardware.
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
1750 Venezia Italy Lacquered Wooden Yellow Box with Flowers and Birds
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant lacquered and shaped wooden box, with fine and polychrome flowers decoration on yellow background. In the center of the lid a bouquet of flowers has been painted and on the top of this one, rests a little bird with a long tail framed by a flowery ramage and crossed by a red ribbon.
This brighting piece hails from the Mid-18th Century in Venezia and masterfully shows the lacquered Venetian style.
This Venetian lacquered box is a precious jewelry case and it has an intense beauty that could matches with the elegance of every timeless home.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture and decorative objects is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals.
Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps.
The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age.
The iron little key is not working.
The piece is in very good state of maintenance and it is guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original.
The wooden yellow lacquered box...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
European Chinese Export "Canton enamel" Oval Box, 18th Century
Located in Delft, NL
An European Chinese export "Canton enamel" oval box, 18th century
Qianlong, (1736-1795)
An enamel box with floral decor made for the export for Euro...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Scandinavian 18th Century Folk Art Hat Or Wick Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Danish wooden hat or wig box of wood with original painting.
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Elegant Scent box in Silver with gilt crown in Rococo dated 1775
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Scent box in Silver with gilt crown in Rococo dated 1775. Probably made in Denmark. Inside in gilded silver. Very period Rococo design.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Danish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
18th century painted wooden sewing box
Located in Bilzen, BE
A late 18th century blacked wooden sewing box with gold painted decoration all around
brass engraved lock and hinges
Aged patina
17 x 10.5 cm, total heigth 10.5 cm
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th C. English Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Covered Cauliflower Form Box
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century English Porcelain Trompe L'oeil covered cauliflower form Box. This English Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Covered Cauliflower F...
Category
English Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Norwegian Baroque Box, Carved Mythical Creatures + Figurative Scenes, Circa 1740
Located in New York, NY
Very special Baroque box with carved decorations of mythical creatures and figurative scenes
Carved monogrammed initials "HPP" + Family Crest, origin: Gudbrandsdal, Norway, circa 174...
Category
Norwegian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood
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...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
18thc European Pantry Box With Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18thc European Pantry Box With Lid in great condition.This is like a oversized pantry box or storage box with the original lid.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
RARE IBERIAN SAFE from the first half of the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE IBERIAN SAFE
from the first half of the 17th Century
in painted and gilded carved wood decorated with plant motifs.
Small defects. Dim.: 34 x 43 x 35 cm
Category
Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
An 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Box, Louis XV Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An 18th century Meissen porcelain box, Louis XV period.
An 18th century Meissen porcelain box, Louis XV period, gilt brass mounting.
H: 14cm, W: 9cm, D: 9cm
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century Cromwellian Bible Box
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century oak carved bible box. Intricate design, original hardware and still in good condition considering its age.
Category
English Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Oak
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...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th Century French Cuir-ciselé Extra Large Reliquary Chalice or Monstrance Case
Located in Haarlem, NL
Large decorative antique 18th century 2-piece reliquary or monstrance case to hold a religious relic.
This is a large case, 87cm high, 38cm wide and 20cm deep (34.3" x 15" x 7.9")...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Damask, Wood
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Of George III Mahogany Knifeboxes
Located in Essex, MA
With hinged slanted lids with inlaid shells opening to fitted cutlery slots. Compass inlay on underside of lid. Conforming case with key holes.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
$2,800 / set
18th Century Italian Florentine Silver-leaf Polylobed Engraved Box
Located in Milano, MI
Italian antique silvered Florentine box, polylobed box from the end of the 1700s made of bent and curved wood to obtain a four-pointed polylobe. The ori...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
French Louis XIII/XIV Walnut and Steel Mounted Alms Box, ca. 1670-1700
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with a molded edge and a line carved detail the center with a coin slot, the conforming case with steel reinforcement straps and a decorative steel escutcheo...
Category
French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Rare and Beautiful Miniature Chest of Drawers from the Early 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Rather large and rare miniature chest of drawers in late baroque from the early 18th century. Made in Walnut with key-plate in brass. All the drawers in the dresser with original loc...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Anglo-Indian Hand Carved Tropical Wood Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Anglo-Indian hand carved tropical wood box.
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Swedish Wedding Box
Located in Houston, TX
This late 18th-century Swedish wooden box exudes rustic charm and historical character. Crafted in Sweden during the waning years of the 18th century, this antique treasure showcases...
Category
Swedish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Scatola Fiorentina Legno Inciso e Dorato Decorata con Uccellino 1780s Ottagonale
Located in Milano, MI
Originale scatola Italiana in legno laccato ed inciso a bulino di forma ottagonale di epoca Settecentesca, in discreto stato conservativo. Questo tipo di scatole solitamente apparten...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
17th Century French Bagard Casket Box with Provenance
Located in Dallas, TX
An extraordinary carved wooden casket by César Bagard, ca. 1700–1720, created in the Lorraine region of France and attributed to the famed sculptor of Louis XIV. Rich with historical...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rare & Beautiful Heirloom Mahogany Inlay Wall Candle Box with Slot on Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Rare and gorgeous Georgian English mahogany hanging wall box with satinwood inlay and elegant fretwork back, that once was used as a candle box. Unus...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Gesso and Gilt Domed 18th c. Architectural Model
Located in Greenwich, CT
A splendid 18th c. Italian architectural model featuring a gessoed and gilt hemispherical dome on a circular entablature supported by a gessoed colonnaded facade with relief carved g...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th Century Mahogany Inlaid Knife Box with Sterling Hardware
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century mahogany inlaid knife box with sterling hardware
Rich patina, beautiful inlay, very good antique condition.
Dimensions: 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" x 15".
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Mahogany & Brass Bucket
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive 18th century Georgian mahogany oval bucket having original brass loop swing handle and elegant brass bound decoration.
Circa 1770.
Me...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
$1,892 Sale Price
30% Off
Georgian Yew Octagonal Jewellery Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very elegant George III period octagonal shaped burr yew wood jewellery box having attractive banded inlaid decoration to hinged lid enclosing lined interior raised on original bra...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Yew
$1,322 Sale Price
30% Off
Miniature Provençale Louis XV Period 1725 Apprentice Commode with Lift Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Provençale Louis XV period miniature apprentice commode from the early 18th century, with lift top and cabriole legs. Born in Provence during the reign of King Louis XV, thi...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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 ...
Category
Russian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Iron
Bible Box
Located in London, England
Oak bible box with sloped writing lid. Circa 1740.
H 26cm x W 66cm x D 46cm
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
$555
Swedish bentwood box in birch, ca 1790
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish bentwood box in birch, ca 1790
Svepaskar were used to store various household items.
Crafted by bending thin strips of wood, often birch, into an oval or circular shape and ...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch
Georgian Oak Candle / Salt box
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
A wonderful large 18thC oak hanging candle box with double compartment and a salt drawer beneath. The lid with its original leather hinge and thistl...
Category
Welsh Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
18th Century Arte Povera Venetian Chalk Box
Located in Brecht, BE
Another beauty, made in Venice, these precious arte povera chalk boxes were made for the lucky few, can be yours now.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
France Late 18th Century Baroque Silver Box
Located in Brescia, IT
France Late 18th century silver carriage shape box in Regency Style
This magnificent piece of art of silver jewelery. It is an example of h...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$2,175 Sale Price
20% Off
1750 Venezia Italy Lacquered Dark Blue Wooden Box with Golden Decoration
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a refined and exquisite lacquered wooden box, with polychrome and golden decoration on dark blue background. The dark blue color could seems a dark green. On the lid bright red and ivory volutes with lace inserts meticulously painted. Inside an exotic garden are depicting two Oriental human figures dressed in golden clothes. Band decorated with floral and volute motifs. It could be a magnificent jewelry case.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture and decorative objects is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals.
Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps.
The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age.
Referring bibliography:
A similar shaped and lacquered wooden box is presentin the Cà Rezzonico, in Venice and it is featured in
S. Levy Lacche veneziane settecentesche II, Milano 1967, tav. 444.
The piece is in excellent state of maintenance and it is guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original. The wooden dark blue lacquered box...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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