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Period: 19th Century
Late 19th Century English Game Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Lovely antique game box, made of mahogany.
The box contains several games, with many bits and pieces. Not all complete.
It is obviously that there h...
Category
British Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Small Pantry Box with Original Lid
Located in Louisville, KY
This beautifully constructed circular pantry box from the late 19th century is indeed a unique find. It's smaller size makes it particularly unusual. Typically found in one's pantry ...
Category
American Primitive Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Sewing Box With Carved Bone Contents
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A richly decorated early 19th century Chinese export sewing or work box in black lacquer, detailed throughout with intricate gilt landscapes and figures. The interior retains a full ...
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Japanese Three Drawer Copper Lined Hibachi. Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
KYOTO STYLE NAGA HIBACHI (FIREBOX BRAZIER GRILL), Japanese, Meiji Period, The rectangular hibachi is of Keyaki (Zelkova) wood construction with the original copper liner, and a colum...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Cast Brass Engraved Brazier Box with Pierced Charcoal Tray, North India
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cast Brass Engraved Brazier Box with Pierced Charcoal Tray, North India, Late 19th Century
Dimensions:
Consisting of Two Pieces: the Box and the Removable Tray
Box: 10.5” W to handl...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box from the Qing Dynasty. Decorated all over beautifully with intricate designs and images of ancient C...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Qing Lacquered and Inlaid Handled Sewing Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and fine antique Chinese Qing lacquered and inlaid papier mache handled sewing box with decorative panels dating from latter 19th or early 20th century. The sewing box is of round cylindrical shape with a swing carry handle and is inlaid with mother of pearl and abalone. The body is made up of eight oval shaped scenes of typical Chinese style with buildings and people picked out with inset abalone and mother of pearl and highlighted and contained within a gilded border. These are set between bands of patterned abalone and against a blue silk background. A similar band of abalone is applied to the swing handle. The cover sits within a recess and is made up of bands on inset abalone with cut out triangular designs and set over blue silk with a small finely carved mother of pearl handle...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Silk, Lacquer
Iron strong box or safe. 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Safe box. Iron. XIX century.
Rectangular safe made of iron, with a rectangular base, two handles on the sides and classicist-influenced molding decorations on the fronts and top. It...
Category
European Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other, Iron
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 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Antique Indian Mughal Wood Dowry Chest with Carved Patterns, 19th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
A 19th century Mughal dowry chest with carved patterns from India. This chest wooden chest with a slanted top strengthened by metal hardware reinforcements. The front displays lightly carved geometrical friezes. A large carved geometrical medallion adorns the triangular lid. The chest rests on four conical legs. This chest opens thanks to an door on the centre of its top. This unusual item was used as a dowry chest in India. This 19th century, Indian Mughal wood dowry chest...
Category
Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opaline Cut Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This classic blue opaline cut crystal box catches the light in such a way as to make it seem as if it’s glowing from within. Note the lean cut and smooth edges of its crystal facets....
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Tunbridge Box Still Bank, circa 1870s
Located in Incline Village, NV
This Tunbridge box still bank is indigenous to the Tunbridge ware cottage industries of the town of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England in the 18th and 19th c...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Superb Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique Victorian burr walnut brass bound writing box having brass bounded corners and edges around a superior quality burr walnut writing box opening to reveal a writ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,210 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair 19th Century George III Style Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Germantown, MD
A Magnificent Pair of Late 19th Century George III Style Mahogany Knife Boxes.
Measure 9" in width, 10" in depth and 14" in height
Category
American George III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Folk Art Wood Black Painted Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Folk Art Wood Black Painted Box, Mid to late 19th Century.
Charming handcrafted black painted box with unbeatable patina. The interior features off white paint and there is a bras...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$380 Sale Price
33% Off
Chinese Altar Opium Stand with Dali Marble, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this petite hardwood box captures in miniature the elaborate form of a traditional Chinese altar table. Crafted of a dense hardwood, the narrow box is ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
19th Century Bohemian Moser Enameled Amber Art Glass Jewel Casket
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning antique Bohemian enameled art glass hinged lid jewelry casket - table box by renowned luxury glass maker Moser.
Exquisitely hand-made in Bohemia (present day Czech Republic) in the late 19th century, artistic Art Nouveau period opulence, featuring very fine quality hand-blown polished...
Category
Czech Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1839 Fitzmaurice West Victorian Ebony & Brass Inlays Necessaire De Voyage
Located in Germantown, MD
Exquisite antique travelling case or victorian nécessaire de voyage
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanit...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fine Korean Box with Tray Iron with Silver Inlay Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Korean iron box with intricate silver inlay dated to the late Joseon Dynasty circa 19th century. The body of the box is made from iron of a heavy weight although the wear on t...
Category
Korean Other Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box having a quality burr walnut writing box with brass bounds and corners openin...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Gilt Bronze Box With Miniature Of Napoleon Bonaparte, 19th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Gilt bronze box with miniature of Napoleon Bonaparte painted on porcelain from the 19th century.
7.5 x 9.5 cm, height 3.4 cm
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Lacquer Glove Box in the Japanese Taste, c. 1880
Located in Kenilworth, IL
French black lacquered papier mache glove box with hinged lid decorated in polychrome with scenes of a Japanese market. Red lacquered interior.
France, circa 1880.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
A Finely Cast Silvered Bronze Table Casket by L. Oudry, Paris, Circa 1865
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
This beautiful silvered bronze table casket is from the Parisian studio of L. Oudry, as noted by the signature on the lid. Dating to circa 1865, the f...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique English Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Fitted Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box Interior
From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box. The Rosewood box of rectangular form extensiv...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th century inlaid Irish Killarney writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century inlaid Killarney ware writing slope circa 1870.
Beautiful Irish killarney region writing slope, beautifully inlaid with the various woods they used to craft with. Killa...
Category
Irish Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Yew
19th Century Eastern Tortoiseshell and Bone Blue Velvet Lined Trinket Box
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Beautiful 19th Century Eastern Tortoiseshell and Bone Trinket Box, Lined with Blue Velvet on Paw Feet.
Ideal for jewellery or keepsakes or just as a ...
Category
South Asian Moorish Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Antique Imperial Russian Silver Cloisonne Enamel Coin Purse Case Moscow 1899
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Pre-Revolution Russian Imperial silver-gilt & cloisonné enamel coin purse/case, Moscow, 1899.
The purse with the maker's mark in Cyrillic and the assayer's mark for Iv...
Category
Russian Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Cast Bronze Lidded Box with Medieval Scenes and hardwood liner, Late 19thC
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a cast bronze metal box modelled as a casket with a wood liner and depicting medieval scenes. We date this box to the late 19th Century.
The box is made of a cast metal (b...
Category
English Medieval Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export 19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Sewing Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese Export 19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Sewing Box
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Large Walnut Carved Desk Letter/Stationery Rack
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A large antique letter rack, made of carved wood. The wickerwork is also made of carved wood. With three compartments. Made in France around 1890-1...
Category
French Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Early Bohemian Enamel Moser large, Bronze Metal Mounted Box and Lid, 1895
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Exceptional vibrant pink floral enamelled basket box and fitted cover with orate bent metal (bronze) fitments with fine detaileled leaf patterns by Moser c 1895. An amazing high quality piece decorated in polychrome enamel posies of flowers, a rare shape with elongated rounded lid and base mounted on bronze bent metal feet and side handles - Often boxes like this show stress on the metal hinges and catches -due to the weight of the glass - but this has been well protected for 130 years and is in amazing condition. Possibly this was originally meant as a sugar casket...
Category
Czech Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Regency Specimen Wood Parquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular hinged coffered top over a conforming case. Side ring handles and brass paw feet. Fitted interior.
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Oval Trinkets Tray, English, Ebony, Dressing Table Tidy, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique oval trinkets tray. An English, ebony dressing table tidy, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Pleasingly deep t...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Antique English Large Tunbridge Box With Marquetry Inlay
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique English Tunbridge box with geometric inlay, hinged lid, red velvet interior, felted bottom and comes with working key. The box with a diamond form inlaid medallion flanked...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Wood
19th Century French Majolica Log Tobacco Jar
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Log Tobacco Jar.
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Inlaid with floral sprays of engraved mother of pearl and brass
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this William IV Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box. The Sewing Box ...
Category
English William IV Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century French Rosewood Travel Vanity Case by Peret and Dated 1855
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful antique jewelry box set was crafted in Paris, France, circa 1855. The box was made by Peret, a Parisian goldsmith, cabinetmaker and leather maker. Peret received a first class medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1855 (see engraving on the front). The box has an engraved crest on top with initials and crown, and several dividers inside. The compartments are outfitted with silver accessories, which include one square cut-glass bottle, two round glass bottles with silver tops and one rectangular cut-glass bottle. Inside the first tray, you'll also find two round powder glass containers with silver top, a long glass brush holder (brush included), a smaller rectangular shaving brush glass holder (brush included), all of them with a silver lid ornamented and finely chiseled with scrolls, shells and foliage, and a rectangular glass soap container with silver top. The next tray underneath features all the necessary for manicure, pedicure, hair cutting...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
An Edwardian Huntley & Palmers Lithographed Book Form Biscuit Tin, Center One So
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Edwardian Huntley & Palmers Lithographed Book Form Biscuit Tin. Priced per box. Center one sold. Red ones available.
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Iron Safe
Located in High Point, NC
Originally used as a safe or strong-box, this antique iron trunk remains a trustworthy vault for treasured possessions. Made in 19th century France,...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$597 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Perfume Bottle Apothecary Caddy Box Casket
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century burl walnut wooden box with decorative brass plaque on the lid, containing two glass or crystal perfume bottles with brass caps. Measure: 5".
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$700 Sale Price
30% Off
Red Japanese Lacquered Box Meiji Decorative Box, circa 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Nice Japanese glove box in red and black lacquered wood dating from the end of the 19th century. It is decorated with delicate gold, black and white flowers and foliage on all its vi...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
$330 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Workman's Tool Chest, English, Teak, Brass, Craftsman's Trunk, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique workman's tool chest. An English, teak and brass capped craftsman's trunk, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Delightfully time-worn chest with a ro...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Scottish Sewing Set of Tartan Ware, 19th Century
Located in Delft, NL
Scottish sewing set of Tartan ware, 19th century
Set of 4 items of Tartanware, Scottish sewing set, exists of a rectangular box, marked by Stuart
A thread...
Category
Scottish Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Carnelian and Yellow Gold Vinaigrette Circa 1820
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1820s 12k yellow gold and carnelian vinaigrette; an addition to our collection of silver boxes and cases.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique 12k yellow gold vinaigrette has a cylindrical form.
The surface of the sides, base and cover of this impressive antique vinaigrette are encompassed with concentric bands of tooled decoration, accented with punched circular motifs.
The underside of the antique box features an impressive chased tiered floral motif, accented with further tooled decoration.
The upper plateau of the cover is ornamented with an impressive collet set carnelian panel to the centre.
The hinged cover opens to allow access to the original, hinged pierced decorated grille.
Condition
This 19th century antique gold vinaigrette...
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Early 19th C. Tunbridge Ware Work / Sewing Box with Geometric Inlay
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Regency period Tunbridge ware work or sewing box having calamander sides with light wood edges, the top with exotic woods inlaid in a tumbling block pattern within a Vandyke frieze b...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Perfumer Baccarat Perfume Box, Ormolu Mounted, Doré Bronze
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
Perfumer Baccarat Perfume Box, Ormolu Mounted, Doré Bronze
Presenting a remarkable fusion of artistry and opulence, the perfumer Baccarat's green op...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
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
Antique Austrian Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Pill Box, circa 1900
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning large antique Viennese sterling silver pill box made from a hefty gauge of Austrian silver.
All sides are decorated with a white guilloche enamel showcasing...
Category
Austrian Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,509 Sale Price
20% Off
A Mindanao silver inlaid bronze betal nut box, Islamic, mid to late 19th century
Located in Central England, GB
This highly decorative box is a betal nut box. The habit of chewing was relevant in the southern Philippines and much of southeast Asia. Wealthy Maraneo families on the island of Mi...
Category
Philippine Tribal Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Romantic French 19th Century Bellows Shaped Porcelain Box with Courtship Scene
Located in Tustin, CA
Exquisite antique French box, from the 1890s, is a handmade and hand painted miniature porcelain box with hinged lid and is shaped like a fire bellows. Th...
Category
French Romantic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
French Post Office Mailbox - Cast Iron - Delachanal Model - Late 19th Century
Located in BARSAC, FR
Public mailbox of the French Post Office Model in molded cast iron manufactured by Delachanal in Paris - Late 19th Century
Good general condition - presented in its original conditi...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century Tramp Art Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage late 19th century Tramp Art Box inset with mirror and fabric. "Tramp Art" objects began in the 1870s, driven by the abundance of wooden cigar boxes and their availability to ...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Textile, Wood
Meissen 'Drüselkästchen', Lidded Crown Tureen For Maria Josepha Of Austria, 19th
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed for the wife of August III, Maria Josepha of Austria (1699 Vienna - 1757 Dresden), Electress of Saxony and Queen of Poland since 1733, with the ‘Elector of Saxony coat of ar...
Category
German Rococo Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Rosewood Inlaid Writing Box by Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Heavily Inlaid with Mother of Pearl and Abalone
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this stunning Antique Inlaid Writing Box by Hausburg. The Writing Box of rec...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood, Satinwood
Antique Chinese Champlevé Enamel Scarab Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Finely detailed champlevé scarab shape box with gilt wash interior. Traces of antique mirror on inner top. Rich colors of blue, turquoise purple finely enameled all around box.
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$1,800 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Japanese Scripture Box
Located in New York, US
Antique Japanese Box scripture
1860s-1920s
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique French Gilt Brass and Cut Glass Souvenir Jewellery Casket, 19th Century
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique gilt brass and cut glass souvenir depicting the ‘Basilique de la Delivrande’.
This is a charmingly detailed jewellery casket. The top depicts the Basilica of Our Lady of Deliverance near Caen in Northern France.
The top panel of bevelled glass displays the image and the four sides of bevelled glass panels are clear.
There is a pronounced cushion inside for displaying jewellery.
Dating from the late 19th century, it would have been sold as a French souvenir...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Brass Inlaid Rosewood English Jewelry Sewing Casket Gillows Lancaster
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality example of a Lady’s or Gentleman’s English Regency Period polished brass mounted well figured Rosewood inlaid Boulle Style Jewellery or Sewing Casket or Table Box made during the first quarter of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin. Raised on its original bun feet, the quality of this item is firmly attributed to furniture makers Gillows of Lancaster.
The rectangular form with hinged lid opening to reveal its original yellow silk lined interior, complete with lift out sectional tray.
This exquisite casket is raised on four generous beaded bun supports.
Condition: Good condition with nice patination, no losses to brass inlays. Lock is present and working, lacking key. Some losses to edgings of lift-out tray, overall a wonderful item in good condition.
Height: (entire closed) 5.5" (14cm). Width: (at front) 10” (25.5cm). Depth: 7.25” (18.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller.
Provenance: Private collection Northern Ireland.
The Gillow family of Cabinet Makers and Upholsters came to prominence with Richard Gillow (1733 – 1811), the son of Robert Gillow, founder of the firm. Gillow’s reputation as one of the leading British cabinet making firms of the 18th and 19th centuries was established by contributions from some ten members of the family over three generations.
During the 18th century, the Gillow firm established a reputation for producing the highest quality furniture, made by competent workmen from the best woods, in elegant but practical styles...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Empire Style Crystal Box with Classical Gilt Ormulo Mounts
Located in London, GB
A French late 19th century Empire style crystal box with classical gilt bronze mounts.
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Figured Walnut Complete Sewing Box Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Complete with Sewing Accompaniments
From our Sewing Boxes collection, we are thrilled to offer this stunning Figured Walnut Sewing Box Attributed to Hausburg. The box of rectangula...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass





