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Period: Mid-19th Century
Three-Drawer Brass Bound Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
Three-drawer brass bound chest, with the original steel hasp and carrying handles, with brass bound corners and decorative brass stud work on the fr...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Steel

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

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Ormolu

Antique English Burled Walnut Box, circa 1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English burled walnut box, circa 1860. This box has beautiful Elkington hinges.  
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Walnut

Grand French Three-Piece Desk Set, Hand Painted Porcelain Inset, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
Wonderful to find a top-notch, highly decorative and most unusual desk set, French in origin dating to around 1860. Made from nutty coloured burl Walnut, all three pieces are mounted with the most wonderful polished brass mounts all inset with fabulous hand painted porcelain plaques. Our restorer had to remove all the mounts to professionally clean and on doing so found the name of the figure depicted on the plaques, "Ninon De Lenclos" a French Author, Courtesan, Freethinker and Patron of the Arts. The set is made up of a Stationery box with brass swing handles each side; the box complete with a working tasselled key. The box opens to reveal the wonderful original gilded leather lining with the original paper lining the sides of the dividers. The lock and hinges are beautifully engraved, a true sign of quality. The next piece is a hefty large oval Walnut Inkstand with a large glass inkwell...
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French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Enormous Anglo - Indian Tea Caddy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The quintessential rosewood caddy fashioned with a dome top and inlaid with mother of pearl. Wood "ring" handles are original. Large in scale, made for the English market.
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

Pair of 19th Century American Henry Troemner Philadephia Pa Chinoiserie Tea Bins
By Henry Troemner
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous and extremely rare pair mid-19th century, metal tea bins, by Henry Troemner of Philadelphia, PA in the chinoiserie style. From circa 1845. Made of black enamel...
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American Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Tin

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

1840s Antique Sterling Silver Vinaigrette by John Tongue
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver castle top vinaigrette depicting Windsor castle; an addition to our collectable box...
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English 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

Italian Decoupage Straw Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian decoupage straw box. Charming floral decorated paper box with coloured straw compositions under glass with canted sides and top opening to re...
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Straw

Enamel Coffer with Mythological Scenes Signed Klein in Paris, 19th Century
By A. Klein
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

Large 19th Century American Troemner of Philadephia Toleware Cornmeal Bin
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large 19th century American Troemner of Philadephia toleware cornmeal bin. This is an original antique toleware grocers bin made by the famous Henry Troemner of Philadephia The toleware bins...
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American Colonial Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Chinese Five Blessings Brass Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Filled with burning coals, this exquisitely crafted 19th-century brazier once warmed the cold hands of a wealthy woman on a winter night in northern China. The brazier is hand-wrough...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Antique Hand Carved Mid-19th Century Coromandel & Brass Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind and excellent condition antique box. The rare shape of this mid-1800s box is just as aesthetically pleasing as its marvelous color. Coromande...
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British Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Large Capo di Monte Rectangular Casket
Located in Montreal, QC
This box is an unusually large and decorative example of the work of this factory. It is the largest and best quality box of this type that we have ever offered. Both highly ornament...
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Italian Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

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

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Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

Mid-19th Century Italian Carved and Painted Decorative Box
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique box was crafted in Italy, circa 1850. The colorful, detailed box features hand painted scenes of people with horses and butterflies. The rectangular box has its ...
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Pine

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

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Rosewood

Mid-19th Century Dutch Lacquered Hamburg Fire Scene Wood Snuff Box
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and elegant lacquered snuff box was handmade in The Netherlands. It is painted on both sides: there's the scene of the fire in Hamburg on the right so detailed to be as ...
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Dutch Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Magnificent and Rare Early Silver Plated Drum Biscuit Box on Stand, 1844
Located in Bath, GB
I would imagine this was a regimental presentation gift having had this top quality stand custom made in heavy cast silver plate by the finest of silversmith's Elkington and Co. The ...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

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

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

French, Louis Philippe Walnut Speciman Commode
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This French, Louis Philippe walnut speciman commode has a little more top above a frieze operating as a drawer over two long drawers and raised on shaped bracket feet, circa 1840.
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French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

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

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.
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Music Box by Nicole Freres playing Belini
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare keywind music box by Nicole Freres. Playing 8 tunes as indicated on the original tunesheet. 7 tunes by Bellini from the opera's Puritana, La Norma. 1 tune by Donizetti. Althoug...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

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...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

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...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique German Dresden Meissen Porcelain Trinket Jewlery Box Continental Scene
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning example of a German hand painted on porcelain ormolu mounted trinket or jewellery box of small proportions, made is Dresden, Germany by Meissen, mid Nineteenth Century. T...
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German Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Indian Ebony Scalloped Sided Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine Indian 19th century box, the exterior in well figured ebony and having scalloped sides, the lid with exotic wood and bone inlay, the interior with two removable tiers, the ...
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Indian Anglo Raj Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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Bone, Ebony, Sandalwood, Satinwood

Chinese Fan Shaped Lacquer Snackbox, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Imagine the delight of opening this mysterious, black box to find it filled with roasted nuts and decadent sweets. Unusual for its curved, fan-like shape, the 19th-century wooden box...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

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