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Period: 19th Century
Early English Victorian 1st Prize Equestrian Silverplated Figural Trophy Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Early English Victorian 1st Prize Equestrian Silverplated Figural Trophy Box—England, Mid-19th Century This exquisite early Victorian silver-plated tro...
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English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Anglo-Indian Rosewood Writing Desk, India, circa 1825
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Elegant and finely crafted rosewood and ivory inlay traveller's writing desk from the late Mughal period of British India (circa 1825), on low bun feet. In excellent condition, with ...
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Indian Islamic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Rosewood

Japanese Antique Lacquer Maki-E Miniature Hasami-Bako with Copper Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered box with lid in the shape of a miniature Hasami-Bako (traveling chest) circa late 18 to early 19th century of the Edo period....
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Japanese Japonisme Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

19th Century French Enameled Porcelain Box
Located in Clearwater, FL
A salmon colored enamel box with patina bronze surround and latch and topped with a gold laurel wreath.
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French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Antique French Empire Dore Bronze Enamel Casket
Located in Canterbury, GB
Antique Crystal Casket Exquisite Antique French Empire Crystal Casket The thick heavy finest quality crystal encased in beautiful Dore Bronze (Ormolu ) mounts The lid decorated with...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Biedermeier Sewing Box, Walnut Veneer, Austria circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful original antique Biedermeier Sewing Box in Walnut Veneer from Austria circa 1820. Walnut veneered. Ebony inlays. Brass button. Inside with complete original sewing equipmen...
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

c. 1840-60 Gilt & Lacquer Decorated Chinese Export Sewing Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1840-60 Chinese Export sewing box. Gilt & lacquer decorated with writing/reading surface in bottom drawer. Carved, winged feet. Original side brass handles. Worn top surface & ...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Wooden Bible Box "Forget Me Not" with Secret Concealed Compartment
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century wooden Bible box "Forget Me Not" with secret concealed compartment The four words in the corners are quite cute and charming: Danish...
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Scandinavian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large Italian Bronze Mounted Porphyry Casket, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
The borders of the casket are mounted with varied stones including marble, agate and porphyry. Offered with a letter on the stationery of George W. Funk, dealers of Italian and Sp...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Agate, Marble, Porphyry, Bronze

Napoleon III Style French Walnut Table Box
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Eleg...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut, Paper

19th Century French Bronze Box with Semi Precious Stones
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French bronze box with semi precious stones. Lovely 19th century French Baroque style bronze box or jewel casket with semi...
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French Baroque Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Bronze

Antique English Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Sewing Cabinet
Located in Northampton, GB
With Sewing Equipment From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Sewing Cabinet. The Sewing Cabinet of...
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British Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

English Tortoiseshell Box
Located in Tampa, FL
An English tortoiseshell box on ivory ball feet. Complete with all original interior, no key. England, circa 1800s to 1820s.
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English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Tortoise Shell

19th Century Arts & Crafts Movement Copper Table Chest Box
Located in Queens, NY
Large copper table chest or box from the English Arts & Crafts Movement that features curvilinear protrusions on each side, as well as a decorative ...
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English Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

19th Century French Small Porcelain Hand Painted Box by Limoge
Located in Sofia, BG
Tiny porcelain hand painted box by Limoge decorated with a rose and with small scissors as a clasp. France, circa 1880.  
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French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Antique French Victorian Jewelry Casket Keepsake Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century French Victorian Jewelry Casket. Casket features dark wood with cream colored adornments. It has a lift top with two swinging dra...
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French Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Heart shaped Victorian sterling silver & Glass biscuit box by Heath & Middleton
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1898 by Heath & Middleton, this charming, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver & Glass Biscuit Box, is heart shaped, with a cut glass body, and a plain silv...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique English Mother of Pearl & Rosewood Writing Box Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Firmly Attributed to Hausburg From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Victorian Writing Box attributed to ...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

British Campaign Royalty Leather Traveling Trunk, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
British Campaign water proof leather traveling trunk with leather fitted interior compartment, brass banding mounts, Royal coat of arms brass plate, brass side handles, and retains t...
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English Campaign Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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 ...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Beautiful Pincushion Elephant Figure 19th C. 1890s, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This listing is for a beautiful Austrian figural pincushion, circa 1890s. A beautiful collector's item and sure to be a lovely addition to any room or collection. Purchased for you a...
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Austrian Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

19th Century Italian Writing Box with Macassar Veneer and Silver Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case. The chest is veneered with Macassar wood. Decorated with silver mounts. The interior is made of birdseed maple...
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Italian Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood Boulle box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A highly detailed and most elegant French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood Boulle Marquetry cabinet/trunk. This impressive rectangular trunk is raised ...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Very Rare 1867 Asprey & Co. Coromandel Dressing Table Box Sterling Silver Pearl
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare 1867 sterling silver hallmarked Asprey 166 Bond Street London Coromandel wood vanity dressing table box A very rare and high quality collectable piece, the box is solid Coromandel wood with brass edges, it’s a lovely dark timber with a similar grain to Rosewood. The suite inside is all sterling silver, fully hallmarked T.W for Thomas Whitehouse, the Queens head for Queen Victoria, the sideways facing Lion for Sterling silver, the Panther head for London and the date letter M for 1867 The box has Braham locks which were of such high quality Gillows of Lancaster an London used them on their finest furniture, at the back of the base section you have a hand engraved plaque which reads Asprey Maker 166 Bond Street London, in the middle of this plaque is a depression switch, if you press it a hidden drawer pops out of the bottom. The listing includes the original key The mirror pulls forward to reveal a hidden document folio...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century Middle Eastern Brass-Mounted Domed Teak Wood Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
An extraordinary 19th-century Middle Eastern domed casket, hand-carved from a single block of richly grained teak wood and mounted with pierced and hand-hammered brass hardware. This...
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Persian Moorish Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

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...
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European Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Other, Iron

19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes, circa 1880, comprising five shaved splint bentwood pantry boxes with straight overlaps fastened via wooden pegs, in late...
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American Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Chinese Lacquer Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
This charming 19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box has seen many hands and much love having developed a deep natural patina over its 20...
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

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.
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French Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Ebony, Ormolu, and Brass Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Napoleon III period ebony, ormolu, and brass box. The box is raised by fine ormolu ball feet below a lovely wrap around mottled band. Each ebony si...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

19th Century French Wooden Liquor Cabinet Napoleon III with Crystal Interior
Located in Sofia, BG
An wooden ebonised and hand-painted liquor cabinet in Napoleon III style with brass inlay. Exterior opens in three directions to elegantly reveal a crystal service surrounded by poli...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century Swedish Folkart Empire Chest / Box with Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Folkart Empire Chest /box from Skelleftea Vasterbotten ,Northern Sweden. Decorative Wood imitaition painted small chest /box with...
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Swedish Empire Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Tunbridge Ware Correspondence Box by Edmund Nye 19th Century
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Mid 19th century Tunbridge ware stationery box by Edmund Nye, manufacturer. The dome-shaped top is inlaid with a specimen parquetry panel, crossbanded with boxwood and stringing and...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Boxwood, Ash, Satinwood, Walnut

Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquered Rectangular Box and Cover, China, circa 1880,
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Red lacquer box with the lid representing a scholar and children playing in a mountainous garden, the outer sides covered with repeated geometric patterns. This box was made in China...
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Asian Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Swedish 19th Century Birchwood Veneer Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish 19th century birchwood veneer jewelry box. The box has a heart of brass for keyhole and knob hardware of antler.
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Swedish Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Birch

Antique Pewter Inlaid Burl Amboyne Coromandel Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Quality English Well Figured Burl Amboyne and Coromandel Ladies or Gents English early Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large propo...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Folk Art Painted Document Box 19th Century American
Located in Hudson, NY
A spectacular and fine, painted and stenciled, pine documentbox. The original blue paint having turned a dark green over time with the varnished finish, typical of Boston pieces. Yo...
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American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Swedish Hand-Made Folk Art Pine Flour Box
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique hand-made flour box from Sweden made in folk art during the second half of the 19th century, around 1860 to 1870. These boxes were either hung on the...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Casket Sewing Box
Located in London, GB
This is a superb quality antique Victorian burr walnut casket, sewing box, with elaborate decorative brass and bronze mounts, circa 1860 in date. The rectangular lid is beautifully decorated with cut brass mounts centred with a striking bronze sphynx...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Vintage Boho Tramp Art Lidded Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Discover the intricate beauty of this Vintage Boho Tramp Art Lidded Box, a testament to folk artistry and meticulous craftsmanship. This unique piece showcases the distinctive chip-c...
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American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Vintage Boho Tramp Art Lidded Box
Vintage Boho Tramp Art Lidded Box
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19th Century Victorian Jewelry Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian jewelery box. The box is made of wood, covered with paper machee, lacquered black and inlaid with a mosaic of mother-of-pearl. Painted with gold colored decorations. The interior of the box is lined with blue silk fabric...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paper

Gold Snuff Box, Restauration Period, circa 1820-1830
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular box with rounded corners. The hinged lid as well as the bottom are embellished with an intricate geometric pattern framed with rinceaux motifs on a matte gold background....
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European Restauration Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold

Antique Domed Top Caddy, English, Burr Walnut, Brass, Keepsake Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique domed top caddy. An English, burr walnut and brass keepsake box or dressing table case, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870. Of captivating form and supe...
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British Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Victorian G Rowney & Co Artists Colormen Watercolour Box c.1860
By G. Rowney and Co.
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare 19th Century watercolour paint box crafted by G Rowney & Co. This exquisite piece features a single drawer housing a painting palette, while the top compartment showcases an original watercolour tray, brush pot, brushes, and an assortment of paints from the era. Beneath the paints lies a designated section for pencils. Some items bear signs of use, while others remain untouched. Adorning the lid is a captivating Victorian lithograph...
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British Other Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Wood, Paint

Japanese Lacquered Box Meiji Decorative Box and Ink box, circa 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Nice Japanese glove box in red, yellow and black lacquered wood dating from the end of the 19th century. It is decorated with delicate gold, black and red characters. Inside you have...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Chinese Export Silver Box Circa 1880
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver box; an addition to our collection of Chinese silverware. This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) box has a plain rectangular form. The surface of the body is encompassed with exceptional chased oriental Chinese dragon designs amidst clouds, all on a matte background; each panel bears a plain and unembellished border. This antique silver box is fitted with a hinged silver cover, bearing a continuation of cloud ornamentation to the side panels. The upper plateau of the cover is ornamented with two further dragon designs accented with impressive emanating whiskers, incorporating a circular vacant cartouche to the centre. By virtue of its size this versatile box could be used for a multitude of functions. The box features a solid silver base which is plain and unembellished, apart from the feature hallmarks; a solid silver base is a sign of quality. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this antique Chinese box...
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Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

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...
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Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Trinket Box, Circa 19th Century
Located in Norton, MA
An 19th-century sterling silver snuff trinket box with engine-turned engraving to the hinged lid, brightly gilded interior with the character "10" on both lid and base, excellent co...
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English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique Swedish flour Wooden storage box 1800's Handmade Folk Craft blue painted
Located in Forest, BE
Swedish antique pine and birch wooden flour box. All made by hand, the lid is perfectly adjusted to the barrel. Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the late 18 century ...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Birch, Pine

19th Century black lacquered jewellery box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century chinese black lacquered jewellery box circa 1860. Good quality shaped chinese jewellery box with overstuffed top cushion.  Hand painted i...
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English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Lacquer

Antique Brass Inlaid English Regency Mahogany Double Tea Caddy Box 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Example of an English Regency well grained Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of traditional rectangular outline, with lavish brass scrolling inlay decoration and complete fitted inter...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Outstanding Games Box in Burl Walnut, Brass and Malachite, c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning English Victorian Games / playing card box made from Burl Walnut mounted with impressive polished brass mounts beautifully detailed, and in turn, inset with polished green malachite stones. The box comes with a working (replacement) key which when unlocked reveals a fitted interior complete with a wooden cribbage board, whist markers...
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British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Brass

Regency Rosewood Sarcophagus Form Tea Caddy
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency rosewood sarcophagus form Tea Caddy. With circular Brass keyhole escutcheon plate.
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Vienna Woven Bronze Basket Box with Cold-Painted Rabbit, Attributed to Bergman
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vienna Woven Bronze Basket Box with Cold-Painted Rabbit, Attributed to Franz Bergman School, Austria, Circa 1890 Presenting an exceptional Vienna woven bronze basket box with a cold...
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Austrian High Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

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. ...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian quality mahogany stationary box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality mahogany stationary box having a sloping front and a pair of mahogany doors opening to reveal a fitted interior, set ...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

English Petite Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century English trinket box has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers which ...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

19th Century Anglo Indian Ebony & Porcupine Quill Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine antique 19th-Century British Colonial porcupine quill and ebony box, made in Ceylon the colonial name for Sri Lanka. This fine hand crafted box has a sliding lid and is decora...
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Sri Lankan Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ebony, Bone

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
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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

French Rosewood Desk Box for Pencils & Office Materials One Drawer, Late 19th C
Located in Labrit, Landes
French box with drawer for pencil and small office equipment. Made circa 1880, in France. Two chopsticks on the sides are missing (very discreet, please see the side photos). Palisan...
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French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

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