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Majolica Trompe L'oeil Napkin Egg Basket Box Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica napkin Trompe l'oeil box or basket/tureen with an egg on the handle signed Sarreguemines.
Category
French Country Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Signed Wavecrest Opal Glass Putti Motif Table Box
By CF Monroe
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Signed Wavecrest Opal Glass Putti Motif Table Box
C.F. Monroe Company, Meriden, Connecticut, circa 1890
This 19th-century signed Wavecrest opal glass putti motif table box, created by the C.F. Monroe Company in Meriden, Connecticut, circa 1890, is a stunning example of fine craftsmanship and artistry. Standing 4 inches high with a 6-inch diameter, this exquisite piece features a beautifully painted putti motif, showcasing the delicate and intricate detailing characteristic of Wavecrest opal glass. The box is in fantastic, well-cared-for antique condition, with its gilt mounts and original silk lining remarkably well preserved. Raised on four elegant gilt feet, this table box embodies both functionality and decorative appeal. The piece is signed 'Wavecrest,' attesting to its authenticity and heritage. This charming table box is a rare and valuable addition to any antique glass...
Category
North American High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Thomas Johnson II Sterling Silver Tortoise Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a tortoise; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a tortoise.
The plain oval body of this Victorian vesta box is embellished with cast and applied components replicating the details of the tortoise's legs and head.
The anterior surface of this rare box features an applied oval serrated panel / match striker.
The hinged tortoiseshell cover opens to reveal the original gilt interior.
The underside of the body bears the contemporary engraved inscription 'July 1883'.
Condition
This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. There are some blemishes and wear to the original gilding, in keeping with age. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body are very clear.
Dimensions
length 8.4cm/3.3"
width 5.5cm/2.2"
height 3.2cm/1.3"
Weight
2.4 troy ounces/73.9g (including tortoiseshell cover)
Maker: Thomas Johnson II
Date: 1882
Origin: London, England
Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Victorian Style Ruby to Clear Cut Crystal Box Bronze Mounts
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A Victorian style ruby to clear cut crystal box with bronze mounts, France, late 19th century. This beautiful and unique piece is in very good condition.
Meas...
Category
French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Late 19th Century Large Chinese Pigskin Storage Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century large pigskin storage box, Chinese. Late Qing dynasty. Burnt red color & silvered brass or paktong fittings; the handles & their back plates of good quality...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$315 Sale Price
36% Off
19Thc Original Brown Painted Box W/ Drawer & Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is either a 19thc hardware drawer box or a cash drawer of sorts.The construction is early cut nails and a dovetailed drawer.There is a brass & iron handle on the side of the box...
Category
American Adirondack Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Limoges Jmmet Seignolles plates & box Souvenir de son Vogage a Lourdes
By Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Set of Elegant vintage Limoges box and two plates.
Marked on base as “Jammet Seignolles Souvenir de mon voyage á Lourdes”.
-Memories of my trip ...
Category
French Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Tea Tin
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century chinoiserie tea tin from England.
Category
English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
19th Century Majolica Jewel Box Choisy Le Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Large and rare 19th century Majolica jewel box signed Choisy Le Roi.
Renaissance style.
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
French Gien Porcelain Trivet or Coaster Antique Scene, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Faience de Gien trivet or coaster.
Vegetal decor with two angel and a bird, in the Italian renaissance style.
The earthenware factory of Gien or t...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$313 Sale Price
41% Off
19Thc Original Mustard Painted Barrel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky original mustard painted over grey barrel was found on a farm in Pennsylvania. The condition is very good and sturdy. The patina is amazing and it has a outdoor protective...
Category
Adirondack Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau Cherry Wood Casket
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful box / casket from the Art Nouveau period, made of cherry veneer on softwood body with brass side handles. In very good restored condition.
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,312 Sale Price
20% Off
Brass Box Gold-Plated and Micro Mosaic
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass box originally gold-plated with glass stones, made in Italy, circa 1880.
Category
Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
KPM Shell and Flower Motif Cabinet or Patch Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
KPM shell and flower motif cabinet or patch box, The top realistically modelled as a clam shell, the interior revealing painted florals, and the blue undergl...
Category
German Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$452 Sale Price
34% Off
Antique Twisted Three Handled Glass and Silver Plate Biscuit Box, circa 1890
Located in Bath, GB
A really unusual biscuit box (it would make the most wonderful ice bucket too); made from glass and silver plate which is marked EPNS and 1/0 which I believe is made from the famous ...
Category
German Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
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.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Japanese Rinpa Style Lacquer Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A black lacquer tebako (hand box) with maki-e decoration and silver trim, circa late 19th century, Meiji period. The surface of the lid features a Rinpa style maki-e paint depicting ...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Brown Westhead Moore Box
Located in Austin, TX
T.H. brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Staffordshire cobalt Majolica box, England, circa 1880.
Box with figural strap decoration and braided handle to cover.
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Majolica
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 4 Round Glass Candy or Jewelry Boxes, 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of four small round 19th Century trinket, candy or jewelry boxes in glass and silver plated brass from Sweden. The locks are engraved with a floral pattern and three of them ha...
Category
Swedish Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Antique Decorative Boxes, Chinese, Ceramic, Lidded Dish, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique decorative boxes. A Chinese, ceramic lidded dish, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Appealing tradi...
Category
Chinese Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Large Charles X Style Cocktail Bar In Marquetry
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rare marquetry cocktail bar with Charles X-inspired motifs or Victorian-style opening onto an interior with spaces for seven glasses, a shaker, two carafes, a mixing spoon holder, tw...
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Porcelain Hand Painted Powder Box by Limoges
By Limoges
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful antique porcelain hand painted powder box by Limoges, circa 1898. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Jennens & Bettridge Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk was made by the highly renowned Jennens & Bettridge of England in approximately 1880 and done in the period Vi...
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box is formed of brass with a copper interior and...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Grand Tour Bronze Sarcophagus Form Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual 19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze box in the form of a sarcophagus, circa 1880. Nice form, handsome desk-top accessory, great addition to any box collection.
5.5 inches...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Box in Lather and Silk
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful glove box from the end of the 19th century, entirely sheathed in leather with a beveled glass on the cover.
The interior is covered with a padded blue silk.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Silk, Glass
$275 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Sterling Silver Cockerel Sugar Box (1882)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large and rare antique sterling silver cockerel sugar box; part of our continental ornamental silverware ...
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Walnut Wood Casket
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful box / casket from the Art Nouveau period, made of walnut veneer and solid wood. In very good restored condition.
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$921 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Sterling Silver & Enamel Arabian Box with Chased Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique box is signed by an unknown maker, but presumed to have originated from the UAE and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Bessarabian style. The box is compo...
Category
Emirian Bessarabian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century French Majolica Duck Bank
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French Majolica money bank duck. No maker's mark.
Category
French Country Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau Walnut Wood Casket
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful box / casket from the Art Nouveau period, made of walnut veneer on a softwood body. The top edge is trimmed with maple and in the center of the lid is a very beautiful vene...
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Walnut, Softwood
$836 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
English Victorian Rosewood Box
Located in Queens, NY
"English Victorian rectangular rosewood box with rectangular brass inlaid plaque on slanted top lid with the initials S.F.C.
Vintage condition"
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fine Antique Anglo Indian Bombay Inlay Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fine antique Anglo-Indian hand carved wooden jewelry box inlaid.
Nice Indian Mughal pen box handcrafted in very fine Sadeli micro mosaic...
Category
Indian Islamic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian, Baroque Revival, Velvet Upholstered Large Footed Box, ca. 1875
Located in Atlanta, GA
upholstered in original velvet and metallic trim, square in shape with a slanted hinged top, the interior also upholstered, raised on elaborately carved lions paw feet
Category
Italian Baroque Revival Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet
Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box Betjemann
Located in Northampton, GB
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Outstanding Feathered Walnut Veneer
From our Decanter collection, we are thrilled to offer this rare example Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box attrib...
Category
British High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Egg-Shaped Wooden Box by Maison Alphonse Giroux, Paris, 2nd Half of the 19th C.
Located in Greding, DE
An exquisite egg-shaped wooden box by Maison Alphonse Giroux, crafted in the second half of the 19th century. The box rests on a round base and features metal fittings, including a d...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Export Silver Jewelry Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver jewellery box; an addition to our collection of boxes and cases
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver box has a subtly undulating rectangular form.
The surface of the box has a planished finish and is embellished with an embossed and chased decorated stemmed floral and foliate design to the anterior surface.
The decoration to the body continues to the cover, incorporating plum blossom arrangements and an impressive perched bird motif.
This antique jewellery box is fitted with the original hinged cover.
This exceptional Chinese silver jewellery box is supported by four impressive cast silver feet.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include:
Maker's mark: HC (Hung Chong)
Artisan workshop mark: QI CHANG (Shanghai)
NOTE: We are grateful to Adrien von Ferscht for his help in identifying this exceptional antique piece.
Condition
This antique Chinese silver jewellery...
Category
Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
1890s Chinese Export Silver Locking Box
By Heng Li
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver box with lock; an addition to our oriental silver collection.
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) locking box has a rectangular form.
The surface of this antique box with lock is embellished with a chased decorated matte texture with a variety of embossed and chased decorated stemmed floral and foliate designs to the sides, including cherry blossom and iris arrangements.
The upper surface of the cover is ornamented with an embossed and chased decorated scene depicting a grassy terrain surrounding a tree with fan shaped leaves by the side of a winding stream, with a traditional Chinese crane...
Category
Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Tobacco Jar Exotic Red Wood, circa 1880
Located in Labrit, Landes
French exotic wood tobacco pot made circa 1960-1970.
This type of jar was used to keep tobacco in a summer of ideal humidification. This explains the presence of the small plastic bo...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$618 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Qing Carved Lacquer and Varnished Wood Decorative Box, China
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th century Qing lacquer and hand-carved varnished wood decorative box, China
By: unknown
Material: wood, lacquer
Technique: carved, hand-carved, hand-crafted, lacquered, varn...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique French Louis XV Style Kingwood Marquetry Signed Bibus
By Paul Sormani
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning, rare fine quality French gilt bronze mounted Kingwood marquetry bibus (miniature bibliothèque). In the manner of/possibly by celebrated ébéniste Maison Paul Sormani; the ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th c. Decorative Anglo-Indian Overlay Footed Box with Engraved Bone
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Nice and unusual Jewelry decorative box with filigree bone overlaid decoration.
Large Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved bone de...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Japanese Cloisonné Box and Cover, Japan, Meiji Period, 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare Japanese bark tree large cloisonné box on metal from the Meiji period. Usually bark tree cloisonné was on porcelain (totai Shippo)
A very attracti...
Category
Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$2,496 Sale Price
25% Off
19th century Scandinavian rustic pine cutlery box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Scandinavian rustic pine cutlery box circa 1880.
Good quality item which we have labelled a cutlery box, but could quite easily have been a tool box.
Shaped handle for...
Category
Swedish Rustic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Paint
Japanese Cloisonne Lidded Trinket Box with Bun Feet from the Meiji Period
Located in San Diego, CA
An exquisite Japanese cloisonne lidded box with brass bun feet from the Meiji period, circa late 1800's. The box has a great inticate geometric de...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Storage Box with Hand-Painted Clown Motif
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ca. late 19th century French oak storage box with hand-painted 'clown' decoration to the top and a floral motif to the bottom component. Attractive color...
Category
French Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak, Paint
Antique Black Rosewood Liquor Case, 1890s, Set of 11
Located in Opole, PL
Antique Black Rosewood Liquor Case, 1890s, Set of 11
Step into the opulence of 19th-century France with this stunning Napoleon III-style liquor case, a tr...
Category
European Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
$2,092 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Late 19th to Early 20th Century Sedan Chair Miniature Table Top Display Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century sedan chair miniature table top display cabinet
Charming custom made and hand painted miniature table top ...
Category
English Rococo Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Brass Box Gold-Plated
Located in Vienna, AT
Alabaster base with brass box originaly gold-plated with glass stones, made in Austria, circa 1880.
Category
Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Style Wood Inlaid Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian-style rectangular light wood box with star and diamond shape inlays, with 3 compartments.
Category
Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Limoges 22k Gold Trinket Piano Box Louis XVI Courtesan Scene
By Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Elegant vintage Limoges 22-karat gold trinket piano box.
French vintage Limoges porcelain in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor.
Marked on base as “L...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Victorian silver plated revolving top biscuit box registered January 1870
Located in London, London
Made circa 1870 by John Sherwood & Sons, and carrying a diamond registration mark for 28th of January 1870, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Silver Plate Biscuit Box, is spherical...
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Chinese Lacquer Gaming Box and Counters
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese Lacquer Gaming Box and Counters
Chinese, late 19th century
Height 9.5cm, width 32cm, depth 23cm
This beautiful Chinese red lacquer box...
Category
Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
$9,048 Sale Price
30% Off
Historicism Box, Floral Ash Veneer, Rosewood, Austria circa 1880
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful restored Historicism Box or small Chest, Floral Ash Veneer from Austria, Vienna Late 19th Century, circa 1880
Flower ash veneered on softwood with rosewood inlays. Ebonized...
Category
Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$751 Sale Price
20% Off
Dr C Dresser Attri, Aesthetic Movement Walnut Coal Scuttle with Stylized Mounts
Located in London, GB
Dr. C Dresser attributed. Made by Benham and Froud.
An Aesthetic movement walnut coal scuttle with applied chrome-plated stylized carry handle and foliate decorative mounts and a side holster to hold a coal shovel.
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Early Bohemian Enamel Moser large, metal bound box and lid, 1895
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fabulous good sized early metal clad box attributed to Moser c 1895 in bright blue coloured glass heavily enamelled with a stylised kite-block pattern in pale greens and orange red and yellow curls -the decoration is on the top of the box and on the shoulders of the base (see pictures). Moser glass boxes...
Category
Czech Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
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 Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Vintage Limoges 22k Gold Trinket Jewelry Boxes Louis XVI Courtesan Scene
By Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Elegant vintage Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry boxes.
French vintage Limoges porcelain in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor.
Marked on base as “Limoges France" Porcelain D' Art ”.
Beautiful cobalt blue porcelain with 22-karat gold hand painted with with the classic courtesan scene of a man and woman in the Louis XVI period attire.
Perfect gift for your special someone.
One small box. 6 x6 cm / 2.32 x 2.32 inches
One piano box...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
