Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 12

Rare Georgian Engine Turned Sewing Box

$6,540.86
£4,800
€5,657.28
CA$9,002.09
A$10,033.77
CHF 5,264.37
MX$122,528.69
NOK 66,658.43
SEK 63,002.36
DKK 42,222.78

About the Item

Rare Engine Turned Design The Sewing Box of slight sarcophagus shape stood upon four turned ribbed feet. The Sewing Box tapers up to the convex raised lid and features scrolling floral brass inlay work to each side surrounded by a border of engine turned decoration. The outside of the box is finished with a brass inlaid shield shaped escutcheon. When opened the Sewing Box reveals a dark purple velvet lining with a ruched white silk to the inside of the lid. The top tray is filled with carved mother-of-pearl sewing accoutrements which can be lifted out to access further storage below the tray. Behind the ruched silk is further storage for drawings or sewing equipment. The Sewing Box dates to the latter stages of the Georgian period Circa 1830 during the reign of William IV. Rosewood has many variations. Indian Rosewood, also known as Bombay Rosewood or Bombay Blackwood, is found in India and Indonesia. It is highly valued for its striking appearance with colours ranging from a medium-brown to dark red-brown with even darker grain lines. Madagascan Rosewood, found in Madagascar is a pink-brown colour with a darker almost purple grain. Georgian era was a period in British history dating from 1714-1837, the Georgian era after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George IV. Mother of Pearl is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is the same material that natural pearls are made from and is desirable due to its strong and resilient makeup along with its beautiful iridescent shimmer.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 6.11 in (15.5 cm)Width: 12.01 in (30.5 cm)Depth: 8.67 in (22 cm)
  • Style:
    William IV (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Circa 1830
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Northampton, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 501258TVCE1stDibs: LU8027240469652

More From This Seller

View All
Antique Georgian Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
With a Fitted Sewing Box Interior From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box. The Rosewood box of rectangular form extensively inla...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Georgian Kingwood Writing Box by David Edwards with Secret Compartment
By David Edwards
Located in Northampton, GB
Hidden Secret Compartment From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian Kingwood Writing Box attributed to David Edwards. The Writing Box constructed from M...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Georgian Satinwood Paper Scroll Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Satinwood sewing box with rare, unusual oval and quartered panels of paperscroll work to the top. Crossbanded on each side with goncalo alves. The interior is lined with a green ruched silk and matching paper and contains a removable tray holding a collection of bone sewing tools. This antique satinwood paper scroll...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silk, Satinwood, Paper

Antique English Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
Fitted Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box Interior From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box. The Rosewood box of rectangular form extensiv...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian Calamander Jewellery Box Rare Mechanism
Located in Northampton, GB
Calamander Veneered Exterior From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to introduce this Unusual Antique Calamander Jewellery Box. Th...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British High Victorian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique English George III Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian octagonal Inlaid Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of octagonal form veneered in Harewood with inlaid twin Tuscan Columns ...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Boxwood

You May Also Like

19th Century Georgian Sewing Box
Located in Pymble, NSW
A good shaped sewing box of tooled leather with finely cast brass fittings. Stands on lion's paw feet. The leather is a deep burgundy colour with some minor chipping to corners. The interior is fitted with compartments in blue paper and blue silk, the lids have mother of pearl knobs...
Category

Antique 1810s British George III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Georgian Satinwood Sewing Box circa 1825 with Lock and Key
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Refitted Georgian satinwood four footed sewing wood box with working lock and key, circa 1825.
Category

Antique 1820s Georgian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Satinwood

19th Century English Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English dresser box made from exquisitely grained rosewood. The box has wonderfully inlaid patterns on the top and front in...
Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Rosewood

Antique Keepsake Box, English, Coromandel, Inlaid Stationery Case, Regency, 1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique keepsake box. An English, Coromandel inlaid stationery case, dating to the Regency period, circa 1830. Appealing sarcophagus ...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Regency Rosewood Jewellery Work Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Stunning Quality Late Regency Period, 19th Century, Rosewood And Brass Inlaid Work Box, Stationary Box, Or Jewellery Box, Having Exceptional Decoration Throughout With Hinged Lid Enclosing Document Flap And Removable Tray Of Various Compartments Concealing Large Storage Cavity Below, Flanked By Original Brass Handles, Raised On Original Carved, Turned Feet. Bearing A  Makers Label For - "R.Dalton, The Bazaar, Soho Square...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

Regency Rosewood Jewellery Work Box
$2,997 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Padouk Wood Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Rare 18th Century Padouk Wood Rectangular Tea Caddy Of Rectangular Form, Having Original Brass Handle To Hinged Top Enclosing Divisions, Raised On Elegant Original Brass Claw ...
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Padouk

18th Century Padouk Wood Tea Caddy
$1,580 Sale Price
20% Off