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Jewelry Boxes For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Empire
Egg on Tripod with folding frame for 6 photos Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod with folding photo frame for 6 photos, inside, in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated, with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. ...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Victorian Style Gilt Metal Octagonal Shaped Casket/Jewelry Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a large gilt metal octagonal shaped casket/jewelry box. Their beveled glass is framed with a gilt garland of tiny shamrocks and their corners are decorated with a filigree pa...
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Mid-20th Century Victorian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Metal

Antique Rosewood Jewellery Box with Ornate Brass Inlay and Teal Velvet Interior
Located in Northampton, GB
The following is a truly remarkable Antique Rosewood Jewellery Box, boasting an unparalleled combination of style and practicality. The...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Metal, Brass

Antique Gilded Jewelry Box, Bronze Doré, Gilded Bronze, France, Bird in a Nest
Located in Greven, DE
Heavy, high quality bronze work gilded. Depiction of a bird in a nest. France, late 19th century. Can be used wonderfully as a jewelry box. .
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Victorian Decorative or Jewelry Box, in Wood, England, 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 19th century, in England, Victorian Period. Its lid is made in wood, brown in color.
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Metal

Amboyna Vanity Box Joseph Rodgers & Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
Antique Silver Gilt Vanity Box veneered in stunning Amboyna. From our Vanity boxes, we are delighted to offer this stunning Amboyna veneered vanity box. The box with quadrant brass edging and matching escutcheon surrounding the Amboyna veneered exterior with side flush mounted recessed handles. The box is labelled with "Joseph Rodgers & Sons" of Sheffield, cutler to her Majesty" with exquisitely engraved silver-gilt lids upon glass bottles by London Silversmith, Thomas Johnson. The lock plate is stamped with the registration number and makers mark Chubb & Son, locksmiths to her majesty. The lid features a fold-down letter compartment with a removable mirror behind it. The base has a fabulous assortment of thirteen superb-cut glass bottles with exquisitely engraved sterling silver gilt & pierced jars. Unusually, the back five jars rise when the box is opened, a rare and desirable addition to this vanity box. The front features two drawers, one is vacant while the other is for storing jewellery; containing a removable accoutrements pad with various tools. This silver-gilt vanity box comes with a fully working lock and tasselled key. Joseph Rodgers & Sons was founded in 1724 when John Rodgers first rented the star and Maltese cross mark from the Cutlers’ Company. Rodgers & Sons had a reputation for producing the best quality items in Sheffield and had a showroom on Norfolk Street in Sheffield. The company bought George Wostenholm...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Gold Plate, Silver

Military Campaign Walnut Brass Bound Double Watch Winder Box for Rolex, Omega
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Military Campaign Walnut Brass Bound Box With Fitted Velvet Interior A bespoke watch winder box for the watch aficionado, hand finished & fitted with a ...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique English Coromandel Fitted Traveling Vanity Dressing Box, circa 1870
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique 19th century English coromandel and rosewood fitted travel vanity or dressing box, circa 1870. This fine box contains the original contents including silverplate lidded cut glass jars, sewing tools...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Paper Mache Lacquered Trinket or Jewelry Box with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique trinket or jewelry box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the period Vic...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Paper

Antique Victorian Table Top Jewellery Collectors Cabinet 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a elegant Victorian mahogany table top jewellery collectors cabinet, circa 1840 in date. The cabinet is freestanding, finished all...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Mahogany

19th Century French Jewellery Box Collection
Located in London, GB
19th Century French Jewellery Box Collection A highly decorative assorted collection of eleven late 19th century hand crafted Frenc...
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Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Blown Glass

Collection of 19th Century Kashmiri Papier Mache Boxes
Located in London, GB
Collection of 19th century Kashmiri items A highly decorative collection of 19th Century hand crafted Kashmiri objects including 6 different shaped boxes, a working lamp and urn....
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19th Century Indian Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Paper

Bronze Billiard Table w/ Accessories Box, Jewelry, Rings. ca. 1890
Located in Petaluma, CA
For all those who are only familiar with pool tables with pockets, this is the earlier game played on basically the same table. The object is to use one white ball hit any other bal...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze

Empire-Style Crystal and Brass 'Bonbonnière', or Sweet Box
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very decorative Empire-style crystal sweet box, or Bonbonnière, intricately clad in a gilt-brass frame, with elaborately worked gilt metal mounts of the ar...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Crystal, Brass

19th Century English Oak Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak box from England with lovely carving throughout. The box is reminiscent of a miniature blanket chest with the initials MW carved into the lid. The top opens to revea...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Oak

Victorian Amboyna Silver Gilt Dressing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
This magnificent silver gilt vanity box is veneered in stunning Amboyna. Quadrant brass edging is on the box, along with escutcheons, stringing, and a makers label "Joseph Rodgers & Sons" of Sheffield, cutler to her Majesty. The exquisitely engraved silver-gilt lids are by London Silversmith, Thomas Johnson. The lid features a fold-down letter compartment with a removable mirror behind it. The base has a fabulous assortment of thirteen superb-cut glass, with exquisitely engraved sterling silver gilt & pierced jars, unusually, the back five jars rise when the box is opened. The front of the Dressing Box...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Silver

Handpicked Collection of Late 19th Century Papier Mache Kashmiri Objects
Located in London, GB
A handpicked Collection of late 19th century Papier Mache Kashmiri objects We share what we love, and we love this handpicked collection of late 19th to early 20th century papier Mache Kashmiri assorted decorative objects. These items are hand painted and similar in design. A collection amassed over time that would make a great table of dresser display with a real interior designer look. Size of inches: H 6” x W 8” x D 8” Large Circle Box...
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Early 1900s Indian Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique Anglo Indian Coromandel Satinwood Lady, SJewellery Sewing Table Box 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and Rare Example of a well grained Ladys or Gentlemans Coromandle Anglo Indian, possibly Ceylonese, fitted Travelling Sewing or Jewellery Casket of good size proportions. Third quarter of the Nineteenth Century. The rectangular hinged lidded box opening to reveal a large amount of fitted lidded compartments, with stunning decorative covers using fruit woods and other decorative materials, the entire outer main area constructed with lavish grained Coromandel. The front complete with lower full width and depth pull out lockable drawer Condition: Good condition, original good surface patination. Locks are present, single key opens both locks. Two inside covers are missing, see image. Measures: height: 5.25" (13.5cm). width: (an impressive) 16" (41cm). depth: 11.25" (28.5cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable Fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping. Coromandel: also known as Makassar Ebony, is a member of the genus Diospyros and one of the plants commonly known as ebony. Coromandel ebony wood is variegated, streaky brown and black, nearly always wide striped. It is considered a highly valuable wood for turnery, fine cabinet work and joinery. The tree grows up to 20 meters under favourable circumstances, although such trees are rarely seen nowadays. Since Coromandel ebony has been a woodworker's favorite for centuries, most of it has been felled and used in high quality furniture. The natural area of distribution are some Indonesian islands.As this exceptionally beautiful species of the Ebonies has been much appreciated by woodworkers all over the world through the past 2 centuries...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

Antique Victorian J&S Embossed Gilt Metal Enameled Glove Storage Casket Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian J&S glove, casket, keepsake or jewelry box crafted of wood clad in gold tone enamel finished embossed metal with a fine orange velvet l...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Metal

Gilt Bronze Jewelry Cache
Located in Malibu, CA
Art Nouveau gilt bronze jewelry box with foliage, the interior is unlined Perfect for bedside to throw jewelry/ rings before bed. The box is in great ...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze

Late Victorian English Table Casket with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
This precious 19th century English table casket features mother of pearl inlay and carved shell drawer pulls. The top of the piece is decorated with a pai...
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Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Mother-of-Pearl, Paper

Inlaid Octagonal hardwood Box with Fitted Interior and Key, English Early 19th C
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand made oak Sewing Box, of octagonal form with inlaid sunburst top, fully fitted interior and having a working lock and key, all dating to circa 1840. The bo...
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Hardwood

Antique French Mahogany Brass Inlaid Jewelry Casket Box Tahan Paris 19th Century
By Alphonse Tahan 1
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A very elegant large French well figured mahogany inlaid with Brass stringing Casket of very generous proportions and of outstanding Museum quality, firmly attributed to Alphonse Tah...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Ormolu

Set 2 Cut & Beveled Glass Heart Shaped Candy Dish Jewelry Trinket Keepsake Box
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 2 handmade cut and beveled Glass Heart shaped lidded Boxes, Candy Dish, Jewlery, Keepsake, Trinket Boxes. Beautiful craftsmanship for so many memorable things. Simply a love...
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1960s Victorian Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Cut Glass

19th Century Rosewood Dressing/Jewellery Box
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian Rosewood Dressing table box with Mother of pearl car-touché to the centre of the lid, the lid does have age related shrinkage. To the inside of the lid it has a blue velvet...
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Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Rosewood

1839 Fitzmaurice West Victorian Ebony & Brass Inlays Necessaire De Voyage
Located in Germantown, MD
Exquisite antique travelling case or victorian nécessaire de voyage A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanit...
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Victorian Jewelry Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian jewelery box. The box is made of wood, covered with paper machee, lacquered black and inlaid with a mosaic of mother-of-pearl. Painted with gold colored decorations. The interior of the box is lined with blue silk fabric...
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1880s British Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Wood, Paper

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 Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

Large Oval Hand Painted Porcelain Vanity/Jewelry Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a large oval hand painted porcelain vanity box. It depicts a scene of two Victorian young ladies in a garden. One of the ladies is seated in the green grass observing the other ...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Porcelain

Antique French Kingwood Bird's-Eye Maple Jewelry Casket Box Tahan Paris
By Alphonse Tahan 1
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A very elegant large French Kingwood Ormolu mounted casket of very generous proportions and of outstanding Museum quality, firmly attributed to Alphonse Tahan Paris (1830-1880), offi...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Ormolu

Exquisite Burr Walnut Jewellery Box Burr Walnut Side End Table with Glass Shelf
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely circa 1890-1900 Late Victorian Burr Walnut Jewellery box table with mirrored top, velour lining and glass sorting / display shelf A very good...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Glass, Walnut

English Victorian Decoupaged Horse Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian (20th Century) decoupage decorated jewelery box with horse design and fitted interior.   
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20th Century British Victorian Jewelry Boxes

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Jewellery Box Casket H. Matthews 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Victorian sterling silver jewellery casket / pin cushion bearing the makers mark of H.Matthews, and hallmarks for Birmingham 1899. The hinged lid is fitted with a navy velvet pin cushion...
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1890s English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Superb Victorian Bird's-Eye Maple Jewelry Box
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
0121 super Victorian bird's eye maple and tulipwood jewelry box or sewing box, having finely inlaid front and lid which opens to reveal new relined interior with lift up tray. This a...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Birdseye Maple

Magnificent Victorian Jewelry Box in Amboyna
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
k077 magnificent Victorian jewelry box or sewing box having rosewood banded edge with metal stringing and elaborate brass, mother of pearl and ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Amboyna

French Gilt Bronze Hand Painted Portrait of Fabiola Dresser Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an hexagonal shaped patinated bronze vanity box enfolded in the interior with a delicate fabric. It has a hand painted portrait of Fabiola, she was a member of a wealthy Roma...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze

19th Century Heartshaped Jewelry Box
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A wonderful heartshaped wooden box with fine intarsia inlay of different wood species and monograms. Probably Italy, 19th century. Life is like a box of chocolates.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Wood

Victorian Figured Walnut Jewellery Box
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4433 fine Victorian figured walnut jewellery or sewing box with brass carrying handle, original working lock and a key and green interior, all in home ready condition, circa 1880. ...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Walnut

19th Century French Victorian Style Ruby to Clear Cut Crystal Box Bronze Mounts
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
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...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Vanity Case with Crystal Boxes and Sterling Silver Lids by George Betjemann 1870
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful feathered walnut, brass bound, vanity box by the famous makers “Betjemann & Sons” of London. This vanity box has several compartments and the attention to detail is fabulou...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Late 19th Century French Ruby to Clear Cut Crystal Bronze-Mounted Box
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Beautiful ruby to clear cut crystal with bronze mounts, France, late 19th century. Measures: Height 6.50 in (16.5 cm) Width 4.50 in (11.5 cm) Depth 4.50...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Crystal

American Victorian Style Brass Jewelry Box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American Victorian style brass jewelry box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.   
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Mid-20th Century English Victorian Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

Two Matching Victorian Celluloid Boxes 'Jewelry Box & Glove Box', circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
From the same estate come two American, late 19th century matching Victorian celluloid boxes; typical of that era, they are highly decorated. The top of the jewelry box shows a pretty young lady; incorporating a floral motif with pink roses and a wreath like frame around the subject on a black background. Multiple cream colored stars complete the decor. The lady is very elegantly dressed with a powder blue...
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1890s American Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Plastic

Victorian Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Velvet, Glass, Wood

Antique English Brass or Bronze Dog Jewelry Box, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely charming Victorian novelty jewellery box made from very heavy cast brass and I think that the dog himself is Bronze, with traces of the o...
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1880s English Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

Elegant Early Victorian Jewelry Box with Tray
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K080 elegant early Victorian rosewood sewing box or jewelry box with beautiful mother of pearl inlaid front and hinged top enclosing new relined in...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Rosewood

Russian Silver Pavel Ovchinnikov & Ivan Khlednikov Gilt Cloisonné Enamel Casket
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare full sized Imperial Russian 1891 Cloisonné enamel casket box made from solid silver with g...
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Late 19th Century Russian Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Large 19th Century Continental Neoclassical Between Dresser Vanity Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An extensively filled 19th century ormolu-mounted ebonized wood dresser vanity box fitted with silver gold washed lidded glass gars and sewing tools. The ...
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1880s European Empire Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Ormolu

Early 19th Century Gold and Enamel Box, Swiss Work
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular box with three tones of gold and royal blue enamel. The hinged lid is embellished with a multicolored gold medallion in relief featuring a bouquet of roses and tulips, se...
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Early 19th Century Swiss Empire Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Gold

Alfred Beurdeley Tulip & King Wood Bronze Jewelry Casket on Stand Paris France
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919) Paris fully stamped Tulip and Kingwood with bronze mounts jewelry casket on stand This is one of the finest jewelry caskets I have ever seen, the quality is second to none, if you search works by Berurdeley you will see multiple pieces in the hundreds of thousands of pounds, these are some of the best and most collectable original handmade master craftsman pieces ever conceived. A Japanese lacquered cabinet of similar form made by Beurdeley which was larger sold in Sothebys in June last year for 216,125 Euros including fees The cabinet is made with bookmatched Tulip and Kingwood with gilt bronze mounts all-over, the leather top is the original which is nicely aged, there is also a functioning key which is needed to access the drop front Condition wise this piece has been cleaned waxed and polished, I have left the overall finish original however it can be fully restored to include a strip back and French polish should the new owners wish, this restoration would be completed at the new owners expense. On inspection I can see two panels which have timber shrinkage splits, there are some patina marks to the top and general patina marks Dimensions: Height 100.5cm Width 41.5cm Depth 31cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point Alfred Beurdeley, 1847-1919 Nationality: French Date of Birth: 1847 Place of Birth: Paris Place of Death: Paris Identity: Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley was a collector who came from a family of cabinetmakers, antique dealers and collectors. He was the illegitimate son of Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley (1808–82). His grandfather, Jean Beurdeley (1772–1853), who served in Napoleon's army, opened a small antique shop in the Marais district of Paris. In 1830 he bought the Pavillon de Hanovre, 28 Boulevard des Italiens, which became the Beurdeley firm's principal gallery until 1894. L.-A.-A. Beurdeley dealt in antiques and works of art and was also a cabinetmaker specializing in reproductions of seventeenth and eighteenth Century Furniture. His clients included Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie. Life: In 1875 E.-A. Beurdeley took over his family's gallery and workshops and until 1894 concentrated on continuing the line of luxury furniture sold by his father. He was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers, and won a Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878. He was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1893 following the Universal Exhibition in Amsterdam. In 1895 he closed the Pavillon de Hanovre and retired to his hôtel in the Rue de Clichy. The rest of his life was spent acquiring and selling enormous collections of furniture, Chinese porcelain, paintings and drawings, including an extraordinary group of eighteenth century French drawings by François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas Lancret and Antoine Watteau in 1905. He also owned JW's La Dormeuse...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze

Victorian Coromandel Ladies Dressing Table Casket
Located in Montreal, QC
Although unmarked this Coromandel wood box was clearly made for a major retailer in the London luxury goods trade.The top rises to reveal an array...
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Silver

French Antique Glove Box by "A La Marquise De Sevigne Paris"
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique French glove box covered hand stamped leather with floral and geometrical designs with a silk pink striped interior fabric the top and...
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Early 20th Century French Victorian Jewelry Boxes

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Leather

19th Century French Empire Miniature Commode
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century French Empire miniature sample commode with four dovetailed drawers. Made of burl of walnut veneer with oak and pine as secondary woods. Working locks with ...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Jewelry Boxes

Victorian Necessaire De Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A wonderful English coromandel travel case, or necessaire de voyage, boasts toiletries adorned with Victorian silver, cut crystal, and mother-of-p...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Crystal, Silver

1930s Folk Art Wood-Burned and Hand-Painted Soap Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1933 Victorian style Folk Art soap box / keepsake box composed of an oval wooden lid and box in original green paint. Intricate wood-burning detail present (reminiscent of leather ha...
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1930s American Victorian Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Brown Westhead Moore and Co. Majolica Belted Suitcase Box and Cover
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore Co. Majolica box and cover which features a suitcase (perhaps), with two belt straps either side of a twisted rope handle. Coloration: cobalt blue, brown, ochre,...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Majolica

Magnificent English Papier Mâché Jewellery Cabinet / Box, circa 1860, Dogs
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning and very fine papier mâché jewellery cabinet dating to circa 1860, mid-Victorian in era. The box is inlaid all over with tiny tiles ...
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1860s English Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

French Victorian Metal Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian large faux wood painted metal jewel box with bronze dore trim and center frame.
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Metal, Bronze

Antique, New and Vintage Jewelry Boxes

If you have jewelry, chances are you have an antique, new or vintage jewelry box. This simple item was born from a simple need. It offers jewelry lovers a place to store their most cherished treasures. The idea behind a good jewelry box is that precious items deserve a place of honor.

It’s no surprise, then, that jewelry boxes (also called jewelry caskets or trinket boxes) have existed for as long as we’ve worn jewelry. It’s among the most popular decorative boxes we have in our homes, and we can find early versions that date at least as far back as Ancient Egypt. All Egyptians adorned themselves with necklaces, rings, earrings and other accessories, and the era’s jewelry boxes resembled small treasure chests. Later, fine jewelry became cost prohibitive and the only people with jewelry boxes were those who could afford jewelry.

Following the Industrial Revolution, jewelry was no longer made by hand. Mass production and the demand of the growing middle class rendered jewelry more accessible. Jewelry of the Romantic period, which refers to early Victorian jewelry, is reflective of these economic shifts. Jewelry from this time tends to be feminine and ornate, and embellished with seed pearls, coral and turquoise. Naturally, it was stored in elaborate, decorative Victorian-era jewelry boxes that were sometimes crafted from hand-painted porcelain or sterling silver.

Nowadays, jewelry boxes do more than keep jewelry safe and organized. They’re popular collector’s items that have become as treasured as the contents themselves. An eye-catching vintage jewelry box, which is at least 20 but less than 100 years old, is a valuable decorative object, a sign of luxury and elegance that adds character and texture to any bedroom. Some jewelry boxes are even embellished with a few jewels of their own.

If you’re not tucking your jewelry into a drawer or shallow tray atop your vanity, perhaps an Art Deco trinket box with charming brass hardware or a sculptural, hand-carved rosewood mid-century modern jewelry box lined with linen and velvet will do?

Today’s jewelry boxes come in a variety of styles and sizes and are made of metal, wood, plastic and other materials. Give your cherished jewelry the good home it deserves — find an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage jewelry boxes today on 1stDibs.

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