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Period: Mid-19th Century
19th Century Early Victorian Deed Document Solictor Stackable Steel Boxes
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Collection of six sheet steel and hinged document boxes, with decorative squat Swiss style shields hand painted with dates and numbers. Dating from 1850 to 1860 with differing amo...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Steel

Antique 1850 Victorian Sterling Silver Card Case
By Cronin & Wheeler
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver commemorative card case featuring The Crystal Palace; an addition to our range of collectable silverware...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal

19th Century Italian Voting Box Tuscan Confraternity Carved Barrel Ballot Box
Located in Milano, MI
19th century Italian Confraternity Voting Urn of Tuscan origin realized with turned and carved poplar wood. The barrel-shaped central body, in which hands were inserted to insert the ballot ball into one of the two holes connected to the small drawer below, where on the front we find the inscription YES and NO related to voting, SI and NO, in order to distinguish for and against votes on paper, then collected in two separate small drawers, just below. Standing on four curly feet, it has a beautiful curved handle and carved parts at both ends, highlighted by ebonized details. In a fraternity, this ballot box was used to collegially adjudicate community choices. In good age related condition, with sogns of wear and use. This antique Italian ballot wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 19th century wooden voting box...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Poplar

Wooden box with briar veneer and mother of pearl inserts, Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden box with lock and mirror inside. The external covering is in briar wood veneer, brass with mother of pearl inserts, the handles are in brass. Italy half 19th century.
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tunbridge Ware Box with Perspective Cubes c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware box with perspective cubes Date : c1840 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells or Tonbridge, Kent Decoration : Perspective cube work set within a band of...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large 19th C. Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th Century Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box, Attributed to Baccarat. This incredible large crystal box is all hand-diamond cut and attri...
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French Louis XVI Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

19th Century Walnut and Brass Dome-Top Wood English Sewing Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
English walnut and brass dome-top box with Mother-of-Pearl, ca. 1860. With 6 sewing tools, 4 have mother of pearl handles, 7 pieces of circular fabric sam...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique English Victorian Marquetry Inlay Tea Caddy Sewing Box Desk Storage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Marquetry Inlay Tea Caddy Sewing Box, Desk Storage. Circa Mid 19th Century. Measurements: 4.25" H x 9.25" W x 6" D.
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Unknown Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

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.
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American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver castle top vinaigrette depicting Abbotsford House; an addition to our collectable box collection This exceptional antique Victorian silver vinaigrette has a rectangular form with rounded corners. The cover of this fine vinaigrette is embellished with a scene of Abbotsford House in high relief. The sides of the box are encompassed with panels of undulating ornamentation. The underside of the box is ornamented with engine turned decoration incorporating a rectangular cartouche displaying the contemporary engraved inscription 'J.E to S.E, 17th April 1821'. Both the base and cover are embellished with applied scrolling leaf decorated borders. The hinged silver vinaigrette cover allows access to the original hallmarked hinged, pierced decorated silver gilt grille and original gilded interior. A historical country house which was the former residence of renowned novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott, situated in the Scottish Borders...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Cubic Biedermeier Box, Mahogany and Maple, Austria, circa 1840
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

Regency Leather Faux Book Box on Painted Stand or End Table, English, circa 1830
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather four volume faux book box on painted pine stand with turned legs. Interior of the box lined with Italian marbleized paper and having a small lidded compartment within. Englan...
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English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

19th Century Heartshaped Jewelry Box
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A wonderful heartshaped wooden box with fine intarsia inlay of different wood species and monograms. Probably Italy, 19th century. Life is like a box of chocolates.
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Italian Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early Primitive Robin Egg Blue Painted Tool Knife Box, 1860s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
This is a fabulous blue tool carrier, with original robins egg blue paint, original and natural wear. It's rare to find original paint! It is square naile...
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American Primitive Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

French Glass and Ormolu Wedding Casket, circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Glass and ormolu-mounted octagonal casket. Made in France in the 1860s. Perfect original condition with a lovely patina. Set of two.
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Baccarat Charles X Glass Casket / Box Antique Bronze Mounted
Located in London, GB
Executed using heavy Baccarat cut crystal glass with a starburst design on the top A early superb French glass Casket This fine box is decorated...
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French Charles X Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass

Bohemian Silver-Mounted Overlay and Enameled Box, Dated 1852
Located in New York, NY
Bohemian silver-mounted overlay and enameled box, dated 1852 with chinoiserie decorations and Viennese silver.
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Austrian Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Silver

19th Century Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great condition for its age. No major losses or damage. Has original sewing pieces inside.
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Cylinder Musical Box by Nicole Freres (Geneva)
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Early Fad Cylinder music box made in Geneva by Nicole Freres. This is a good example of those early music boxes. The mechanisme has a fad cylinder and plays 8 tunes in a 2 per turn...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Steel, Iron

19th Century French Napoleon III Floral Inlaid Rosewood Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table or a shelf with this elegant antique box. Created in France circa 1880, the rectangular cabinet is decorated with elegant floral inlaid work in each corner an...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Mussel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Vesta case in the form of a mussel; an addition to our diverse smoking related silverware collection. This exceptional antique sterling silver Vesta case...
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Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mid-19th Century French Green Leather Glove Box with Ormolu and Pink Interior
Located in Stamford, CT
A nice early French green leather glove box with brass ormolu on four decorative brass feet, with a beautiful pink silk interior. This is from a pr...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

John Wilkinson Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Purse Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique William IV English sterling silver gilt vinaigrette in the form of a purse; an addition to our silver boxes collection. This exceptional antique William IV sterling silver gilt vinaigrette has been realistically modelled in the form of a purse. The surface of this antique vinaigrette...
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British Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Needlework Box
Located in London, England
Black lacquered papier-mache workbox on paw feet. Circa 1830 H 14cm x W 35cm x D 26cm
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Swirled Green Agate Box, Continental, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Swirled green Agate box, Continental, circa 1860.  
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Agate

Antique Russian Silver Spice Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Russian silver box; an addition to our Russian silverware collection This exceptional antique Russian silver spice box...
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Russian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

19th Century Sterling Silver Locking Biscuit Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Swedish silver locking biscuit box; an addition to our silver teaware collection This exceptional...
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Swedish Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century French Playing Card Box Rosewood
Located in Münster, DE
Large casket, rosewood solid and veneered, France circa 1860/70, brass handle embedded in the lid, brass inlays, nice division inside (originally for tokens and cards), restored cond...
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French Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Music Box by Duccommun Girod playing 2 per Turn of the Cylinder
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Extremely large music box made in 1854 by Duccommun Girod in Switzerland. Duccommun Girod was around early in the 19th century when music boxes first ...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Antique German Dresden Porcelain Box with Delicate Painting, Circa 1860-1870.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique German Dresden Porcelain Box with Delicate Painting, Circa 1860-1870.
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German Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Highly Decorative Walnut Trunbridge Parquetry Box from England
Located in North Salem, NY
Highly Decorative Rectangular 19th Century Walnut Trunbridge Parquetry Box with Handle and Bun Feet From England. 9"H ith the Handle Up.
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

A Mid 19th Century Mughal Style Silver Betel Box, Northern India
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Intended to hold paan or betel, the seamed cylindrical body flaring downward towards the base, the domed lid showing a lotus-bud final over a flattened and canted rim, both decorated...
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Indian Islamic Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Tunbridge Ware Sewing Cabinet with Cubework c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware sewing cabinet with perspective cubework Date : c1840 Period : Victoria Origin :Tunbridge Decoration : Cover and double doors decorated with perspective ...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Tunbridge Ware Glove Box c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box Date : c1840 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Three geometric stickware designs to cover with keyline border. Internal...
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British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box with Floral Mosaic c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware sewing box with floral mosaic Date : c1860 Period : Victoria Origin : Probably Tunbridge Wells Decoration : Central ...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice condition for its age. Does not have key. Has original sewing box utensils inside - spools, etc.
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Wood, Lacquer

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.
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French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Edward Smith 1839
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique engraved sterling silver vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1839. The vinaigrette is finely engine turned to the hinged top and the undersaide, the lid is monogram...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pair of Delft Bird Boxes, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Pair of delft bird boxes, circa 1860.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Delft

19th Century Campaign Case in Camphor Wood with Brass Straps and Handles
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Brass mounted camphor wood case, likely for instruments, of long flat form with coffered lid having conforming brass corners and straps. The lid and two ends fitted with flush mounte...
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English Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

ANTiQUE ITALIAN CIRCA 1840 HEAVILY CARVED BOX DEPICTING STALLION HORSES MUST SEE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite ornately hand carved Antique Italian box depicting stallion horses circa 1840 A v...
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Italian Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

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

French Decoupage Lacquered Metal Match Book Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A decoupaged and lacquered metal match book holder, circa mid-late 19th Century, France. A charming hand-made piece, showing a paper grisalle image of four women in period dress, a...
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French French Provincial Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Brass Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel brass trinket box.
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Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Georgian Stationery Box by William Lund c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Georgian stationery box by William Lund Date : c1840 Period : Vicotira Origin : England Decoration : Brass bound box with leather lined inteior. Lift off cover reveals ...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Dutch Mid 19th Century Wooden Spoon Box with 12 Silver Tea Spoons
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch mid 19th century wooden spoon box with 12 silver tea spoons A mahogany wooden spoon box with red velvet fabric with 12 silver tea spoons. Dutch s...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Very Fine Quality English Mahogany Letter Box Made and Labeled by F. Waller
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very fine quality English mahogany letter box made and signed by F. Waller and so labeled. This finely crafted letter box has 2 drawers one on each side fitted with campaign style ...
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English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Sevres Style Casket
Located in London, GB
19th century French Sevres style ormolu and porcelain casket having light blue ground, painted with panels of romantic scenes.
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century English Chinoiserie Box with Bronze Feet
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous 19th century English chinoiserie box with bronze feet. Featuring a beautiful decorative hand painted design. So pretty! Note: As is.
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English Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Brass Mounted Campaign Instrument Box Now Fitted for Jewelry
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Nineteenth century mahogany brass bound campaign box with flush shield form escutcheon on front (no key), the two ends fitted with brass hook latches, the top with a central rectangu...
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English Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope by William Upton c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading :Tunbridge ware writing slope by William Upton c1860 Date : c1860 Period : Victoria Origin : Brighton, East Sussex Decoration : Central perspective cubework with foliate ...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Decorative Box - Ormolu Gilt Bronze - French Napoleon III
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined Napoleon III period decorative box, made of ormolu gilt casted bronze. Richly ornate floral motifs. It has an illegible signature. The liner inside has been renewed. Includ...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Ormolu

Tunbridge Ware Stationery Box with Writing Slope c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware stationery box with writing slope Date : c1860 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Central image of a stag, floral banding to b...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Small mid 19th century Swedish painted pine decorative box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small mid 19th century Swedish painted pine strong box circa 1842. Beautiful small Scandinavian strong box, presented with scraped back paint to reveal original.  Feintly still bari...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Enamel Coffer with Mythological Scenes Signed Klein in Paris, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Small, rectangular, enamel coffer decorated with mythological scenes that are framed with spiraling lines of ormolu and attached with flowers at the corners. The Rape of Proserpina by the god Pluto adorns the lid. The front and back of the box are decorated with images of Diana being woken by her nymphs and the Rape of Europa. The sides have images of Mercury educating Cupid and a bath scene...
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French Louis XVI Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

A nineteenth century French ormolu casket, in the medieval style, with a cherub
Located in London, GB
A nineteenth century French ormolu casket, in the medieval style, with a cherub sitting on top of the hinged lid. The body has 4 hand painted cartouches of flowers at the front. Th...
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French Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Ormolu

Regency Rosewood Tea Caddy, England, circa 1830
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rosewood tea caddy with Bombay shape and canted top. Having a pair of lion mask brass handles on each end and sitting on claw and ball feet. The interior fitted with two lidded tea...
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English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

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