Early 1800s Decorative Boxes

Very good early 19th century Norwegian folk painted oval pantry box, the top adorned with bold brass bosses on a ground of flowers and budding vines, the sides similarly painted, all...

An exceptionally fine early regency Chinese black lacquer chinoiserie box, English, circa 1800. Likely originally a candy box, this pie...

Very good early 19th century Swedish baroque carved and polychrome decorated dome lidded box with strapwork and naive carving depicting a hunter, dogs, birds and vines surrounding in...

This is an antique housemaid's carry. An English, estate made mahogany and brass butler's work box or country house cutlery tray, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800. Delightf...

More information coming soon… A shapely table box from Venice, Italy, dating to circa 1800. Hand-carved in Swiss pine, the unique table box has two front doors that open to reveal ...

An elegant and intricately detailed Chinese export folding game box, crafted from lacquered wood with gilded decoration, dating to the early 19th century. The exterior features beaut...

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,...

American Likely New Hampshire or Massachusetts, circa 1800. This stunning quality antique strong box or storage box is constructed with a light woo...

The hinged rectangular top with three oval Signed Wedgwood plaques depicting putti at various pursuits within oval paterae mounted swagged and beaded borders, opening to a morocco leather lined hinged slope enclosing a well, the upper section fitted with candlesticks and compartmentalized for inkwells, above a hinged lid the front with a spring loaded secret drawer opening to a needle or pincushion and spools of thread. This unusual work box, mounted with blue and white jasperware signed Wedgwood plaques, is English in conception. The writing box was a popular form first used in the 18th c and well into the 19th c for traveling. This type of portable desk was described by the English poet William Cowper in 1785 as 'the most elegant, the compactest, the most commodious desk in the world.' Additionally, the jasperware plaques, came from Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Its proximity to the steel manufacturing city of Birmingham, the birthplace of Matthew Boulton, producer of decorative metalwork (including cut steel mounts) and described by his friend and fellow-industrialist, Josiah Wedgwood, as 'the first Manufacturer in England', certainly suggests an English origin and possibly his handwork. However, the polished steel mounts are also typical of furniture and objects made in Tula, Russia, where the Imperial Arms Factory was founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th c and which later became known for its decorative objects, including furniture and domestic pieces. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ordered the 'Frog Service...

A very nice Chinese red lacquer box decorated in gold and black with a garden scene. Box has a black interior. Circa mid 1800s.

English Regency mahogany and satinwood wine cellarette with original fitted brass liner, checkered ebony and satinwood inlays, embossed brass foliage side panels, original gilt circu...

Early Heavily Embossed Brass Box This is a large and heavy chest is made in Brass with a wooden lining, the beaten brass is embossed with decorativ...

Fully Fitted Sewing Box From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to introduce this Antique Rosewood Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular form veneered in Rosewood with ...

Here you can see a very rare and early wooden satchel from the beginning of the 19th century. An exceptionally decorative object of this period, made with craftsmanship precision and...

This is an antique butler's carry. An English, walnut country house silver polishing box or cutlery tray, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800. Delightful estate made butler's ...

This is an antique housekeeper’s carry. An English, oak two-division cutlery tray, garden trug or work box, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800. A charming estate-made piece wi...

This is an antique document sleeve. An English stationery box in mahogany and satinwood marquetry, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800. A fine example of late 18th century craf...

English Georgian Chinroserie bow front tortoise shell tea caddy with a hinged tiered lid, Chinese landscape mother of pearl inlays with flanking pagodas, fences, & foliage trees, central paktong plaque and escutcheon, bone fitted interior border with two lidded tortoiseshell foil lined compartments, and resting on the original four bone ball...

This is a fine antique Georgian period lidded waste bin, presenting as a distinguished Dutch fireside store in oak and fruitwood, circa 1800. This versatile antique is ideal for use ...

Antique George III quality figured mahogany serpentine shaped storage box having a quality serpentine shaped figured mahogany lift up top with pretty satinwood stringing inlay openin...

Regency birdseye maple sewing box with lions heads handles on each side & lions hairy paw feet with a key.

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1800s 18k yellow gold vinaigrette; an addition to our collection of gold boxes and cases. This exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1...

English early 19th century mechanical bellows having wavy spoke solid brass wheel and studded brass bellow chamber with patinated mahogany body. Use as bellows or as a decorative ...

An exceptional and rare Vienna Empire period Sewing box, ingeniously designed in the form of a miniature architectural nightstand and dating to the beginning of the 19th century. Crafted from solid mahogany and raised on a contrasting ebonized square plinth base, the cylindrical body is accented with finely chased ormolu vertical mounts featuring delicate neoclassical ornament. A diamond-shaped escutcheon reinforces the illusion of a functional cabinet, landing architectural character to the design. The piece is crowned with a white marble top set within a turned collar. The top unscrews by an integrated wooden threads to reveal a fitted interior with its original sewing implements executed in bone, ivory and glass with ormolu trim. The precision of the fittings and the clever mechanical construction reflect the refined craftsmanship of Period Viennese workshops. This example beautifully embodies the Viennese interpretation of Empire design with its architectural elegance, merging sculptural presence with function. A rare and sophisticated early 19th century Viennese sewing necessaire...

An early 19th century Chinese export lacquered box, richly decorated with detailed figural scenes. The exterior features a central court scene surrounded by additional vignettes of f...

English Calamander hinged tea caddy with removable two lidded interior bins, centered mixing bowl, flanking brass floral side handles, locking key with tassel, and terminating on the...

This cylinder box is an exceptionally fine example of straw marquetry, and a rare survivor of the craft, which involves the cutting, coloring, and mounting of split straws to form de...

A mahogany strong box made for the Ovenden Female Society, Instituted May 1809, of deep rectangular form with a hinged lid, three brass locks, brass carrying handles and an applied b...

The patch box is of an unusually large oval form, with a pull off cover. The cover is decorated with an outer prick dot and arrow head border, around a set of contemporary script ini...