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Period: Late 19th Century
Antique Campaign Correspondence Box, Indian, Colonial Writing Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Campaign correspondence box. An Anglo-Indian, teak and brass bound Colonial traveller's writing case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Captivati...
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Indian Campaign Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

18th Century Swedish genuine country Folk Art box with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
A very beautiful folk Art box from Burträsk ,Västerbotten Northern Sweden. A very decorative original painting that is typical of that region. Nice salmon pink original painting ins...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

19th Century Baccarat Cut Crystal Box or Casket with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th Century Baccarat Cut Crystal Box or Casket with Gilt Bronze Mounts. Beautiful cut crystal box in a faceted design. Box is mounted in a gi...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Vintage Limoges 22k Gold Trinket Piano Box Louis XVI Courtesan Scene
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...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Gold Leaf

19th Century Hoshiarpur Inlaid Writing Box
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hoshiarpur Inlaid Writing Box Quite simply, this is a stunning example of a 19th Century hand crafted Hoshiarpur inlaid writing box. The craftsmanship is quite amazing ...
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Indian Early Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Triple Hat Transit Case, English, Leather, Top Hat Box, Victorian, 1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique triple hat transit case. An English, leather top hat box, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. Superb antique hat box...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Cotton

Antique Victorian Writing Box by G.H. Radcliffe Multiple Secret Compartment
Located in Northampton, GB
Late 19th Century Writing Box with two Secret compartments From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Victorian Coromandel Writing Box...
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English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique English Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk with Japanned Finish
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the perio...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

VICTORIAN 1880 Carved Wood Desk Oval Box With Hunting Dog Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Late Victorian carved wood oval box. Stupendous antique oval desk box, created in England during the late Victorian period, circa 1880. The beautifu...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique English Boulle Stationery Box by Leuchars & Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
Dome Topped Stationary Box From our Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique English Boulle Stationery Box by Leuchars & Sons. The box of rectangular form with a domed...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Polished Cast Iron Safe with Key and Two-Letter Combination
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your jewelry and important documents locked up in this elegant, antique safe from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. Crafted circa 1880, and built in cast iron, this heavy 162 pound travel safe is decorated with studded hobnails and embellished with floral medallions on each panel. The front door features two center brass wheels with alphabet letters. A two-letter combination activates the key and opens the safe; when opens, the safe reveals an inside with felt, a center metal shelf and a lower walnut wooden door compartment with lock for additional storage. The front door is embellished with the engraved inscription "Incombustible Systeme Bauche Brevete...
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French Gothic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Iron

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....
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Small Japanese Lacquer Duck Incense Box, Kogo, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An exquisite Japanese Meiji Period small lacquer incense box, kogo, in the form of a duck or goose, late 19th century, Japan. The delicate lacquer box, known as a kogo in Japanese, ...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Victorian English Brass Mounted Ebony Wooden Box
Located in New York, NY
Antique (19th century) English campaign chest or box crafted from ebony or coromandel wood with recessed brass handles and fitted lined interior and pull-out drawer. 15 1/2 by 12 by...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian J&S Embossed Gilt Metal Enameled Glove Storage Casket Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian J&S glove, casket, keepsake or jewelry box crafted of wood clad in gold tone enamel finished embossed metal with a fine orange velvet l...
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Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Antique Hindu Brass Box with Peacocks and Elephants
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Hindu brass decorative box. This is an antique Mughal style brass Indian ornate locking trinket box container. It has six compartments that lock ...
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Indian Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

English Blue Opaline and Silver Jewelry Vanity Pill Box, Hand Painted
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
English blue opaline jewelry or vanity box, hand painted with delicate gold decoration. This late 19th Century English box is small yet heavy in weight for its size. The jewelry box ...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver

Fine Miniature Japanese Kodansu with Lacquer Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Japanese miniature kodansu constructed from Kaki wood (Persimmon) circa 19th century, late Meiji period. With its expressive exotic wood grains and exposed tenon construction,...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Russian Lacquered Box with Hand Painted Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique wooden box is unmarked and unsigned, but believed to have been made in Russia in circa 1890. The top of the box portrays a vignette of a shore scene where several men in...
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Russian Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Softwood

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.
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French Empire Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century English Victorian Papier Mache Inlay & Gold Leaf Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite Papier Mâché box, circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral motifs and embellished decoration. The Engli...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Leaf

1880s Asian Carved Wood Box with Drawers
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s Asian carved wood box with drawers.
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Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Pair of Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Renaissance Style Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
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Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel

Antique Belle Époque Leather Wood Goldembossed Box Secret Box Book Box Trunk
Located in Munich, DE
This lovely object with it's fine patina resembles a little trunk when standing on a table. In an upright position it resemmbles a book. Therefore it can be considered a book with s...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Carbon Fiber

19th Century XL French Rub Red Glass Casket Box with Brass Mounts
Located in New York, NY
Excellent Antique 19th Century French Ruby Red Glass Casket Box with Brass Mounts. Some imperfections in glass. Please see photos. These imperfe...
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French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Folk Art Box With Inlaid Hearts
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century American folk art box with decorated with inlaid hearts, diamonds, triangles and shields. Possibly sailor made, this sweet little box was likely a valentine or keepsake ...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Late 19th Century Wooden Viennese Pharmacy Containers in the Set of 22 Pieces
Located in Vienna, AT
Wooden Viennese pharmacy containers of the late 19th century, in a set of 22 pieces. The containers with lids are made of boxwood and printed with the names of various spices in ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Boxwood

19th Century French Majolica Beehive Tobacco Jar
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French Majolica Beehive Tobacco Jar. North of France.
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French Country Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Antique Monumental Anglo Indian Wooden Trinket Box With Marquetry Depicting Elep
Located in New York, NY
Antique Monumental Anglo Indian Wooden Trinket Box With Marquetry Depicting Elephants with key-lockable hinged lid. Presumably Indian, British Raj era. Footed octagonal piece with ma...
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Unknown Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique English Silver Plate Hand Chased Cushion Shape Folding Biscuit Box
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Extraordinary antique English Sheffield silver plate exceptionally hand chased and engraved Double Folding Biscuit Box with fern motif chasing and engraving and handsome pierced and ...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

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 ...
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Unknown Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Dore Bronze Mounted Cut Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This antique crystal box is a true gem. The cut crystal is mesmerizing, due to its hand-chiseled facets that catch the light reflecting it in a t...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

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...
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Russian Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

19th Century Anglo-Indian Mughal Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Anglo-Indian Mughal wood box, inlaid and hand carved with the Taj Mahal and some flowers all around. Jewelry box, Anglo-Raj box from India in great condition. Nice Mughal Bombay Box...
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Indian Anglo Raj Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sandalwood

Small 19th Century original painted sarcophagus box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small 19th century original painted sarcophagus box circa 1870. Beautiful decorative box with original paint.   Sarcophagus shaped lidded box in original paint with traces of origin...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine, Paint

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 ...
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Italian Grand Tour Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Steel

Antique French 20k Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1870
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French 20 karat tri-coloured gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection. This exceptional antique French 20k yellow gold snuff box has an oval shaped form. The body of this antique box is embellished with panels of engine turned and tooled decoration, incorporating circular and floral motifs. Each incurved cornered panel is encompassed with applied simplified foliate festoon and column style borders, accented with tri-colored gold highlights. This impressive antique 20ct gold box...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold

Automaton singing bird by Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Unique flower pot with singing bird automaton made by Bontems in the last quarter of the 19th century. Bontems was a manufacturer of bird automatons in Paris. He produced decent num...
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French Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Gold Plate, Other

Antique Paper Mache Lacquered Trinket or Jewelry Box with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique trinket or jewelry box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the period Vic...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

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...
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Czech Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Japanese Lyre Base Sewing Box on Stand with Mother-Of Pearl Inlays, c. 1880
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Black lacquered wood sewing box on lyre base stand. Both the work box and stand are decorated with abalone and Mother-of-Pearl inlays in a floral compo...
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Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Ceramic Japanese Design Casket
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual antique English Aesthetic Movement majolica ceramic Japanese design casket by renowned makers Joseph Holdcroft and dating from the 1870’s. At the time there was ...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Qing Cloisonné Bronze Opium Caddy Set
Located in Toledo, OH
Chinese Qing opium caddy set includes burner and tray with 6 dishes. Cloisonné set in bronze with blue enamel interior, foo dog lion handle. Intricate fl...
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Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

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...
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French Romantic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Finest Antique English Burr Walnut and Brass Cigar Cabinet / Humidor, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
About as fine as they get, this large Burr walnut cigar cabinet is a magnificent quality box beautifully made. Each corner has a carved column with a polished brass base and brass...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Rare 19th Century French Opaline Glass Trinket Box – Pistachio Green
Located in Hamburg, DE
Step into the enchanting past with our rare find – a 19th Century French Opaline Glass Trinket Box, a true testament to refined elegance. ...
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French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Late 19th Century Venetian Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A Venetian box with hand-painted Rococo-style decoration, featuring delicate scrollwork, floral motifs, and an elegant central scene. The warm gilded tones enhance its old-world char...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paint

Rare Chinese opium smokers kit, including a pillow-box and a pipe.
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare Chinese opium smoker's kit, including a lacquered boiled cardboard pillow-box and a pipe showing signs of intensive use. The pipe fits perfectly inside the box. The curved shape...
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Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plywood

19th Century Dresden Porcelain Box, Hand Painted Flowers With Gilt Metal Detail
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely showpiece of a box with exquisite details down to it's ormolu surround and clasp. Lovely hand painted florals all over including its main painting on the top of the box as w...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

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 ...
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American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Textile, Wood

Gilt Bronze, Pearl and Enamel Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
A stunning gilt bronze and seed pearl singing bird box by Bontems of Paris - CIRCA 1890. The bird rises from beneath the enamal oval lid and is sure to delight!
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French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box. Handcrafted decorative North India round metal Asian copper Mughal Raj, Indian lidded , spice, pandan betel box with latch and a top handle. Of dome form with lotus-shaped finial, with spiralling bosse designs, Delicately and intricately hand-chased and hammered with geometric Anglo-Indian designs. Consuming betel leaves with several ingredients such as wet lime paste, katechu, areca nut, cloves and even tobacco leaves has been popular in India from the fourth century AD. The box was probably used to store the betel leaf used in the preparation of paan. Lime paste is mixed with grated areca nut and flavourings and the resulting mixture is rolled in the betel leaf to form a small parcel which can then be chewed. As well as being an integral part of Indian hospitality paan is believed to possess medicinal properties and was also taken as an aphrodisiac. The present box, which was elaborately designed for this purpose, would have been taken out ceremoniously on special occasions. Exquisite conversation museum quality piece with a very nice antique patina. Fine intricate artwork with conical form lid with Moorish pierced designs. Islamic Mughal Indo Persian...
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Indian Agra Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Copper

Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box Artist Signed J. Perrot France, circa 1890 An exquisite Sevres-style pink bombe Watteau motif ormolu-mounted table box...
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French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Palissy Majolica Pumpkin Tureen
Located in Austin, TX
Small 19th Century Palissy Majolica Pumpkin Tureen.
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Portuguese Rustic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Italian silver gilt and enamel card case with fine watercolour
Located in London, GB
Italian silver gilt and enamel card case with fine watercolour. Beautifully engraved silver case with exceptional silver work on the bottom. The top and sides are mottled with enamel...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

19th Century French Cut Crystal Casket Box with Ormolu Mounts
Located in New York, NY
19th Century French Cut Crystal Casket Box with Ormolu Mounts and Key. Overall excellent condition with age appropriate wear. No damages. Original ...
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French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

A Very Good 19th Century Killarney Ware Dresser Box, Ireland Circa 1870
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome 19th century dresser box hand constructed in Arbutus wood. (Arbutus wood is an indigenous wood specific to the southwestern region of Ireland). The hinged lid featuri...
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Irish Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Other, Brass

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...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Teak

Box, Germany, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1890, Sign, WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Box Page: 299 in the Book – Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork from WMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik: The English Catalogue 1906 Hardcover Signatures: WMF G with ostrich = The fir...
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German Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Antique Porcelain Hand Painted Powder Box 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...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

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