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Material: Silver
Silver, Gold Enamel and Pearl Double Singing Bird Clock
Located in London, GB
This wonderful modern masterpiece has been created using original antique and vintage elements. The beautiful silver and guilloche enamel case da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Silver Plate French Box with Wood Interior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely silver plate textured box from Paris. A wonderful decorative piece with a wooden interior.
The box is a compliment to any cocktail table, desk ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Silver Plate and Macassar Wood Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a stunning Art Deco silver plate and wood-lidded box hand-crafted in France in the 1930s. The rectangular shape boasts a refined composition, featuring a Macassar wood body, ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Art Deco Dunhill Eggshell and Enamel Cigarette Case
By Dunhill
Located in Red Lion, PA
Rare Art Deco Dunhill Silver-Plated & Lacquered Cigarette Case with Coquille d’Œuf Inlay – Circa 1930
This stunning Art Deco Dunhill cigarette case is a masterpiece of elegant desig...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Arts & Crafts-Style Sterling Silver Table Box with Hinged Lid by Adie Bros
Located in New York, NY
Arts & Crafts-style, George VI period, sterling silver table box with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1949, Adie Bros. - makers. Lovely Celtic design on border o...
Category
1940s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Godinger Silver Plate Scalloped Lidded Trinket Box
By Godinger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely etched and scalloped silver plate trinket box - with a removable lid and lined in red velvet. The lid has an acorn finial.
A compli...
Category
20th Century British Colonial Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Rectangular table cigarette case two-tone fire-enamelled stripes Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded upper long sides, in 925/100 sterling silver and two-tone fire-enamelled stripes in a modern contemp...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Silver George V Queen Mary Coronation Pill Box, 1910
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A silver pill box, made to commemorate the coronation of George V, by James Fenton, Birmingham, England, date marked, 1910.
The round lidded box shows the heads of King George the F...
Category
Early 20th Century English Georgian Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
Debladis Paris Modernist Silver Plate and Lucite Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite decorative box, designed by French silversmith Debladis Paris, exudes sophistication and elegance. The piece was expertly crafted in France circa 1960. Its sleek, roun...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Pretty Antique European Classical Silver Keepsake Box
Located in New York, NY
Pretty European Classical 800 silver keepsake box, ca 1940. Rectangular. Cover flat and hinged with tapering tab. Sides fluted and engraved with fl...
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Anglo-Indian Silver Box with Hand Chased and Repousse Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This silver trinket or jewelry box dates to the late 19th century and is presumed have been made in India. The silver tests to between .850 and 900 and as such, is slightly below .92...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
Austrian Art Deco Glass Box with Silver Plated Mounts and Starburst Design
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Austrian Art Deco Glass Box with Silver Plated Mounts and Starburst Design. The rectangular box with a starburst etched design on the underside of the box and it is marked on the "Au...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
AUSTRIAN 1915 Art Deco Enameled Guilloche Vinaigrette Box In .935 Sterling Silve
Located in Miami, FL
A Viennese Austrian art deco enameled Vinaigrette box.
This is a beautiful box created in Vienna Austria during the early art deco period, back the 1915 and 1918. This Viennese box ...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver
$1,748 Sale Price
30% Off
Cohen & Solomon English Sterling Silver 1918 Cigar Box/ Humidor Art Deco Style
Located in New York, NY
Albert Cohen & Charles Solomon sterling silver and wood cigar box or humidor, made in Birmingham, England in 1918, and in Art Deco style, with an elegant, geometric design and finely...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver and Black Onyx Hinged Snuff or Pill Box With Silver Braid Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sterling silver Snuff or Pill Box with a hinged lid. The top has a quilted style top centered with a braid of silver and a Black Onyx Bead.
A compliment to any desk, or discreetl...
Category
20th Century Silver Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
Charming Scent Box in silver with gilded crown. Louis XVI from late 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful and charming Scent Box in silver in the shape of a heart with a gilded crown in Louis XVI from the late 18th Century. Probably made in Denmark. Inside in gilded silver. Own...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco "Risque" Cigarette Case of British Origin. Circa 1925
Located in Incline Village, NV
Art Deco "naughty" sterling silver novelty item; a cigarette case depicting a reclining nude woman on a bed in suggestive pose; hand painted enamel on oval raised plaque; with bright...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg style Faberge Blue Sapphire Enamel Medium Size Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs late 1800s, early 1900s. Measurem...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Italian Rectangular Silver Plate Cigar Box, circa 1960s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Classic Italian Cigar Box in Thick Silver Plate With Striking Striped Decor on the Top and Fitted with the Original Cedar Wood Lining. Great additio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Three Finger Cigar Case - Birmingham 1919
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome English solid sterling silver cigar case, beautifully engraved with a vacant shield-shaped cartouche to the front.
The hinge and clasp to the front are in perfect working...
Category
1910s British Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique George III Sterling Silver Locking Tea Caddy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver tea caddy has an oval form.
The surface of the tea caddy is plain and unembellished, with an applied reed decorated border to the upper and lower rims.
This antique silver tea caddy retains the original hallmarked domed flush hinged cover; the flush hinge indicates the fine quality of this piece.
The cover is surmounted with the original and exceptional silver topped oval button style finial.
This antique Georgian tea caddy...
Category
1790s British George III Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Egg style Faberge Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large egg on smooth tripod with 8-day mechanical skeletal Swiss movement with alarm, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and hand-paint...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Victorian Period Sterling Silver Heart-Form Trinkets Box Having a Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver, heart-form trinkets box having a hinged lid and gilded interior, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1895, James Aitchison - maker (by Appoint...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist lucite and silver-plate set of boxes, Mellerio Paris, France 1970s
By Mellerio
Located in Firenze, IT
Modernist lucite and silver-plate set of boxes
Mellerio Paris, France 1970s
silver-plated metal, lucite
Marked underside: "Mellerio - A. Paris"
H 19.5 cm - 15.5 cm diam
H 10 cm ...
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
English Blue Opaline and Silver Jewelry Vanity Pill Box, Hand Painted
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
English blue opaline jewelry or vanity box, hand painted with delicate gold decoration. This late 19th Century English box is small yet heavy in weight for its size. The jewelry box ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
CARL HIESS - Silver & Gold Snuff Box with Sapphire Thumbpiece - Austria - C.1880
Located in Chatham, ON
CARL HEISS - Antique - finest quality - silver and rose gold hinged snuff box with delicate diamond tooled surface - reverse painted French Bulldog on Rock Crystal Intaglio...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Sterling Silver
$4,900 Sale Price
30% Off
Portuguese Silver Filigree and Enamel Box with Gold Wash
Located in Stamford, CT
A silver trinket box with exquisite filigree work throughout, including the bottom and the feet. With white and red enamel decoration on the top and deep blue on the side. The delica...
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Art Nouveau Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
Fine Hawkes Cut Crystal & Sterling Silver Ornithological Motif Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
T.G. Hawkes & Co. was founded in 1880 by Thomas Gibbons Hawkes in Tiffin Ohio.
This exquisite cut crystal and sterling silver box by Hawkes features a beautifully detailed ornithol...
Category
20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Silver Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$784 Sale Price
20% Off
Stunning French Silver & Guilloche Enamel Pill Box
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning enamel box, French in origin with the boars head mark for solid silver (minimum 800/1000). The goldsmith's makers mark is also present, I think GB but a little...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Moroccan Silver Plated Tea Caddy Footed Candy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1920s Antique Moroccan Silver Plated Footed Tea Caddy with hinged lid.
This authentic Moroccan brass silver plated box has a beautiful etched geometri...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Vintage Gucci, Italy - Solid Sterling 800 Silver Box c.1968
By Gucci
Located in Bath, GB
A truly striking and very rare box by the iconic designer, Gucci, Italy. What makes this one so very special is that is made from solid 800/100 silver rather than the usual silver p...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
Georgian Sterling Silver Combination Snuff and Pill Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver combination snuff and pill box; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection.
This exceptional an...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s Spanish Silver Fish Sugar Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large vintage Spanish silver sugar box realistically modelled in the form of a fish; an addition to our animal related silverware collection
This magnificent and large vintage Spanish silver box has been realistically modelled in the form of a fish.
This impressive fish shaped box has an articulated body, allowing the fish's position to be customised.
The body of this vintage sugar box is embellished with separate dorsal and pectoral fins, in addition to rows of chased scales and anatomical features.
This vintage silver fish box retains the original hinged cover/head, featuring the original large bead eyes.
Such large examples are rare to the market and becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
Condition
This silver fish shaped box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
The Spanish hallmarks...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Mexican Box with Stone Mosaic Copper Silver & Brass Details Taxco
By Taxco, Los Castillos
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite vintage box from Mexico features a richly textured stone mosaic design on its surface, combining deep shades of blue and green. The geometric ornamentation is crafted ...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone, Metal, Brass, Silver, Copper
LEVI & SALAMAN 1902 Birmingham Desk Chest With Mirror In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Decorative chest with mirror designed by Levi & Salaman.
This is a beautiful and very decorative miniature chest created in Birmingham England by the silversmiths of Lévi & Salaman,...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$434 Sale Price
30% Off
20th century sterling silver handbag-shaped box
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
20th century sterling silver handbag-shaped box
Beautiful decorative silver box, with a central design of a rose and a frame of bows on both sides. Sealed
Measures:
Height: 7.5 centi...
Category
20th Century English Art Nouveau Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Pill Box with Floral Miniature, Viennese Art Nouveau
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, and hand-painted floral miniature. With raised beaded decoration. Viennese Art Nou...
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Pill Box with Sailboat, Art Nouveau, 1900s
Located in Firenze, FI
Square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature depicting a sailboat. English Art Nouveau style, early 1900s. Dimensions: 3 x 3 x 1.2 cm. Weight:...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 13.4 x 3.2. Weight gr. 530. Designed by Giorgio Sali...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Loring Andrews Repoussé Sterling Silver Castle Pattern Table Box
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This antique Castle pattern sterling silver table box was made by The Loring Andrews Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The hinged box is quite ornate and bears highly detailed all-over r...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rococo Revival Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box Venetian landscape miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box Venetian landscape is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats..
Snuff Box Snuff Box Venetian landscape has translucent fired enamel on guilloche and min...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg on Tripod Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs ...
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19C Anglo Indian Carved Teak Wood and Sadeli Mosaic Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A LOVELY 19th century Anglo-Indian Carved Teak Wood and Sadeli Mosaic Box, featuring a carving of a Hunt Scene.
Made circa 1870 in Bombay, India during the Rule of the Br...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Pewter
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver and Ruby Humidor Box Made for Saudi Arabia
Located in Queens, NY
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver and Ruby Humidor Box Made for Saudi Arabia
Made by Peter Nicholas & Co Ltd in London in 1989. Rectangular box with corner bracket supports and hinged ...
Category
20th Century British Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Regency Brass Bound Rosewood Fitted Traveling Dressing Box
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency Brass Bound Rosewood Fitted traveling , dressing box
With fitted interior, containing 2 fragrance bottles. Silver lidded makeup
Jars, a mir...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Georgian Hexagonal Satinwood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Kingwood Inlay
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Elongated Hexagonal Satinwood Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of stretched hexagonal shape with six matching pa...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver & Mosaic Enameled Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Art Deco period silver & enamel covered box.
In sterling silver.
By Tiffany & Co.
Decorated throughout with enameled vines, flowers, and garlands in green, blue, and yellow...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Viennese Rock Crystal and Enamelled Silver Toilet Set in Wooden Case
Located in London, GB
In the past, this type of large toilet service would have been an essential luxury for an elite woman. They were used to store makeup, perfume, pins, ribbons and anything else a lady needed to dress for High Society. Placed in a prominent position in a lady’s bedroom, the service would have signified its owner’s wealth and high status.
This nine-piece service is of Austro-Hungarian origin, being created in Vienna in the late 19th century. The service includes a double sided table mirror...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver
$165,521 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique English Hand-Carved Oak and Silver Plate Biscuit Box / Barrel
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome and very unusual late Victorian / early Edwardian biscuit box made from solid English Oak, beautifully carved with a bark design.
The fit...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Silver Box by Simon Rosenau with a Scene of 5 Men Drinking in the 17th Century
By Simon Rosenau
Located in Delft, NL
Silver Box by Simon Rosenau with a scene of 5 men drinking in the 17th Century
Richly decorated silver box, interior covered with a yellow fabric, raised...
Category
19th Century German Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Greek Civil War Pure Silver Cloisonne Case Engraved Athens Army Day 1946
Located in Portland, OR
An antique Greek pure silver & cloisonne case, circa 1910.
Despite this case dating circa 1910 it has a later engraved legend to the base "Greek Army Day Athens, 15th May 1946", from...
Category
1910s Greek Edwardian Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
20th Century Art Deco Solid Silver & Guilloche Enamel Ashtrays, C.1929
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th century Art Deco pair of solid silver ash trays, applied with a beautiful blue enamelled borders, Hallmarked English Silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1929 (E), Ma...
Category
20th Century British Art Deco Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Desk Tidy, English, Oak, Silver Plate, Decorative Box, Edwardian, C.1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique desk tidy. An English, oak and silver plate decorative box, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Delightful contrast b...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
CARTIER London 1935 Art Deco Box In Sterling 18Kt Gold And Rubies
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Compact case box designed by Cartier.
Beautiful and rare compact box, created in Paris France by the jewelry house of Cartier, back in the 1935. The squared box has been crafted wit...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
WMF Ikora Art Deco Silver Plate and Black Enamel Cigarettes Box with Lid
By WMF Ikora
Located in Bochum, NRW
Sophisticated square box with hinged lid by WMF for Ikora Collection. Silver-plated Art Deco geometric shape, its interior is lined with cedar planks. A lovely black enamel banded mo...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case by Robert Chandler
Located in Newark, England
Sterling Silver Birmingham Hallmarks
From our Silver collection, we are delighted to introduce this Art Nouveau Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case by Robert Chandler. The Silver and ...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fine Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Francis Clarke Birmingham 1841
Located in Portland, OR
A very early Victorian sterling silver gilt viniagrette by Francis Clarke, Birmingham, 1841.
This very nice vinaigrette is in fine condition with an engine turned top, engraved with ...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Southeast Asian Filipino Maranao Silver Inlaid Brass Betel Nut Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality antique silver-inlaid solid brass betel nut box (Lutuan), dating to the second half of the 19th / early 20th century, hand-crafted in Mindanao, Philippines.
Boxes such as this were used to store the areca nut (also known as the betel nut) which would be wrapped in a betel leaf with lime paste and other ingredients, often tobacco, for chewing. Similar to the European tea caddy, these boxes often served as a way to impress while showing off ones wealth.
Betel chewing was prevalent in the southern Philippines as in much of the rest of Southeast Asia. Wealthier Maranao families on Mindanao were able to afford elaborate silver-inlaid brass betel boxes such as this example. Such boxes were used to show off to guests and from which they were offered betel and the other component such as leaves and lime to make up the betel quid.
Rare large size, most extant examples of such boxes tend to measure around 5 inches in length. At slightly more than 7.75 inches the example here is larger than most.
The distinctive decorative box features a very heavy strong-box like rectangular shaped chest form with canted corners, copper handles, and a conforming hinged lid, lifting open to reveal an interior divided into three compartments covered by four hinged lids. Each of these doors is inlaid with silver in stylized orchid flower patterns.
Exceptionally executed throughout, the arabesque silver inlaid exterior is decorated to the top with a large orchid motif within scrolling obid-obid (stylized rope) borders. The front, back and sides are inlaid with sets of stylized tail feathers of the sari-manok bird beneath which are unusual, highly stylized whimsical zoomorphic faces that appear like cat or tiger faces. (Such stylisation is accounted for by Southeast Asian Islamic preferences to avoid the overt and this potentially idolatrous representation of animal and human forms. Designs such as these are drawn from a local design repertoire that has its origins in wood carving.
Although the spread of Islam in the Philippines began in the 14th century, mostly through the influence of Muslim merchants from the western Malay Archipelago, decorative arts in this design remain exceptionally rare. This lutuan represents a fine example of Islamic metalwork from the most eastern outreach of Islamic art and civilisation: Mindanao island being significantly further east than even China – artwork from Islamic Southeast Asia remains chronically under-represented in the world’s major collections of Islamic art.
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, established 1983, Austin, Texas.
References
Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters...
Category
19th Century Philippine Islamic Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Victorian Silvered Trinket Box with Engraved Designs and Onyx Stone
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Antique silver plated footed jewelry box, features cast and engraved motifs reminiscent of the Rococo Era. The hinged and scalloped lid opens to reveal a black velvet felt interior....
Category
1920s Italian Rococo Revival Vintage Silver Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Silver Plate
Antique 19th Century Victorian Silver Mounted Ram’s Head Snuff Mull c.1874
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian silver mounted ram’s head snuff mull, the head is fitted with a silver compartment for snuff, chased with thistles and centred by a facetted oval cryst...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver
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