Georgian Decorative Boxes

In the 19th century, boots and shoes were symbols of good luck. So, it was only natural that trinkets and personal objects should take the form of footwear. This snuffbox, dating to the Georgian era is an excellent example of that phenomenon. The box is made in the shape of a fashionable lady’s shoe...

Lovely Georgian mahogany knife box from England. The top is sloped and has a brass handle for easy lifting. The top lifts to reveal the original fitting for knives with remnants of...

A fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver vinaigrette in the form of a purse, an addition to our silver boxes collection This antique Georgian silver vinaigrette...

Early 19th century oak candle box from England. This is a wonderful folk art box with loads of character! The top of the box is hand carved and has wonderful scalloped shapes and a central heart, surrounded by inlaid hears for added whimsy. The lid of the box is banded in boxwood and follows down to simple sides and the front panel is also inlaid in boxwood. There is a central frame in which is enclosed another lovely heart over a crossed knife...

An early 19th century walnut domed topped needlework or jewellery box with two doors enclosing three drawers. Decorated with a panel of satinwood in the top and two penwork sketches...

A fine specialist painted cellarette, the moulded lid with a carved vine leaf and grape cluster and the bored with trailing vine leaf and grape decoration. The tapering sides with si...

Pair of English mahogany serpentine inlaid slant top cutlery boxes with exterior Satinwood inlaid conch shells, satinwood and ebony inlaid interior stars, with original slotted fitt...

Early 19th century oak candle box from England. The box has a wonderfully hand carved top with two opposing birds flanking a central pineapple. These symbols were also synonymous with welcoming guests into your home. Below the birds, there is a lovely small carved piece over the lid of the candle box. The lid is beveled around the edge for added design detail. The sides of the box are simple and the front has beaded edges, which flank the central panel. That is decorated with a crossed knife...

Vintage George III style lacquered wood hand painted butterfly flower knife box. Item features red lacquer painted finish, gold painted flowers, solid wood construction, very nice an...

The rectangular hinged top with canted corners inlaid with a Turkish landscape design with an inside lift top and a lower drawer the interior fitted with a removable tray and mahogan...

A fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver vinaigrette; an addition to our collection of silver boxes and cases. This fine antique Georgian...

Georgian Battersea enamel box from the 18th century. A beautiful fine antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box created in the district...

This is an antique mail carriage strong box. An English, oak security chest, dating to the early Georgian period, circa 1720. Fascinating George I lock b...

An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare pair of antique George IV English sterling silver boxes; an addition to our 19th century silverware collection. These exceptional and rare antique George IV sterling silver boxes have a plain rectangular form. The surface of each silver box is plain and unembellished, with applied thread decoration to the lower rim. Each box is fitted with a plain hinged hallmarked cover, ornamented with further applied thread decoration to the upper rim. The upper plateaus of the covers are individually embellished with an impressive contemporary bright cut engraved crest: one bears out of a ducal coronet a wyvern below the motto 'Avi Numerantur Avorum' - The forefathers of our forefathers are numbered and to the other an eagle regardant with wings extended grasping an escutcheon charged with a lion's head, below the 'Virtute et Robore' - By Virtue and Strength. By virtue of its size these versatile 19th century boxes could be used for a multitude of functions. Such original boxes of this period and size are becoming increasingly difficult to locate. Condition These antique silver dressing table...

A George III tobacco round desk box made in England. This is a beautiful round desk box created in England during the period of king George III, back in 1787. The box was finely car...

A rare English George II cellarette in the form of a pagoda, with removable top with brass acanthus knop or finial, side handles, and liner, as well as two drawers, and all raised on...

English Regency Cellaret, with ebony stringing, brass hairy paw feet & brass lions head ring handles.

A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique English sterling silver fox boxes; part of our continental ornamental silverware collection...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare small box of 27 Georgian keys of great importance The box is stamped to the top “Honble J.A Ellis” an...

Fine George III period satinwood octagonal box with inlays in exotic woods; the box does not have a fitted interior.

A very handsome early 19th century Georgian sarcophagus-shaped tea caddy in burr elm. The highly figured case fitted with a hinged canted top with a cross-banded edge, opening to an interior housing twin lidded tea canisters flanking a period cut-glass mixing bowl...

Late 18th century, English George III mahogany knife box fitted out for letters / ballots. The interior voided of the old knife compartments. One small remov...

This fine pair of Classic proportions have many marks of quality. The timber used on the sloped fronts has been carefully selected with figured grain conforming to the shape of the h...

A very fine late 18th century, George III period mahogany knife box or cutlery canteen with fitted interior. Figured sloping lid over a serpentine front with satinwood crossbanding a...

A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique George II English sterling silver toilet boxes; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. These...

18th century English diminutive mahogany chest with satin wood banding. Top opens to an compartment over two drawers. Great color and patina. Can be used as a tabletop decoration...

Salesman size chest with lifting top concealing a compartment. Three working drawers below. Bracket feet.

A Very Fine George III Needle or Bodkin Case Made in Birmingham 1802 by Samuel Pemberton. The Case has a pull off cover and narrow rectangular form, with ...

A Fine George III Hinged Patch Box Made in London in 1799 by Thomas Brough, The Box has an elliptical form and the hinged cover is engraved with an outer band of foliate motifs on a...

3 19th century Hand Made Treen Items, Powder, Perfume and Matches A Glove powderer in sycamore, Glass perfume bottle in turned beech case and a beech vesta with brass hinge and matc...

A George IV Vinaigrette, Johnh Bettridge, Birmingham, 1830. The cover displaying a shaped cast and applied border decorated with foliate motifs, scrolls and shells around an engine ...