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GERMAN 1890 Treasure Chest Decorative Box In Cedar Wood & Silver Hardware
Located in Miami, FL
A German treasure chest desk box.
This is a beautiful rectangular desk box created in Germany during the Imperial period, back in 1890-1900. The box is crafted in the shape of a treasure chest and fully carved in cedar wood and decorated with forged silver hardware’s. It is fitted with two sets of hinges and a security lock. The box is extremely well made and fitted in the interior with the original red velvet lining. Stamped with an oval bronze plaque, that read E S Schutz Marke...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Bronze
$1,225 Sale Price
30% Off
Biedermeier Petit Point Box
Located in Tampa, FL
1830 to1840s German Biedermeier box with very fine petit point insert with glass. The petit point scene is of water, trees and two houses. The box has a black base at the bottom. Has...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Textile, Wood
Naturalistic Victorian silver plated folding biscuit box made circa 1890
Located in London, London
Made circa 1890 by James Dixon & Sons, this attractive, Antique, Victorian, Silver Plate folding Biscuit Box, is of traditional form, with push button opening to each side, and gilt ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu box
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu box. This beautiful rectangular Crystal box showcases lattice cut patterns and a reeded O...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Small Majolica Lidded Tureen Mixed Earths , circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica Lidded Tureen Mixed Earths , circa 1890.
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Coin Bank Boar Massier Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Extremely rare French Majolica Coin Bank Boar Massier Circa 1890.
Actually the only boar coin bank known.
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Blue Normandy Marriage Box
Located in Hastings, GB
An early 19th century hand painted Normandy Marriage Box, beautiful original paint and time worn patina, stunning colour.
Width 48cm, Height 26cm, Depth 29.5cm
Inner Depth (not i...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Paper
19C Anglo Ceylonese Lap Desk of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely fantastic 19C Anglo Ceylonese lap desk of museum quality.
We can safely say that this is one of the finest lap desks we hav...
Category
Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Sandalwood
Mahogany Writing Slope from the Mid 19th Century
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Mahogany writing slope from the mid 19th century
Date :
Period : Victoria
Origin : Englnad
Decoration :Mahogany veneered exterior with brass binding and vacant cartouch...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Parquetry Table Top Kodansu Cabinet
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Parquetry Table Top Kodansu Cabinet With An Arrangement of Seven Drawers & Metal Handles & Finishings
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Tunbridge Ware Rosewood Handkerchief Box of Square Form With Center Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Tunbridge ware rosewood handkerchief box, of square form, the sides in scrolling mosaic, the hinged lid with inset mosaic of a bouquet of flowers within a broad floral mosaic borde...
Category
British Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Red Chinese Garden Scene Lacquer Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A very nice Chinese red lacquer box decorated in gold and black with a garden scene. Box has a black interior. Circa mid 1800s.
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
English Regency Mahogany Travelling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
Large size English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk/ box with original brass corner mounts, hinges, pin, top mount and retractable handles. Features include a side drawer,...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,747 Sale Price
29% Off
19th Century Asian Wooden Decorative Storage Box
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid 19th Century Asian Wooden decorative storage box with lid.
Measures 13.5"W x 11"D x 11.5"H.
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$731 Sale Price
25% Off
Exceptional Swedish Limestone Chest Shaped like a Book circa 1840-1870
Located in Farsta, SE
A rare stone chest shaped like a book, crafted circa 1840-1870
Made of solid carved Swedish limestone (Öland) with a top nobb in alabaster.
The cra...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Limestone
French Victorian Bronze Portrait Box
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze and glass bottom box on four legs with small gallery top and round miniature of lady.
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Mounted Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walnut veneered. Footed. Silk-lined. Key is included.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
English Regency Penwork Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 19th century English Regency period penwork box, the center panel and front with polychrome chinoiserie decoration, the borders profusely decora...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique a French Enameled Silver Cigrette Case, 19th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Antique a French enameled silver cigarette case, 19th century
The lid with an applied JHP monogram in marcasite
Marked HA with a rot on interior
Henry William Dee...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century Lift-Top Walnut Grain Bin or Log Box
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique handcrafted grain or flour bin with a lift top, circa 1870. This is a beautiful, rustic bin crafted of solid wood planks with bracket feet and a hinged top displaying a desi...
Category
Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Austrian Inlaid Bronze Stamp Holder Marked M.F
By M.F. Geschutzt
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Austrian or possibly German inlaid bronze desk stamp holder/lick standing raised on four scroll work feet with a hinged cover with central ...
Category
Austrian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Steel Lidded Sarcophagus Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare 19th century Italian Grand Tour steel sarcophagus form box, circa 1880. Nice form, handsome desk-top accessory, great addition to any box collection. It is unusual to find this ...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
19th Century Lacquered Papier-mâché Snuff Box with Parrot and Lady
By Stobwasser
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 19th century hand painted black lacquered Papier-Mâché snuff box or vanity box
Crafted in Austria in the early 1800's, the decorative box features a hand painted scene of a yo...
Category
Austrian Empire Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paper
19th Century English Travelling Dressing Case
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century lady’s travelling dressing case.
The case is constructed in a finely marked coromandel, with inset brass handles and brass guard bands to the angles. The hinged lid rises to reveal in the upper section, a drop down document holder, with a mirror to the back, the parcel gilt pieces are engraved with a Viscountess’s coronet, probably Charles, 2nd Viscount Hardinge Cornwallis (1822-1894) and inset with turquoises and comprise a suite of four cut-glass jars, a liqueur flask with a fitted cup, the pull-out rear shelf houses seven jars for ink, potions and unguents. The lift out platform has sectional jewellery compartments, over, a pair of hexagonal based silver hall marked candlesticks, a thermometer, button hook, folding ruler...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique a Victorian Silver and Simulated Tortoise Shell Case, 1863
Located in Norton, MA
Antique a Victorian silver and simulated tortoise shell case, the lid with an applied monogram
Marked on exterior
Henry William Dee, London, 1863
...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century, Rosewood & Brass Scent Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and particularly good quality mid-19th century, Victorian Period, rosewood perfume scent box, with attractive brass bound decoration and hinged li...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$914 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Dressing Table Sewing Set, English, Ebony, Haberdashery, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dressing table sewing set. An English, ebony lidded pot and haberdashery accessories, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Striking ebony set exudes ...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Victorian Period Sterling Silver Heart-Form Trinkets Box with Hinged Lid
By H. Matthews
Located in New York, NY
Victorian, sterling silver heart-form trinkets box with hinged lid and gilt interior, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1897, H. Matthews - Maker. Lid is designed with a Joshu...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Collar Box, Leather and Silver Plated Metal, Silk Lined
Located in Knivsta, SE
Burgundy Leather Collar Box with smaller Silver Plated Cufflink Box on top, used for detachable collars, 1890. Additional storage on top, for cufflinks, shirt buttons and miscellaneo...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th Century Gold Embossed Leather Wood Secret Box Stamp Box Paris
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant box was handcrafted in the last 15 years of the 19th century. It is made out of leather, wood and fabric. The four sloping compartments suggest that this box was used fo...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Mother of Pearl or Nacre Box with Bronze Frame, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mother of pearl box with bronze frame, 19th century.
Box made of mother of pearl plates joined thanks to a bronze structure decorated with simple plant elements and which still has ...
Category
European Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mid 19th century Swedish folk art painted box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century swedish folk art painted box circa 1865.
Good quality swedish pine metal bound box. Decorated with original ragwork paint and blue painted strap work. Hand painte...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique English Coromandel Wooden Double Tea Caddy by Thomas Lund 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Superb Example of an English Georgian Period Well figured Coromandle Double Interior Section Tea Caddy of flat rectangular outline, generous proportions and outstanding quality, al...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany, clad in tortoise shell, and ambitiously decorated with bone. The inside has a mirror and red felt lining.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
19th Century French Sèvres Porcelain Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful 19th-century French Sèvres porcelain box, showcasing the elegance and artistry for which Sèvres is renowned. This finely crafted box features hand-painted couple, floral ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Folk Art Rectangular Wood Pencil Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish charming handcrafted box with unbeatable patina. This storage or keepsake box is in untouched original condition with age-appropriate wear from use. The wooden lid slides effo...
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Marble and Onyx Box or Jewelry Casket
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large 19th Century French Marble and Onyx Box or Jewelry Casket. The box is constructed from different colored marble and onyx stone on the top that is mounted on a mahogany chamfere...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
19th Century Original Swedish Blue Pine Box
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish blue pine box from Hälsingland in northern Sweden. The box is from the 19th century and likely from the village Norrala. The box was likely a friargåva, a gift given...
Category
Swedish Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Rare Majolica Chesnut Tureen Luneville, circa 1890
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
Rare and colorful Majolica chesnut tureen Luneville, circa 1890.
Category
French Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Mary Gregory Painted Black Glass Perfume Box
Located in Norwood, NJ
Exquisite piece of Mary Gregory all original black amethyst glass hinged perfume box. Inside is formed with gilt wire inserts with three glass scent or cut glass perfume bottles co...
Category
European Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Glass and Ormolu Wedding Casket, circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Glass and ormolu-mounted rectangular casket. Made in France in the 1860s.
Perfect original condition with a lovely patina.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Rare quality antique black forest stationary box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Rare quality antique Black Forest stationary box, having quality carved birds to the top of the lift up lid opening to reveal compartments for letters and papers, beautifully carved ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
English Georgian Tortoise Shell Sewing Box with Silver Winged Paw Feet, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian Tortoise shell hinged sewing box with a gadrooned molded edge lid, fitted tufted interior, and resting on the original silver plate winged paw feet. Early 19th Century
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Gilt Paris Porcelain Table Snuff Box or Round Casket by Bloch & Bourdois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A compelling round 19th century Paris porcelain box by Bloch and Bourdois.
With raised gold decoration, hand-painted vignettes and floral sprays, and a gilt bronze mount.
Base ...
Category
French Rococo Revival Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Large Brass Pandan Box, North India, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large brass pandan box
North India, 19th century
The body with rounded profile and hinged raised lid
with engraved and punched decoration
centering ...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare 19th Century Set of Staffordshire Swan Tureens
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A rare and charming graduated pair of Staffordshire covered boxes, each modeled as a graceful swan resting amid a stylized coral-inspired base. These late 19th-century ceramic boxes ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$2,400 Sale Price
25% Off
A French Animalia Glove Box, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A French Animalia Glove Box, 19th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Description:
The ovoid wooden box covered in gold coloured velvet with a gilt spelter bamboo mo...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Spelter
Regency Penwork Decorated Box, C1810
Located in valatie, NY
Regency Penwork Decorated Box c1810. "A sycamore veneered box decorated in penwork. The sides of the box are decorated with what looks like stylized marigolds. ...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Secret Leather Bound Book Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A secret leather bound book box with the most beautiful marbled paper interior.
mid 19th century in age, English in origins.
Age related wear and abrasions
21/13.5/3.5cm
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Paper
Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Bombay Mughal Style Footed Box With Bone Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nice and unusual Indian Mughal style large decorative box, filigree and carved horn.
Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved details throughout with filigree and carved veneered bone plaques with arabesque carving.
Vizagapatam, late 19th century.
History of the Anglo-Indian Boxes
Beginning in the early part of the 18th century, Indian artisans made what came to be known as Anglo-Indian boxes for the English residents living in India, who eventually brought or sent them back to England. At the beginning of the 19th century, India began exporting these boxes commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the 1850s. People valued them so highly that manufacturers of tins copied the designs on them in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Anglo-Indian boxes fall into four groups: Rosewood or ebony boxes inlaid;
sandalwood boxes veneered; sandalwood boxes covered with Sadeli mosaic; and carved boxes often combined with Sadeli mosaic/
The first two categories came from Vizagapatam in East India while the last two came from Bombay in West India.
English traders discovered the rich woods and intricate workmanship of Indian artisans, so colonial government officials began to recognize the work of the Indian artists and craftsmen as a source for satisfying the need for furniture and boxes, which would both serve to enhance English households in India. This gave rise to the cabinetmaking workshops in Vizagapatam between Calcutta and Madras.
Craftsmen made the first boxes to be decorated with Sadeli mosaic of rosewood or ebony, incised to give further definition to the decoration, directly inlaid into the wood. The shape of the early boxes was either sloping at the front with a flatter section at the back, reminiscent of English writing slopes, or rectangular. Artisans inlaid the borders with stylized floral scrolls and the centers with a single floral motif following a circular or oval symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. The edging was ornamental and protective, both helped protect the end grain against the weather.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras
These exotic boxes...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Bohemian Moser Attrib Enameled Ormolu Jewel Casket Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional Aesthetic Movement period Bohemian enameled jewel casket attributed to luxury glassmaker Moser.
Hand-crafted in the late 19th cent...
Category
European Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
Intricate Carved French Fruit Wood Trunk, Perfume Box, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous example of a French fruitwood box carved beautifully carved into the form of a trunk.
Look closely at the amazing detail, the side handles, the leather stitching, the l...
Category
French Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
$2,157 Sale Price
20% Off
English Black Lacquered and Gilt Stenciled Figural Pagoda Sewing Box, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English octagonal black lacquered and gilt stenciled figural pagoda hinged one drawer sewing box with exterior gilt stenciled dragon motif, interior gilt stenciled floral motif, orig...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique French Sèvres Style Painted Porcelain and Gilt Brass Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Sèvres Style Painted Porcelain and Gilt Brass Box
Antique Jewelry box crafted in the style of Sevres, France circa 1870s. Porcelain bombe casket with cobalt blue and ...
Category
Unknown Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
George Gibbs silvered steel wick trimmer, after 1808
By George Gibbs
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Rare Birmingham cast steel & silver wick trimmer with the impressed maker’s mark and lion passant (which indicates sterling silver). The trimmer is raised on three short posts, one each at the finger rings and one at the wax pick. The wick collection box...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Steel
Mother-of-Pearl Sewing Nécessaire
By Palais Royal
Located in New Orleans, LA
This captivating Palais Royal sewing nécessaire is crafted of engraved mother of pearl mounted in rich doré bronze. The hinged box contains a remov...
Category
French Other Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Country House Parlour Game Case, English, Oak, Organiser Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique country house parlour game case. An English, oak organiser box, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fascinating proportion to this pleasingly craft...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Japanese 7-Pcs, Arita Sweetmeat Set & Matching Lacquer Box Meiji Period, 1880s
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A seven-piece Japanese Arita Sweetmeat set and matching lacquer box, Meiji period (1880-1890). Comprising of a central hexagonal dish and six-fan shaped ...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Lacquer
19th Century Cherrywood Biedermeier Casket
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very beautiful small box from the time of Biedermeier, made of cherrywood. In the box is in the lid a mirror and the upper part is as an insert to take out. In very good restored con...
Category
German Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cherry
$835 Sale Price
28% Off
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