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Style: Dutch Colonial
18th century Dutch-Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Indian Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Masulipatnam or Vizagapatam, 2nd half 18th century
H. 10.8 x W. 47 x D. 34 cm
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Late 18th Century Indian Antique Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Ebony Veneered Captain's Chest or Strong Box 'Coffre Fort', 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A strongbox was a type of travelling chest and these types of boxes were more common in England than anywhere else where they were fabricated between 1660 and 1720. The earliest proo...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Colonial box in ebony wood
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A Dutch colonial box from Batavia in the former Dutch East Indies.
Hand-carved with floral motives in ebony, used for jewelry or letters,
ca. 1800. Origi...
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1790s Indonesian Antique Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Dutch Colonial Miniature Cupboard in Coromandel Wood, Ceylon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Coromandel wood miniature cupboard
Sri Lanka, 18th century
Measures: H 89.5 x W 60.5 x D 28.8 cm
This entire four-door miniature cupboa...
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18th Century Sri Lankan Antique Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Macassar
Fine Dutch Colonial Indonesian Casket with Silver Mounts, circa 1706
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Indonesian Ambonya burl, ebony and teak casket with silver mounts
Jakarta (Batavia), circa 1706 (year letter W (1705-1710), marked DV, probably Dirck Vooght
The outer ri...
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Early 18th Century Indonesian Antique Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Dutch Ebony Box With Silver Mounts and Hinges
Located in Stamford, CT
Dutch Colonial ebony box with silver mounts, large silver hinges and the original steel lock and key. This rare box was likely made in the Dutch East India possession of Sri Lanka, o...
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Early 19th Century Sri Lankan Antique Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Steel
Majestic Spinning Wheel Made of Ebony Wood
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Not only Sleeping Beauty's hair has the color of ebony wood, so do a number of details of this antique spinning wheel. The well shaped lances and bu...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Vintage Lidded Box with Countersunk Coins
Located in Dallas, TX
From Holland, a lidded box with Dutch currency welded into the lid.
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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Art Deco Box in Wood circa 1930
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Moorish Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
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Moorish mosaic Sadeli design in a square shape form with mosaic inlay and marquetry, very fine artwork, lined in red velvet.
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Small and elaborate Hand-Made Vintage Indian Decorative Trinket Box
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Anonymous
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