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Style: Victorian
Singing bird box by Bruguier in guilded case with enameled lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rectangular silver guilded case with rounded corners. The oval lid has an enamel painting on the exterior of a mountain view and on the interior brightly enamelled with flower bouqu...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Other, Enamel

Antique Victorian English Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique Victorian English sterling silver vinaigrette; an addition to our silver boxes collection This fine antique Victori...
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Early 1900s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Rare Restored Burr Walnut & Tunbridge Inlaid Sewing Work Box Table Carved Feet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored heavily carved Victorian walnut sewing table with ornately inlaid Tunbrid...
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Victorian Thomas Johnson II Sterling Silver Tortoise Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a tortoise; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This exceptional antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a tortoise. The plain oval body of this Victorian vesta box is embellished with cast and applied components replicating the details of the tortoise's legs and head. The anterior surface of this rare box features an applied oval serrated panel / match striker. The hinged tortoiseshell cover opens to reveal the original gilt interior. The underside of the body bears the contemporary engraved inscription 'July 1883'. Condition This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. There are some blemishes and wear to the original gilding, in keeping with age. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body are very clear. Dimensions length 8.4cm/3.3" width 5.5cm/2.2" height 3.2cm/1.3" Weight 2.4 troy ounces/73.9g (including tortoiseshell cover) Maker: Thomas Johnson II Date: 1882 Origin: London, England Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request. Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
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1880s British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Champlevé Enamel & Agate Pill Box / Snuff Box, France c. 1880
Located in London, GB
An elegant and very collectible 19th century French gilt metal, champlevé enamel and banded agate pill or snuff box made c. 1880. The box has oval form with a frieze of colourful fl...
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1880s French Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Agate, Enamel

19th Century Walnut and Brass Dome-Top Wood English Sewing Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
English walnut and brass dome-top box with Mother-of-Pearl, ca. 1860. With 6 sewing tools, 4 have mother of pearl handles, 7 pieces of circular fabric sam...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tunbridge Ware Stationery Box with Writing Slope c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware stationery box with writing slope Date : c1860 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Central image of a stag, floral banding to b...
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1860s British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Musical box with 6 Bells and 3 Automatons By G. Bendon
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful music box by Bendon. Made in about 1880 in Switserland by this well known manufacturer. The mechanism plays 8 tunes on a 28cm cylinder as indicated on the original 'Bendon'...
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1880s Swiss Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

19th Century Walnut Table Cabinet
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century walnut table cabinet, having a lovely figured top with an inlaid oval panel with shell decoration above two hinged cupboard door...
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1870s British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Walnut Table Cabinet
19th Century Walnut Table Cabinet
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French Victorian Bronze Dore Fan Box
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze dore fan shaped box with faux bamboo trim and filigree sides with green floral painted top
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19th Century French Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

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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1840s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Rare circa 1900 Sterling Silver Diamond & Enamel Powder Compact with Lipstick
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning circa 1900 French or Italian Sterling silver Diamond & Enamel powder compact with lipstick A very good...
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Early 1900s European Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
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...
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Other

Late 19th Century Victorian Coromandel Toilet Box
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A Victorian calamander toilet box with ten silver mounted jars, by William Neal, London, dated 1874. The box with fall front, two drawers and secret drawer,...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique Sterling Silver & Leather Miniature Knife Holder Styled Playing Card Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver and leather playing card box was made in London, England is 1885 by an unknown maker, in a period Victorian style. The box is styled as a miniature knife...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Tunbridge Ware Stationery Box with Dover Castle Mosaic c1870
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware stationery box with image of Dover Castle Date : c1870 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Central mosaic of Dover Castele with...
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1870s British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Castle Top Card Case, Scott Memorial, Sterling Silver, Nathaniel Mills 1844
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1844 by Nathaniel Mills, this fine quality, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Castle Top Card Case, features a high relief chased scene of The Scott...
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1840s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Snuff or Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century sterling silver monogrammed snuff or trinket box.
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19th Century Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Mussel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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...
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1860s Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Victorian White Porcelain Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian small rectangular shaped white porcelain box with woven design, blue trim and fruit design top.  
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Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope with Cubework c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware writing slope with cubework Date : c1840 Period : Victoria Origin : Probably Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Central perspective cubework with van dyk...
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1840s British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

A mid 19th century Staffordshire pottery cottage money box, Circa 1840 English
Located in Central England, GB
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...
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19th Century Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pottery

'Queen Anne' Design Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Barnards
Located in London, London
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...
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1880s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Edward Smith 1839
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique engraved sterling silver vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1839. The vinaigrette is finely engine turned to the hinged top and the undersaide, the lid is monogram...
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1830s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

British Antique Brass Marquetry Toilette Box with History and Many Drawers
Located in Sweden, SE
According to motto "Perseverantia et Amicis" (Perseverance and Friends) with Bird (dove) holding olive-branch, this amazing, luxurious "necessaire" comes from family ofacknowledged L...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Coromandel Writing Slope
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century coromandel writing slope, fabulous quality with brass corners and a central brass diamond with a nice jasperware plaque, there is ...
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1880s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Stunning Burr Walnut Victorian Sewing Table Heavily Carved All-Over Velvet Lined
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning heavily carved Victorian walnut sewing table A very good looking and decorative piece...
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

19th Century Early Victorian Deed Document Solictor Stackable Steel Boxes
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Collection of six sheet steel and hinged document boxes, with decorative squat Swiss style shields hand painted with dates and numbers. Dating from 1850 to 1860 with differing amo...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Steel

Writing Casket Box, Walnut with Inlays, England, Late 19th Century
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful antique writing box from the historicism / Victorian style from England, 2nd half of the 19th century. Walnut veneered inlaid with various colored woods. Can be opened ...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Karl Rössler 1890 Austrian Vesta Tinder Box In .800 Silver 18Kt Gold And Niello
Located in Miami, FL
Austro-Hungarian empire mechanical vesta tinder case made by Karl Rössler Beautiful antique fusee vesta tinder case, created in Vienna Austria around the...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique English Victorian Marquetry Inlay Tea Caddy Sewing Box Desk Storage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Marquetry Inlay Tea Caddy Sewing Box, Desk Storage. Circa Mid 19th Century. Measurements: 4.25" H x 9.25" W x 6" D.
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Tunbridge Ware Box with Perspective Cubes c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware box with perspective cubes Date : c1840 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells or Tonbridge, Kent Decoration : Perspective cube work set within a band of...
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1840s British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Top Quality 19th Century Jewelry, Treasure Box, Cabinet w Drawers & Mirror Doors
Located in Lisse, NL
A beautiful antique and all handcrafted jewelry box with a striking velvet lining. This rare and larger size jewelry box or casket makes a beautiful accessory for a lady with an eye for fine arts. It is a very well made gem and highly practical with seven drawers and a good working lock and key in the right door and two sliding brass 'locks' in the inside of the left door. This box opens and closes perfectly and its striking presence will grace your vanity or dresser in a way that no modern piece ever could. The drawers come with a stunning blue lining and the three 'tiers' each have their own kind of interior. The top tier may have been made for pocket watches or circular brooches. The one below could have been made for necklaces and/or bracelets and the two bottom tiers, consisting of four drawers would have been used for all other types of jewelry. Have you also noticed the striking bronze handles? They too add to the grandeur of this striking antique gems box...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Brass

Music Box by Nicole Freres playing 4 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
this early music box plays 4 cheerful melodies on a 20.5cm cylinder as provided on the original melody card. Nicole Freres was the leading manufacturer of music boxes in the 19th cen...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Fine Antique English Coromandel Decanter / Drinks Box, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A truly magnificent drinks / decanter box made from exotic Coromandel mounted with polished brass mounts inset with a plethora of different kinds of cabochon cut and polished onyx st...
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1880s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Small Victorian Pine Stationary Box or Treasure Chest
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Small Victorian pine stationary box or treasure chest This good quality box has a cleated top, it has been stripped and waxed A good quality small chest is of very solid construc...
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Late 19th Century Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Large Victorian Box, Mahogany on Oak, England, circa 1840
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large early Victorian box, Mahogany on oak, England circa 1840 Large body in mahogany veneered on oak. In the lid with fan inlay work in maple. Standing on 4 carved feet. Inside with 1 brass...
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1840s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870. Fine quality english made victorian writing slope.  Exterior of rich burr walnut with tunbridge ware inlay deco...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Baize, Walnut

Very rare 4 tunes overture music box (attr. to Lecoultre)
By LeCoultre & Cie 1
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very nice and early overture music box, probably by Lecoultre (alltough unsigned). The key wind mechanism plays 4 overtures with a nice and bright tone on a very fine comb. The fad c...
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1840s Swiss Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Large Antique Tunbridge Ware Lidded Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Large antique Tunbridge Ware box with wide band geometric inlaid banding across top and front. The lid and escutcheon with a rectangular i...
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Felt, Wood, Paper

Antique Austrian Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Pill Box, circa 1900
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning large antique Viennese sterling silver pill box made from a hefty gauge of Austrian silver. All sides are decorated with a white guilloche enamel showcasing...
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1890s Austrian Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Victorian Walnut Writing Slope Box
Located in King's Lynn, GB
Here we have a Victorian (1837-1901) Walnut & Brass Writing Box. This opens to form writing slope set with black leather with a gold patterned embossing detail surround. Both the top...
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19th Century British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Italian Birdcage
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant late-19th-century Italian birdcage crafted from wood and copper, showcasing a striking blend of rustic charm and graceful lines. The intricate wirework and carefully const...
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1880s Italian Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Tunbridge Ware - A Fine Sewing Box with Isometric Cubes, c1850
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Tunbridge Ware - A Fine Sewing Box with Isometric Cubes and Geometric Mosaics, c1850 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Fine Sewing Box with Isometric Cubes and Geo...
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Oak

Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope by William Upton c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading :Tunbridge ware writing slope by William Upton c1860 Date : c1860 Period : Victoria Origin : Brighton, East Sussex Decoration : Central perspective cubework with foliate ...
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1860s British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Group Of Tunbridge Ware Victorian Table Top Boxes
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Included in this group: Rectangular inlaid box with hinged lid revealing silk and paper lining. The box with mosaic central cartouche, geometric banding. Dimensions: 3 1/4" W x 4 5/8...
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Fabric, Wood, Paper

Victorian Burl Walnut Gentlemans Dressing Box
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular hinged top opening to a box fitted with sterling capped jars and tools. One lid is damaged.
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1850s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Victorian Sterling Silver Repoussé Trinket Box Putti Garden Scene, London, 1886
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Victorian Sterling Silver Repoussé Trinket Box with Putti Garden Scene, London, 1886, by Jacob & John Keyser Dimensions: 3.75” W x 2.5” D x 1.25” H, 79 grams Country of Origin: En...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

French St. Amand Majolica Camel-Form Lidded Box
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Majolica Camel-form Lidded Box, St. Amand, circa 1870 The French majolica box is in the form of a seated, naturalistically colored, camel on a raised mottled green ground. On its back is a loaded pack filled with different packed goods. The top section is removable to reveal a square-shaped hollow interior in light blue. Mark: on the base is an impressed "St Ad" Dimensions: 8 inches high x 10 inches long x 5 inches deep; (20.32cm high x 25.40cm x 12.7cm) Provenance: New York Private Collection, Jesse Davis Antiques...
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1870s French Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Majolica

Nicole Freres 6 tunes mandoline music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Nicole Frères music box with rare "mandoline setting" A beautiful and highly collectible Nicole Frères music box, featuring the rare and sought-after mandoline setting — a special t...
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Mid-19th Century Swiss Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Tunbridge Ware Glove Box Probably by Wise c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box – probably by George Wise Date : c1860 Period : Victoria Origin : Tonbridge, Kent Decoration : Central floral mosaic to the cover with geometr...
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1860s British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Straw inlay box
Located in Nivelles, BE
This straw inlay box is sumptuous, with twisted details on the handle and all around the edges. I think it was originally used to store jewellery.
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1890s European Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Straw

19C British Tunbridgeware Micro-mosaic Lap Desk - RARE
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS and EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Micromosaic Lap Desk. This lap desk is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before. From c...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Boxwood, Maple, Walnut

19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Lighter & Vesta Case, London, c.1853
By Henry William Dee, Thornhill
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique mid-19th Century very rare Victorian solid silver vesta case and lighter, in a shape of a horseshoe, opening on both sides, with a compartment for matches and a striker, with wheel to wind the lighter wick, one side is applied with initials "E.H". Hallmarked English Silver (925 standard), London, year 1853 (S), Maker's mark H.W.D (Henry William Dee...
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19th Century British Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Silver

French Victorian Bronze and Enamel Box
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze and multicolored enamel cloisonne box with floral and scroll design with red velvet interior.      
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Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Enamel Box Gilt Inside Painted Flowers Garlands Lady's Portrait, France
Located in Vienna, AT
Superb enamel box with flowers garlands and a lady's portrait. Specifications: 1. The surface of round box is made of white enamel. Additionally, it is stunningly decorated with nicest multicolored flowers' garlands running along the surface / mentioned garlands are hung up at bows. 2. The round bowl's lid is topped with a nicest enamel painted picture, depicting an elegant lady: The lady's style and appearance is similar to ladies of period of Angelika Kauffmann...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Rare 19th Century Kashmir Hand Painted Inkwell and Boxes Set
Located in London, GB
Rare 19th Century Kashmir Hand Painted Inkwell and Boxes Set A highly decorative and rare example of a late 19th Century hand painted Kashmir inkwell and boxes set. Size: (inkwel...
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1870s Indian Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Inlaid Coromandel Wood Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality inlaid coromandel wood writing box having quality inlaid coromandel wood lift up tops opening to reveal a green leather writing surface opening to r...
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19th Century English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Other

Antique Victorian Traveling Desk With Ebony and Mother-of-Pearl Banding
Located in Morristown, NJ
Victorian English bird's eye maple lap desk, with ebony and mother-of-pearl inlay. The dome shaped top has a brass shield medallion in the center. The interior has a vibrant purple f...
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1880s English Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Birdseye Maple, Ebony

ANTiQUE ITALIAN CIRCA 1840 HEAVILY CARVED BOX DEPICTING STALLION HORSES MUST SEE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite ornately hand carved Antique Italian box depicting stallion horses circa 1840 A v...
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1840s Italian Antique Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

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