Victorian Decorative Boxes

English Victorian-style rectangular brown leather box with strape design and gold escutcheon and four compartments

This late 19th century spectacle case has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers and is bord...

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...

Hallmarked in Chester in 1899 by William Neale, this striking antique Victorian sterling silver dressing table box has a navette-shaped form. The body and hinged cover are embellishe...

Impressive large cedar lined lidded box entirely decorated with seashells featuring silver plate on brass shells, star fish and crabs on the top and craw fish as feet. Labeled Maitla...

NEW HALL - HANLEY - 'QUILP - OLD CURIOSITY SHOP' - Vintage ceramic lidded box with hand-painted border and transfer decorated lid - featuring a scene from a Charles Dickens novel - s...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning heavily carved Victorian walnut sewing table A very good looking and decorative piece...

A 19th century erotical secret box. Extremely rare erotic sculpture from the 19th century, most probably created in France, circa 1870. This is a sculptural box depicting a woman sitting on a woven wood basket. The sculpture represents a small discrete treasure chest to keep jewels. It was masterfully crafted from pieces of cream and brown wood carvings and is fitted with a screwable part to reveal the interior. This is an outstanding object, unobtainable on the antique market and of high collecting. Other examples of these enigmatic boxes produced in the 19th Century. Gilded and patinated bronze, made in France during the 3rd Empire. Ca 1870 Weight: 192.2 Grams, (123.20 Dwt). Measurements: 150 mm by 63.5 mm by 89 mm (5.91 x 2.5 x 3.5 Inches). Condition: The overall condition of this sculpture is excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to any part. This erotic box...

This is an antique Sorrentoware keepsake box. An Italian, walnut and silk cotton lined dressing table case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Wonderful example of Ita...

An English Victorian period black coal box from circa 1880 with hand-painted King Charles Spaniel dog motif and gilded accents. Enhance your home decor with this exquisite English Vi...

A Victorian Coromandel and Brass bound Dressing Case By Asprey The hinged cover with an inset brass monogram, the base with a jewellery drawer and two fitted internal trays, contai...

19th c. Charming antique miniature chest of drawers. The chest has a marble top. The case is figured mahogany, with four stacked drawers, the ...

A Victorian style ruby to clear cut crystal box with bronze mounts, France, late 19th century. This beautiful and unique piece is in very good condition. Meas...

This vintage wood writing desk box showcases intricate inlay work, with floral and geometric marquetry set against a rich, warm-toned wood grain and bordered by a contrasting dark ba...

A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a boar; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This magnificent antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a boar. This impressive antique vesta case is embellished with details replicating the features of the boar's coat of fur and anatomical features. The back of the boar incorporates a hallmarked hinged cover which opens to reveal the serrated panel/match striker. The secondary hallmarked hinged panel opens to reveal the original gilt interior; this is faciliated with a thumbpiece modelled in the form of the boar's tail. Such magnificent period examples are rare and becoming increasingly difficult to locate. Condition This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body, in addition to part hallmarks to the interior of each hinged cover are very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply due to the exceptional gauge of silver. Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...

English Victorian burl wood traveling vanity / make up box with ebonized trim edge and a small lower drawer; interior holding 9 various silver boxes and...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Scottish sterling silver and 15 karat gold box; an addition to our diverse silver box collection. This exceptional Scottish sterling silv...

These exquisitely crafted Victorian-style humidors/boxes are masterfully carved from high-quality wood into the likeness of a dog's head. Each piece features a hinged top that smooth...

A Mid 19th Century Staffordshire Pottery Cottage Money Box, Circa 1840 This delightful mid 19th century Staffordshire pottery money box is made in the form of an English country est...

English Victorian-style rectangular light wood box with star and diamond shape inlays, with 3 compartments.  

Victorian Coromandel and Brass Bound Gothic Revival Desktop Stationery Cabinet by H Greaves Ltd of New Street Birmingham Befit With Prestigious Lock Maker Bramah (of London) Lock A ...

This antique general store advertising store display tin for Java Mocha coffee is presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1880 in t...

Rectangular 19th century box with an oval brass plaque without engraving. The exterior has been re-polished over time. It has a nice warm patina. The int...

French Victorian bronze and glass bottom box on four legs with small gallery top and round miniature of lady.      

Large turn-of-the-century German 800 silver figural spice box. A bird grips a gnarly branch with scaly talons. Sweet and downy with tucked-down wings. Head detachable. Marked. Weight...

Fashion designer Sybil Connolly designed a fine, small, heart-shaped porcelain trinket box for Tiffany & Co. It's in perfect condition.

Victorian Burl Walnut Writing Box, the cover opening to green felt covered writing surface, two inkwells, and storage compartments, the lock marked "Lund". 5.25" H x 14" W x 9.25" D...

Exceptional English traveling or ship's desk, an original from the 19th century. Made of mahogany, with its characteristic reddish hue, with gilt brass fittings and ornaments. When ...

19th century oak treen strapped barrel from England. The barrel staves are held together with hand made brass straps, secured with copper nails. The lid has an applied handle. T...

This 19th century trinket box was sourced from France and is worked in wood, its surface finished in a deep walnut brown tone. The trinket box is fitted with delicate brass corner ac...

This highly decorative box dates to the early 20th century and it is a rare folk art piece based around a Victorian pine box and later decorated with a bold well arranged collection of English shells which has been glued onto its four sides in graduated matching boarders with an interesting collective display of individual ones on the top. This most interesting and eye catching box is in good condition. The shells show some age related patination. The pine box is raised onto plain square block feet. It is fitted with the original good strong brass hinges and a working Victorian brass lock and key...

Mahogany solid wood, Shellac and-polished. Brass hinges and lock. Dimensions: H 60 cm x W 28.3 cm x 16.5 cm.

English Victorian green porcelain barrel design box with dog head on top

A top quality example of a late Victorian writing box with an integral writing slope / lap desk. This grand large example is made from beautif...

We are delighted to offer this stunning circa 1900 French or Italian Sterling silver Diamond & Enamel powder compact with lipstick A very good...

A handsome and very stylish biscuit box dating to circa 1890 by the top notch silversmith, John Grinsell & Sons of Sheffield. Made from solid English oak, the box is fitted with e...

Hallmarked in London in 1889 by Barnards, this attractive Victorian, antique, sterling silver biscuit box, has swirled and sunken half fluting, in the Queen Anne style. It has a flus...

According to motto "Perseverantia et Amicis" (Perseverance and Friends) with Bird (dove) holding olive-branch, this amazing, luxurious "necessaire" comes from family ofacknowledged L...

19th century victorian pollard oak and brass dome top stationary box circa 1890. Beautiful quality piece of desktop storage. Made in a fiddleback pollard oak to all exterior surfac...

This Georgian period traveling desk from circa 1820, crafted in England, features an Italiante metal handle and lock that enhance its functionality and historical charm. The exterior...

Hallmarked in London in 1900/1 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver String Box, is ornate in design and stands on three decorative feet. The stri...

A superb late Victorian playing card box made from English sterling silver fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1899; the makers mark is also present for the well renowned English silversmith, Levi, and Salaman. The box retains the two heavy beveled glass panels to the top with one card below depicting Elizabeth...

This exquisite Papier Mâché box, circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral motifs and embellished decoration. The Engli...

A mid-19th century lady’s travelling dressing case. The case is constructed in a finely marked coromandel, with inset brass handles and brass guard bands to the angles. The hinged lid rises to reveal in the upper section, a drop down document holder, with a mirror to the back, the parcel gilt pieces are engraved with a Viscountess’s coronet, probably Charles, 2nd Viscount Hardinge Cornwallis (1822-1894) and inset with turquoises and comprise a suite of four cut-glass jars, a liqueur flask with a fitted cup, the pull-out rear shelf houses seven jars for ink, potions and unguents. The lift out platform has sectional jewellery compartments, over, a pair of hexagonal based silver hall marked candlesticks, a thermometer, button hook, folding ruler...

JOHN MADDOCK & SONS LTD. - Sunset Ware - Antique 'cottage ware' castle form sugar box/bowl with lid - hand painted - signed on the base - United Kingdom - circa 1927. Excellent ant...

Antique Victorian quality rosewood writing box having a rectangular shaped quality rosewood lift up top opening to reveal a lift up writing surface opening to reveal two storage comp...

****free shipping and import fees to the USA.***** 19th Century Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Brass Corner Mounted Writing Slope With Fitted Interior A rich figured walnut veneer, ...

This antique writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the perio...

An English gentleman’s traveling chest circa 1860, made by J.Braman. Framed in brass with ornate brass floral inlay. The interior is lined with red velvet and red leather with gilt t...

A large antique English Victorian era brass-mounted papier-mache dressing box. 19th century, England, large shaped casket form, exterior in a black lacquered finish embellished with...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this huge selection of 37 vintage hand leather bound faux book storage files that take A4 documents Please ...

Victorian sterling silver casket. Made by Spink & Son in London in 1897. Rectangular with plain and raised base; cover raised with overhanging plain rim. Paneled with chased filigree...

Wonderful English dome top rosewood and birds eye maple inlaid glove box, wonderful embroidered plush interior, working key, in excellent overall condition. 3.25" high 10" length 3....

19th Century Victorian Majolica cobalt box with a bird handle and white flowers Joseph Holdcroft. Very rare shape box.  

This Victorian silver embossed bedside clock features a brass body clock complete with a brass-cased timepiece and lever escapement along with a solid st...

This Victorian olivewood stationery cabinet by George Betjemann and Leuchars, dating to circa 1880, is of impressive size and veneered in feathered olivewood with brass mounted corne...

Antique English Victorian Burl Walnut Small Lap Desk Box with Fitted Interior. Item features working lock and key, small inlaid brass plaque, very nice antique. Circa Mid 19th Centur...

This is an antique Gothic revival sewing case. A Scottish, walnut and brass work box, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870. Delightful Gothic overtones from the revered Scottish revival period Displays a desirable aged patina and in good original order Select walnut stocks present fine grain interest Warm caramel and biscuit hues dance across the fine casework Lid adorned with superb brass quarterfoil plate and four corner mounts Later silver plated shield engraved with a monogram and the year 1887 Fascia hosts a shaped lock escutcheon with inset working lock — key present Striking silk cotton interior lining finished in a rich scarlet hue The interior catches the eye with a buttoned finish, hosting cobalt blue sequins Trio of pouches to the lower section for hosting glass bottles or several cotton reels This is a superb antique sewing case...

A wonderful late Victorian biscuit box or barrel, made from solid English Oak and the fittings in silver plate. One side of the box has a cast image of the wheat being harvested and...

Exquisite antique travelling case or victorian nécessaire de voyage A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanit...