British Boxes

Lovely walnut box Wonderful figure in the wood particularly on the front Marbleized paper interior I particularly like the use brass screws for decoration on the top Free UK ship...

This is an antique butler's work box. An English, mahogany and fruitwood country house carry, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1790. Delightful work box with a charming, estate-...

Fine Art Deco Amboyna Burr Table Cabinet. Circa 1930s. Of exceptional quality and notably rare, the cabinet has shaped front doors, each set with a full length column with diagonall...

Antique Silver Plated Butter Dish with Domed Lid Vintage English Covered Butter Server Elegant Tableware & Collectible Dining Décor Introduce timeless sophistication to your dining table with this elegant antique silver-plated butter dish, beautifully crafted with a fitted domed lid and an ornate scroll finial handle. Featuring a refined oval silhouette and an intricately decorated floral border, this charming vintage piece embodies the elegance of traditional English silverware while remaining both practical and decorative. Designed to serve butter, soft cheeses, pâté, preserves, or gourmet accompaniments, this covered butter server makes a striking centrepiece for breakfast tables, afternoon tea, formal dining, or country house interiors. Its softly aged silver-plated finish has developed a beautiful character over time, enhancing its authentic antique appeal. Whether displayed in a classic farmhouse kitchen, a Victorian or Edwardian dining room, or incorporated into a contemporary luxury interior, this exceptional piece effortlessly combines history, craftsmanship, and everyday functionality. Perfect for collectors of antique silver, interior designers, and anyone seeking unique vintage tableware, this butter dish also makes a thoughtful wedding, anniversary, or house-warming gift. Features Authentic antique silver-plated butter dish with matching domed lid Elegant oval design with decorative floral border Beautiful ornate scroll finial handle Ideal for serving butter, cheese, pâté, preserves, or hors d'oeuvres Classic English tableware with timeless appeal Lovely vintage condition with a naturally aged patina consistent with age and careful use Suitable for Victorian, Edwardian, French Country, Traditional, Farmhouse, and Modern Classic interiors This beautifully preserved antique butter dish is more than a serving piece—it's a statement of refined taste, adding elegance and heritage to every table setting. Keywords: Antique Silver Butter Dish...

Wonderful burr walnut writing box or slope Fabulous colour and figure in the wood Fine brass hardware Expertly restored Original brass topped inkwells Working secret drawers* R...

Wonderful solid tropical hardwood writing box or slope Fabulous colour and figure in the wood Fine brass hardware 3 secret drawers shown in the last image* Replaced leather The ...

A luxurious English writing box of circa 1879, in the manner of Tunbridge Ware using burled walnut that has been inlaid with mother-of-pearl and geometric marquetry. The top of the l...

A wonderful and most unusual Pot Pourri box made from solid English sterling silver fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1911 together with the makers mark for the top notch silversmith, W...

1920 Huntley & Palmers Chinoiserie Jar on Stand Biscuit Tin Box. Faux craquelure glazed "jar" decorated with phoenix birds, rising sun, & flowering bamboo. Great handles & borders. B...

Circa 1800-1820 copper & brass jewelry casket box, English. Raised on ball feet. Once fabric lined. 4.5" w., 3.5" d., 2.5" h. We are a family business that has been a major source f...

This is a fine antique personal diary repository, originating from Scotland during the Victorian period, circa 1870. This striking book form keepsake case showcases the craftsmanship...

A superb small vaniy jar or pill box made from glass and topped with an English sterling silver collar and hinged lid which is decorated with a white guilloche enamel top surrounding...

Chinese export chinoiserie travelling box with 2 brass handles. the top opens with 2 sides which different compartments lacquered in black, while the inner sides are lacquered with b...

ANTIQUE FOLK ART WOODEN BOX A wonderful example with typically notch carved exterior and bulbous geometric forms. Incorporating green velvet panels on each side as well as a stuffe...

Superb example of an English Regency Rosewood Double Tea Caddy of traditional sarcophagus outline and unusually large size, with lavish geometric brass inlay decoration. The dome sha...

Circa 1835 English coromandel jewelry box. "Secret" release tray in base. Bramah type lock. Brass engraving shield, no monogram. Fine quality interior brass engraved mounts and hardw...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Victorian coromandel vanity box from the Glyn Cywarch Estate dating to 1857, veneered throughout in richly figured coromandel and bound in brass with matchi...

A handsome 19th century English tortoiseshell tea caddy, beautifully crafted with sterling silver trim and a matching sterling silver escutcheon. The lid is centered with an elegant ...

A beautiful and rare early to mid-20th century matte white and light periwinkle blue round metal box in the Neoclassical style. The Neoclassical raised relief design around box's ext...

On offer here is an elegant English mahogany writing box dating back to the late 19th century, around 1880. The box, with gently rounded upper corners, was crafted from solid pine wood and then veneered with rich mahogany. At the center of the lid, there is an inlaid oval piece of mother-of-pearl, complemented by a matching mother-of-pearl escutcheon surrounding the keyhole. The box retains its original hinges, locks, and key, all in excellent working condition. When opened, this sophisticated writing box reveals a sloped leather writing surface, crafted from green-dyed sheepskin leather and adorned with a decorative gold-leaf border. The writing surface folds open on both sides, offering hidden storage space beneath for letters and documents. This writing box has been gently cleaned in our workshop, ensuring it is pristine, complete, and fully functional—a timeless piece of craftsmanship ready to be admired and used. An English mahogany writing box, also known as a writing slope or lap desk, has a rich history dating back to the 18th century. These portable writing desks were essential for both personal and professional use, especially during a time when travel and correspondence were becoming increasingly important. Initially, writing boxes were made from oak and often featured intricate carvings. However, by the late 18th century, mahogany became the preferred material due to its durability and attractive appearance[1]. These boxes were designed to be both functional and stylish, often featuring brass fittings, secret...

The set of Wedgwood consists of three lidded boxes in different shape and design and two small serving bowls of which one can be used as an ashtray. All is made of the famous but r...

This is an antique pokerwork stationery box. An English, beech and tulipwood desktop tidy in Arts & Crafts taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Charmingly hand f...

Charming trinket, pill or small jewelry box in the shape of a heart. Text reads I Love You, surrounded by flowers. This piece would certainly be a fantastic addition to an existing c...

Luxurious Art Deco-Inspired R & Y Augousti Teal Shagreen Long Desk Box This exquisite R & Y Augousti long desk box is a testament to the brand’s commitment to luxury, craftsmanship,...

This is a stylish antique Victorian oak brass and cedar lined tabletop cigar humidor circa 1860 in date. The rectangular box features a lift out tray and adjustable divisions with sunken handles to the sides and a hinged lid with a central brass shield. Complete with the original Bramah lock and key. It would make a beautiful gift to any connoisseur of fine cigars. Condition: In excellent condition. As an antique items, the humidor shows signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, it displays beautifully. Dimensions in cm: Height 19.5 x Width 44 x Depth 29 Dimensions in inches: Height 8 inches x Width 1 foot, 5 inches x Depth 11 inches Humidor is any kind of box or room with constant humidity that is used to store cigars, cigarettes, orpipe tobacco. For private use, small wooden or acrylic glass humidor boxes for a few dozen cigars are used, while cigar shops may have walk-in humidors. Humidors can be used to store other goods for which a certain level of humidity is desirable; the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team stores game balls in a large humidor at their home stadium, Coors Field, to counteract the effects of Denver's high altitude and generally low humidity. Humidors of all sizes use hygrometers to keep track of the humidity levels. Classification of humidors Walk-in humidor - most common in cigar bars or stores. One room is built as or converted to a humidor where all the cigars are stored. Cabinet humidor - usually placed on the floor as a piece of furniture. Typically holds 1000-5000 cigars. Table humidor - often quite heavy, though portable in theory, it's usually kept in one location. Capacity ranges from three hundred to a few thousand cigars. It usually comes with a polished wood exterior, marble, leather or combination of exotic elements, and glass top. Personal humidor - semi-regular cigar smokers will sometimes keep a small humidor in their homes for personal storage, special events, or aesthetic characteristics of the humidor itself . Usually contains 20-75 cigars. This may also be known as a "Desktop Humidor". Travel humidor - portable and made for carrying cigars enough for the outing or event, usually 2 to 10 cigars. Oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus - Latin "oak tree" having approximately 600 extant species. Oak wood has a density of about 0.75 g/cm3, great strength and hardness, and is very resistant to insect and fungal attack because of its high tannin content. It also has very appealing grain markings, particularly when quartersawn. Oak wood is very durable, easy to maintain and resistant to wear and tear which is why it can be easily handed to the next generations if taken well care of. Oak wood virtually lasts forever and you can still admire oak furniture in museums and palaces even if it was made many centuries ago. Oak has been prized since the Middle Ages for use in interior panelling of prestigious buildings such as the debating chamber of the House of Commons in London and in the construction of fine furniture. Bramah is London's oldest security company. Established at 124 Piccadilly, London in 1784, and today based in Marylebone, London and Romford, Essex. Bramah made their first lock in 1784 and the patent was awarded in 1787. The designer was Joseph Bramah. Joseph Bramah was a leading inventor of the industrial revolution, patenting over 18 new ideas, including a new valve for the water closet (toilet), the hydraulic pump, a fountain pen, and a fire engine. Bramah also introduced a beer hand pump for use at the bar, to prevent fluid loss when barmen went downstairs to pour a new jug! Due to the quality of his manufacturing, his name became a by-word amongst British Engineers for engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science Museum in London. You can find one of his original toilets still working in Osborne House, Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight. The Bramah lock was unique and advanced property and valuables protection enormously. Indeed it was 50 years ahead of any Chubb lock...

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...

A handsome mid-Victorian mahogany travelling dressing case or medicine chest by Thomson, London, dating from the mid-19th century. Of compact rectangular form, the case is fitted wi...

A fine Georgian tea caddy. Two compartments internally with original lids Tropical hardwood with cross banding to the top Fabulous grain particularly on the top Free UK shipping

Edwardian sterling silver ring box. Made by Henry Matthews in Birmingham in 1905. Square with hinged cover and open bottom. Curved corners with leaf-mounted hoof supports. On cover t...

Wonderful solid tropical hardwood writing box or slope Fabulous colour and figure in the wood Fine brass hardware With secret drawers* Pair of original brass topped inkwells Rep...

A wonderful example of an English coffre fort or strong box in oyster kingwood veneer, with brass hinges and straps, with the front opening to three hidden fitted drawers. Dates to t...

Fine 19thC Rosewood and Mother of Pearl Jewellery Cabinet, the table top work casket with hinged top enclosing a compartmented interior above a pair of doors enclosing three graduate...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Georgian tea caddy with tea plant inlay dating to circa 1790, of octagonal form veneered in harewood and decorated with finely executed marquetry throughout...

Free Worldwide Shipping Simulated Brown Crocodile Leather From our Jewellery Box collection, we are pleased to offer this large scale extensive simulated leather Jewellery Vanity...

Charming folk art 19th-century country English pine blanket chest or box featuring a Georgian manor house facade on the outside. The storage box has a hinged top and handles on each ...

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...

An elegant antique silver-plated covered serving dish, designed with a revolving dome lid and raised on an ornate stand with finely detailed floral and scrollwork decoration. The pie...

Timeless and iconic, Wedgwood’s Jasperware trinket boxes are miniature works of art that blend classical beauty with everyday function. First developed in the 18th century by Josiah ...

This is a very good quality and complete English handmade hardwood "Weighted" Club Chess Set game of 32 pieces, in the Staunton Fierce Knight pattern, all within a jointed wood box ...

An antique English sterling silver and cut-glass vanity, dresser, or bath/powder room jar box, Victorian period, circa late-19th century, England. The sterling silver top/lid has a r...

A fine antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box. A very rare round form! With a pink ground, floral spray decoration, and gilt bronze mou...

This refined cigar case is executed in richly figured tortoiseshell, shaped in a gently contoured rectangular form with softly rounded ends, the exterior polished to a deep transluce...

A charming cylindrical box with a domed lid made of black lacquered papier-mâché, known as japanning, is decorated throughout with chinoiserie scenes featuring small figures in a gar...

From Halcyon Days, a Bilston enamel trinket box shaped as an egg, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1970-1980s. Established in the 1950s, Halcyon Days Ltd ...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Vanity Box by Mappin & Webb in Coromandel with Sterling Silver dated 1854. The vanity box is of rectangular form extensively veneered in exotic coromandel and edged throughout with brass, incorporating double brass stringing to both the lid and front with a raised escutcheon to the centre. Opening the vanity box reveals a complete fitted interior comprising seventeen glass bottles topped with engraved sterling silver lids hallmarked for James Vickery, London, 1854. The quality of silver mounted fittings reflects the mid nineteenth century standard expected from a luxury retailer such as Mappin & Webb. The front panel folds down to reveal wing compartments which pivot outward through 180 degrees. Within sits a comprehensive mother of pearl handled tool pad incorporating a shoehorn, penknife, thread hook, multiple pairs of scissors, tweezers, file, needle and pricker. Beneath the tool pad is a concealed compartment accessed by depressing the retailer’s plaque positioned along the rear edge of the case. The retailer’s plaque reads: Mappin & Webb, Sheffield 158 to 162 Oxford Street & Mansion House Buildings London. With the wings extended, additional concealed drawers can be accessed by removing the rectangular jars positioned to the rear and depressing the back edge of each compartment base, activating a spring loaded latch mechanism. The underside of the lid houses a removable mirror bordered with gold tooling, designed to stand independently on its bracket. Behind the mirror is a further concealed compartment suitable for storing correspondence or documents. A fully fitted mid nineteenth century coromandel vanity box...

A refined mid-19th century personal writing accessory, the rectangular case sheathed in richly mottled tortoiseshell veneer, its surface presenting a deep marbled pattern of honey an...

A beautiful English blue and white Jasperware box, in the Neoclassical Style, by Wedgwood, England, 1968. Box is blue and white stoneware with a 'rotunda' style dome lid decorated wi...

This is a small antique tobacco tin. An English, copper and silver plate lidded box, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Pleasingly time ...

Antique Silver Butter Dish with Glass Insert (15 cm), Luxury Tableware Set Caviar Dish A refined antique silver butter dish with lid, beauti...

An English Silver Plated Casket, Early 20th Century Description: The oval shaped repousse moulded casket with stepped lid, over body with central reeded oval and swags of fruit and ...

For your consideration is this superbly iconic Art Deco walnut box with an iconic round shoulder edges and bakelite handle. This box is a great size, larger than normal, making it a ...

Art Deco Sterling Silver Chain Mesh Evening Bag, London 1924, A.M. & M. Ltd. An exceptional and highly collectible Art Deco sterling silver chain mesh evening bag, hallmarked Lo...

An attractive and well figured, late 18th century Square rosewood tea caddy having boxwood Stringing and key escutcheon with original brass Hinges to...

An Exquisite Example of an Early Rosewood Travelling Writing Slope of fairly large proportions of Continental origin, possibly French. Circa first half of the Nineteenth Century prob...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING This Antique Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy dates to the Georgian period during the reign of George III, circa 1800. The tea caddy is formed in an elegant octagona...

Brass bound Regency period rosewood document box by Wells & Lambe with brass edges, geometric line inlay and flush mounted skeletal lift handles. The top with a monogramed rectangula...

19th Century English Serpentine Front Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut Writing Slope With A Tooled Black Leather Skiver Slope will include A Single Glass Antique Inkwell A modern notepad A key with gold silk s...

This is an antique travelling vanity case. An English, coromandel jewellery box, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Striking...

Art Deco Sycamore and Burr Walnut Veneer Inlay Cigar Exchange Box With Felt Base From The Connaught Hotel London Supplied With A Humidity Thermometer, Velvet Pouch, Cigar Cutter Wit...