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19th Century French Napoleon III Black Lacquer Liqueur Box with Bronze Inlay
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Made of palissander, this lovely Napoleon III period liqueur box is lacquered in black, a method which became popular during Napoleon III's reign. The rose...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Mint C. and Large Antique Display Shell Box w. Beveled Glass Top & Silver Spoons
Located in Lisse, NL
Fine quality and condition, 1860s box with perfect working silver lock and key.
This handcrafted spoon box is another one of our recent great finds. It comes with beautifully shaped...
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Dutch Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Biedermeier Jewelry Box, Walnut, Ebony, Maple, South Germany circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful Biedermeier Jewelry or Make-up box from South Germany circa 1830.
Inside with hinged mirror. A long drawer at the bottom front.
Restored and hand-polished with shellac.
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Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19C Anglo Indian Vizigapatam Stamp Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely gorgeous and very rare 19C Anglo Indian Vizigapatam stamp box.
Made in Colonial India (the Time of the Raj) circa 1860.
Prob...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shell
Mid-19th Century French Oval Pigskin Leather Hat Box with Original Top Hat
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite, antique pigskin hat box was crafted in Rouen France, circa 1870. This leather box with brass bottom, features leather straps and handle embellished with decorative br...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Hardwood Jewelry Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Long ago, this elegant rosewood box was used by a Qing-dynasty lady to store her favorite pieces of jewelry, each drawer filled with jades, pearls, coral necklaces, and hair pins. Th...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Exquisite Antique Cherrywood Jewelry Casket
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Exquisite Antique Cherrywood Jewelry Casket – Finely Ebonized & Intricately Inlaid
This distinguished antique jewelry casket is a true testamen...
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German Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cherry
Biedermeier Jewelry Box, Walnut, Mahogany, Maple, South Germany circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Antique Biedermeier Jewelry Box from South Germany circa 1830
Walnut and mahogany wood. Inlays in maple and walnut and putty. Ebonized base.
Interior stained in black. Brass lock and...
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German Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Maple, Walnut
David Edwards Georgian Antique Writing Slope c1830
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : David Edwards Georgian antique writing slope
Date : c1830
Period : George IV / William IV
Origin : London
Decoration : Brass bound ...
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British Georgian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box -1848
Located in Örebro, SE
19th Century swedish folk art bentwood box, with nice patina. Owner marks at the top and bottom, KB 1848. Good antique condition with historic knocks, marks, scratches and wear as is...
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Swedish Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bentwood
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Hinged Box with Watteau Scene
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Hinged Box with Watteau Scene Cartouche and the Interior Decorated with Floral Designs.
The box features an ormolu-mounted structure w...
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German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19Thc Original Blue/Grey Large Pantry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original blue painted pantry box in very good condition.This blue /grey painted pantry box.Great size.
Category
American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Jewelry Box Covered with Blue Moroccan Leather Napoleon 3 Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty wooden box covered with blue green leather decorated bookbinders, enhanced with gold leaf. On the lid of the box is represented a wise man in meditation holding a pilgrim...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Leather
Mid-19th Century English Turned & Carved Treen Twine Holder Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century turned & carved treen twine holder box, English. Made of lignum vitae. The container & lid & base separately turned & screw together - the "jar" of a solid piece typ...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Carved Miniature Blanket Chest or Coffer
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality 19th century Italian Renaissance walnut carved miniature blanket chest or coffer. Fine carving in walnut wood on the fron...
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Italian Renaissance Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Large and Finely Gilt Bronze Casket
Located in Dallas, TX
Finest quality French 19th century bronze doré box. Beautiful scenes of cherubs at play on all sides. Boucher scenes. Lined with a beautiful silk original key.
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Repousse Silvered Metal Spice or Jewelry Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in southern France circa 1860, and octagonal in shape, the antique box is built of metal with a silvered finish with repousse floral and leaf motifs throughout. The decorative casket...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Colonial Brazilian Rosewood Miniature Chest
Located in Essex, MA
Portugese Colonial dwarf chest used for valuables. Raised panels with brass hardware. Six small drawers. Bun feet.
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Brazilian Spanish Colonial Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Box, Walnut Veneer, South Germany, circa 1860
Located in Regensburg, DE
Biedermeier Box, Walnut Veneer, South Germany, circa 1860.
Walnut and walnut root veneer. Inlay trims in maple and ebony.
Refinished condition, hand polished with shellac.
Dimensions...
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Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Maple, Walnut, Softwood
19th Century Chrome Yellow Shaker Box with Original Surface
By Shakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oval Shaker box in chrome yellow paint with four swallowtail joints.
Northeastern United States, 19th century.
Completely original, dry, untouched surface.
Measurements: 3 1/8” ...
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American Shaker Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Pine
Brass Inlaid and Edged Rosewood Vanity / Dressing Box by H. Mitchell, London
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Brass edged and inlaid Vanity / Dresser / Jewelry (relined) box having flush mounted lift handles on each side, the front and top with brass line inlay inside the brass edging and wi...
Category
English Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Swedish folk art painted wooden box "Timplåda" with sliding lid
Located in Kvidinge, SE
Painted box with a typical Swedish art work decor, dated 1836.
A 'timplåda' is a traditional Swedish wooden box, handcrafted with care. Popular during the 18th and 19th centuries,
...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
$450 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Brass Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel brass trinket box.
Category
Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Handbag Style: Art Deco in Bronze, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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French Art Deco Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Stunning 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Jewelry Box in Burl Wood Chest
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Amazing French antique 19th century Napoleon III Jewelry box made from Burl Wood.
What an amazing look this polished burl wood made with high quality craftsmanship
This jewelry b...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Burl
Scandinavian Paint Decorated Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Early 19th Century Scandinavian folk painted box with domed lid, the whole with pumpkin ground color and having floral decoration, all in original paint.
Category
Norwegian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Victorian Miniature Black forest Antler Casket 1860
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Victorian Miniature Black forest Antler Casket 1860
A marvelous antique rustic casket. It is made of wood, veneered with antler pieces. On top an antler plaque...
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German Black Forest Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Antler, Wood
19th Century, Rosewood & Brass Scent Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and particularly good quality mid-19th century, Victorian Period, rosewood perfume scent box, with attractive brass bound decoration and hinged li...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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, here equipped with the ‘Alliance coat ...
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German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Coromandel and Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an antique Victorian Coromandel scent bottle box of domed form with elaborate decorative brass mounts with inset attractive Pietra Dura cabochons, circa 1860 in date.
The domed lid reveals three cut glass bottles with stoppers.
The box has a working lock with key.
Provenance: The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large 19th Century French Napoleon III Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Large antique French Napoleon III box with inlaid bronze decor, polished black color surface, inside brown velvet. Includes key.
After the reno...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Hungarian Ash Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming Mid-19th Century hungarian ash tea caddy of unusual design, having applied tablet & chequered strung decoration to well figured exterior, with slightly domed hinged top en...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ash
Veneered Sandalwood Dresser Box with Penwork Decoration, Vizagapatam, India
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Rectangular penwork decorated veneer on sandalwood box. The top with a double border centering a floral cartouche, the four sides with wide leafy borders to top and bottom. Fitted wi...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Exceptional Swedish Limestone Chest Shaped like a Book circa 1840-1870
Located in Farsta, SE
A rare stone chest shaped like a book, crafted circa 1840-1870
Made of solid carved Swedish limestone (Öland) with a top nobb in alabaster.
The cra...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Limestone
Cubic Biedermeier Box, Mahogany and Maple, Austria, circa 1840
By Biedermeier
Located in Regensburg, DE
Cubic Biedermeier box, mahogany and maple, Austria circa 1840
Rare cubic shaped decorative box form the Biedermeier period.
Mahogany veneered with maple inlays. Oak base. Restored a...
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Austrian Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Maple, Oak
NAPOLEON III Paris 1860 Travel Foldable Writing Desk Box In Precious Woods & Aba
By Napoléon III
Located in Miami, FL
An antique Napoleon III traveler portable writing-desk box.
This is a gorgeous portable writing desk-box, created in France during the period of emperor Napoleon III, circa 1860. Th...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Shell, Wood
$1,372 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Asian Wooden Decorative Storage Box
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid 19th Century Asian Wooden decorative storage box with lid.
Measures 13.5"W x 11"D x 11.5"H.
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Brass Bound and Inlaid Rosewood Jewelry Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid 19th century English rosewood box with rounded brass edges, the top and front inlaid with brass lines and decorative devices in the corners. T...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique sterling silver-gilt early 19th century Vinaigrette, Birmingham, by Gervase Wheeler, 1839.
This beautiful vinaigrette having f...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Nathaniel Mills Victorian Sterling Silver Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver card case made by Nathaniel Mills; an addition to our range of collectable silverware
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver card case has a rectangular shaped form.
The surface of this collectable card case is embellished with fine and impressive chased and embossed scrolling leaf and floral decoration on a matte background.
The anterior surface of the case incorporates the Scott Monument depicted in relief.
The decoration to the reverse of the case incorporates a shaped, scroll bordered cartouche displaying the contemporary engraved initals 'MVFT'.
The shaped sides of this piece are embellished with plain scrolling borders.
This antique silver card case...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Sterling Silver ‘Necessaire De Voyage’ by Leuchars and Son
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional and rare leather covered wooden case the top with the embossed silver family initials BAB in monogram under a nine pointed crown cartouche; the case is lined with crim...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Danish 1840s Mahogany Box with Ash Shell Marquetry, Banding and Lateral Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Danish mahogany box from circa 1840 with ash marquetry and banding. This exquisite Danish mahogany box from circa 1840 features intricate ash marquetry and banding that enhances it...
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Danish Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ash, Mahogany
19th Century Rosewood Games Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive Mid-19th Century rosewood card, or games, box having charming polychrome cards and chequered strung decoration to hinged top, enclosing paper lined interior with di...
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English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Large Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Glass Casket / Box French
Located in London, GB
Perfectly executed in heavy crystal glass and Bronze. A superb example of a French Casket. This fine box is decorated with high quality ormolu mounts. Al...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
A mid 19th century Italian grand tour Sorrento marquetry box circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
A very fine Italian marquetry box dating to circa 1860 and made in the Sorrento region of Italy where local craftsmen were renowned for making ...
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Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Rare William IV period sterling silver lockable box made in London in 1831
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1831 by Charles Reily & George Storer, this very handsome, Antique, William IV period, Sterling Silver Box, is plain in design, with reed borders, and an engr...
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English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese White Brass Happiness Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Filled with burning coals, this petite 19th-century brass brazier once warmed the hands of a well-to-do person on a cold winter's night in northern China. The brazier is crafted of white brass in a rectangular form, complete with a hinged handle and an intricately pierced lid with a chrysanthemum pattern. The exterior is etched with a pattern of golden coins...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Repousse Brass Clad Coal Bin on Casters with Hunt Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France, circa 1870, the antique brass coffer is mounted on a wooden frame, and stands on caster wheels. The slant top opens up with stopping chain revealing inside storage...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$520 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century French Napoleon III / Boulle Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique French Napoleon III box with inlaid bronze decor, polished black color surface and red velour textile inside. Includes key.
After the r...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Oval Pigskin Leather Hat Box with Original Top Hat
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite, antique pigskin box was crafted in Rouen France, circa 1870. This leather box features leather straps and handle embellished with decorativ...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Covered Vase with Atlantes, attr. to A. Giroux, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful ovoid-shaped covered vase in patinated bronze with golden highlights, with rich rotating decoration in relief. The lid, symbolizing Night, is decorated with a turtle, a moon, a dragon flying among the clouds ; and the belly, symbolizing the Day, is decorated with a rising sun, mountainous landscapes, and cherry tree branches.
The whole, topped with a flamed seed, is supported by three African-type atlantes dressed in a loincloth.
Historical and artistic context
This work of art combines elements of Japonism and Orientalism, two important movements representative of the taste of the time for exoticism. Indeed, this taste for Chinoiserie was revived at the end of the 19th century following the Franco-English military campaign against the imperial army in China in 1860. Napoleon III’s French troops bring back part of the treasure from the Summer Palace, constituting in 1863 the famous Chinese Museum of Empress Eugénie at the Palace of Fontainebleau. First in painting, the movement quickly spread to decorative arts and furniture.
This craze for the Far East is encouraged in France by the diffusion of Chinese ornamental works renewing the interior decoration of the luxurious Parisian residences of a clientele eager for something new.
It was also under the Second Empire that the Orientalists were propelled to the forefront. Emperor Napoleon III, aristocrats as well as wealthy bourgeois in search of exoticism fill the order books of the most renowned artists. It is then not the predominantly academic style of the Orientalists that counts but above all the exoticism that they show to a fascinated public.
Biography
Alphonse Giroux and Company, famous curiosity and luxury goods shop was situated in Paris, at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The company was founded by Francois-Simon-Alphonse and continued in 1838 by his two sons, Alphonse-Gustave (1810-1886) and André (1801-1879). The father became a close associate of the royal family and specialized in the manufacture of refined items for gifts. Kings Louis XVIII and then Charles X were both supplied with gifts for « The Children of France » by Giroux. Making progressively small furniture, they were mentionned for the first time in 1837 in the class « cabinet...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Louis-Philippe period ointment box in native wood and marquetry, 19th century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming little box of the Louis-Philippe period in native wood with marquetry net and the word "odeur" inlaid on the lid. The interior covered with a blue fabric and a purple velvet...
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French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
English Victorian Silver Plate Tea Caddy, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian silver plate tea caddy, circa 1860
In shape of a beehive. Also can be used as a box.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope with Cubework c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware writing slope with cubework
Date : c1840
Period : Victoria
Origin : Probably Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central perspective cubework with van dyk...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Lacquered Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the r...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Large Store Tea Tin Hand Painted Parnall & Sons Bristol, England
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large store tea tin by Parnall & Sons who were the people to see for outfitting your store and much more as the company grew from 1830. Hand painted showing a girl servi...
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British Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Neoclassical Biedermeier Box, Rosewood Veneer, Brass Inlays, England, circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Neoclassical Biedermeie box, rosewood veneer, brass inlays, England, circa 1830
Beautiful rosewood/palisander veneered, French polished. Brass trims around the upper edge and bras...
Category
English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Tea Caddy Wooden Casket Box w Antique Glass Empire early 19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Rectangular shape mahogany veneered casket made in first half of 19th century presumably in Europe. Cast glass vessels are intact at their original place. Candy sugar bowl along with...
Category
Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Cut Glass, Mahogany
Chinese Export Black Leather Box On Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular box with brass tacks and hinged lid set in a brass base.
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
