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Place of Origin: British
Victorian Hungarian Ash Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming Mid-19th Century hungarian ash tea caddy of unusual design, having applied tablet & chequered strung decoration to well figured exterior, with slightly domed hinged top en...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Ash
Antique Hotel Key Box, Scottish, Oak, Counter Letterbox, Gothic Taste, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hotel key box. A Scottish, oak countertop letterbox with Gothic revival taste, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.
Perfect for a country house hotel, with...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Oak
19th Century European Black Lacquered Chinoserie Painted Tea/Tobacco Caddy Jar
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A large English lacquered papier-mâché container from the Aesthetic Movement period, featuring a decorative chinoserie painting of stylized Asian figures, pagodas, and a garden bridg...
Category
19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique British Boxes
Materials
Papercord
Antique Walnut Box with Brass Accents
Located in Port Chester, NY
A charming walnut box with good color and patina. The brass accents are eyecatching and in good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique English Three Finger Cigar Case - Birmingham 1919
By Smith & Bartlam
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 Vintage British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Oak Campaign Chest with Brass Accents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-crafted chest is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1785 and done in the period Georgian style. The chest is composed ...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Sheffield Silver Plate / Oak Tea Caddy
By Sheffield
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Indulge in the timeless elegance of this 19th Century English Sheffield Silver Plate Tea Caddy, expertly framed with rich oak. This tea caddy represents a harmonious fusion of functi...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Fine Antique English Gilded Bronze Mounted Coromandel Lap Desk
Located in Bath, GB
A superb quality Victorian writing box / slope in exotic and dramatic Coromandel wood mounted with the most exquisite gilded bronze mounts, all intricately engraved with top-notch sc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Leather Pitcher with Silver Rim
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sophisticated pitcher made of a continuous piece of patinated leather hide (with a stitched bottom piece) fastened with a thick stitched leather handle and bearing in this piece a substantial hallmarked silver rim...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Boxes
Materials
Leather
Rare English George III pewter canister with domed lid, 1780-1810
Located in Kenilworth, IL
A rare George III pewter tea/tobacco canister. The beaded lip is repeated in ring moldings on the domed lid which terminates in an acorn finial. The canted base of the canister repea...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Pewter
A Pair of Yew Wood Stands
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of 19th century English polished yew wood and mahogany turned stands for hats, the slightly dished mahogany top over balustrade turned yew shafts and standing on ring turne...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Yew
19th century carved mahogany teapoy stamped Gillows
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality Gillows regency mahogany teapoy circa 1820.
The main body being of sarcophagus form, which opens to 4 mahogany slides on each corner, 1 large tole compartment flanked...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Quality Pair of Antique Hand Painted Masons Ironstone Trinket Boxes
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality pair of antique hand painted Masons Ironstone trinket boxes with fantastic quality hand painted decoration in red, pink, yellow, blue, green and gold colours
A beautifully...
Category
Early 20th Century British Boxes
Materials
Ironstone
Antique Snuff Tin, English Gilt Metal, Lidded Box, Relief Decor, Victorian, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique snuff tin. An English, gilt metal lidded box with relief decor, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
Fascinating decorati...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique miniature pill box in silver, gilded inside. Birmingham 1817-1818.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique miniature pill box in silver, gilded inside.
Decorated with a rose on the lid.
Birmingham 1817-1818.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Dimen...
Category
1810s Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver
English Silverplated Cigarette or Vanity Box
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Finely crafted vanity box or cigarette box with fine engine-turned designs, raised on four feet with original wooden-lined interior.
Category
Late 19th Century Edwardian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Highly Decorative Walnut Trunbridge Parquetry Box from England
Located in North Salem, NY
Highly Decorative Rectangular 19th Century Walnut Trunbridge Parquetry Box with Handle and Bun Feet From England. 9"H ith the Handle Up.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Walnut
English Pewter Decorative Foliage and Figural Gadrooned Tobacco Jar, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Pewter decorative foliage and figural tobacco jar with a molded edge lid and gadrooning rope borders, Late 18th Century.
Category
1780s George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Book-Shaped Jewellery Box, England, Mid-19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Decorative, English jewelry box made of lemon wood in the shape of a book with suggested book ribs and thread inlays on the hinged lid.
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Golden Oak Jewelry Box, Arts & Crafts, Card Box, Scotland 1910, H1082
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Oak Card Box, Arts and Crafts Golden Oak Bridge Jewelry Box, Scotland 1910, H1082
+ Scotland 1910
+ Solid oak
+ Original finish
+ Rectangular top with silver plate shap...
Category
1930s Vintage British Boxes
Materials
Wood
George Gibbs silvered steel wick trimmer, after 1808
By George Gibbs
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Rare Birmingham cast steel & silver wick trimmer with the impressed maker’s mark and lion passant (which indicates sterling silver). The trimmer is raised on three short posts, one e...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Steel
Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy Miniature Serpentine Sideboard
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A rare and very good quality English Regency period
mahogany tea caddy in the form of a miniature serpentine
sideboard with lift up hinged lid and carved decoration
(This unusua...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Tea Caddy, English, Satinwood, Box, Mixing Glass, Regency, circa 1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tea caddy. An English, rosewood and satinwood container with glass mixer, dating to the late Regency period, circa 1830.
Delightful R...
Category
Mid-19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
By Steinhart & Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian sterling silver and enamel vesta case; an addition to our enamal and silverware collection
This exceptional and rare antique Edwardian sterling silver vesta case has a plain rectangular rounded form.
The anterior surface is embellished with four desirable and impressive hot enamel panels depicting: a luxurious early-twentieth century car, three playing cards, a champagne bottle and a female portrait.
The posterior surface of this antique vesta case is plain and unembellished.
This unusual silver and enamel vesta case has a hinged hallmarked cover which incorporates a plain thumbpiece to the anterior edge and bears a ring loop attachment to the hinge.
The underside of the case incorporates an integrated serrated panel/match striker.
Condition
This antique silver vesta...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pine Bamboo Style Apprentice Chest / Jewelry Box, Marble Top & 4 Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
This petite chest would work well as a jewelry box or or for cufflinks or other small accessories storage. Featuring pine carved in a bamboo style, b...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Fine Amboyna Burl Humidor by Callow of Mount Street
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 20th century humidor fashioned from solid amboyna burl with bone trim and lacquered brass carrying handles, by Callow of Mount Street, hav...
Category
1920s Vintage British Boxes
Materials
Bone, Amboyna
19th Century English Liquor Bottle Case with Chubb Lock and Handle
By Chubb & Son
Located in Milan, IT
19th century English Oak Liquor Bottle Case with brass Chubb lock and brass handle engraved with Capt. E.J. Ward R. A. relative to Captain Edward John Ward, military of the Royal Aca...
Category
Late 18th Century Early Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Victorian Period Sterling Silver Tea Caddy With Hinged Lid
By Stokes & Ireland Ltd
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver tea caddy with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1891, Stokes and Ireland, Ltd. - makers. Lovely design, having a square pedestal...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
George III Mahogany Decanter Box
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with six compartments and a handle, square legs with corner spandrels, casters.
Category
1790s George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
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.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Victorian Hand Painted Letter Box, Dated 1890
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual 19th century letter box with whimsical ink decoration inside and out, signed and dated 1890. With wonderfully naive ink decoration, inc...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By John Shaw
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver Nelson vinaigrette made by John Shaw; an addition to our silver boxes collection
This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette has a rounded rectangular form.
The surface of the box is plain and unembellished.
The anterior edge of the hinged silver vinaigrette cover incorporates a plain thumbpiece and allows access to the hinged pierced decorated gilt grille.
The pierced decorated hinged grille incorporates a nautical themed design of the ship 'Victory' illustration, in addition to the wording 'Immortal Nelson'*.
The interior of this Georgian silver vinaigrette...
Category
Early 1800s George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Silverplate & Crystal Regency Style Pierced & Engraved Oval Biscuit Box
Located in Charleston, SC
Finest quality antique English silverplate Regency style exceptionally hand pierced and engraved oval biscuit box with original frosted glass liner and carved bone finial. This oval ...
Category
Late 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
18th Century Welsh Strong Box with Carved Detail
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century Welsh strong box with carved detail.
Category
18th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique English Georgian Style Inlaid Mahogany Bombe Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Georgian style mahogany tea caddy.
Of bombé form with fruit wood inlay, gilt brass mounts & handle, and bracket feet.
Simply a wonderful, rare form!
Date:
L...
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Commemorative Tobacco Keeper, English, Lead, Decor, Snuff Box, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique commemorative tobacco keeper. An English, lead decorative snuff box with tamper, dating to the Regency period, circa 1810.
Commemorative keeper crafted at the b...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Lead
An Arts & Crafts Pewter Inkwell with a Green Ruskin Jewel and original ink liner
By Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co in the style of.
An English Arts & Crafts hexagonal pewter Inkwell with a Green Ruskin ceramic jewel to the hinged lid.
Retaining the origi...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts British Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Late 19th Century Small Faux Book Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Small faux book box of well painted tole to look like the leather with the tooling work of a fine book with gilt page edges. English, late 19th century.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Metal
Silver Mustard Pot / Antique Sterling Sliver Seasoning Pot
By Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd.
Located in BILBAO, ES
Silver mustard pot / Antique sterling sliver seasoning pot
Antique sterling silver mustard / glass lined seasoning pot 1919
Beautifully crafted ant...
Category
1610s Romantic Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Decorative Box in Metal, Silver Color, England 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Item is a box in metal, with an silver color. It has been done In England during the 19th Century.
Category
19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Tortoise Shell Grain and Greek Key Tea Caddy, Boule, Georgian
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century tortoise shell grain and greek key tea caddy. Boule, Georgian.
A stunning Georgian tea caddy having boule inlaid Greek Key and sunburst design integrated with a tortoise shell grain wooden case. Interior holds two burlwood, steel lined...
Category
Late 19th Century Georgian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique English Regency Flame Mahogany Sarcophagus Wine Cellarette Lion Paw Feet
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Flame Mahogany Wine Cellarette of sarcophagus outline and of English origin. First quarter of the 19th century, Regency period.
The flat top lid opening to reveal the inte...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cigarette Case
By Harrison Brothers & George Howson 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel cigarette case; an addition to our range of silver boxes and cases.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver cigarette case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
This antique cigarette case has a subtly curved form proffering a comfortable fit in the majority of pockets.
The anterior cover is embellished with an exceptional hot enamel scene depicting two greyhound style canines in a rural setting.
The posterior surface of the case is ornamented with the contemporary engraved initials 'G.W.C.R' and the date '11th Feby 1886'
The rounded sides of this cigarette case are plain and unembellished.
This antique enamel cigarette case...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Leather and Tin Tobacco Caddy
By Frederic Hewitt
Located in Greenwich, CT
An English 19th century tobacco caddy of tin covered in stitched shagreen, of oblong hexagonal form with a lid surmounted by a silver whippet, retaining ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hallmarked Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Sheffield, Uk, Circa 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a stunning Sheffield silver keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a clean interior and rounded corners. The box is free of names or initials, but would have been used to house keepsakes such as jewelry or cufflinks. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver collection.
Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare.
Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry.
In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents.
The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...
Category
Early 1900s Art Deco Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Butler's Silver Carry Tray, English, Newspaper Rack, Work Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique butler's silver carry tray. An English, mahogany newspaper rack or work box, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Attr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Wood
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 bur...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Duke of Clarence Sterling Silver Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Duke of Clarence sterling silver snuff box. Antique ebonized wood and sterling silver box with the profile of the son of Queen Victoria. England, la...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Glass & Sterling Silver String / Twine Jar or Box, 1899
By James Deakin & Sons
Located in Bath, GB
A most unusual late Victorian fine string or twine box made from glass with a star cut base, the base mounted with a sterling silver foot and fitted with a solid silver lid topped wi...
Category
1890s Late Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tiny Regency Partridgewood Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and extremely rare Regency period 19th century partridge wood tea caddy, of incredibly small proportions, having elegant pagoda shaped top enclosing lined interior raised on original brass ball feet.
This is one of the smallest tea caddies we have ever seen. It also really is very charming indeed. The shape has real elegance and the overall package is just so very rare.
Partridge wood is a wood imported from South America towards the end of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Available in particularly small sheets it was almost exclusively used in cross banded, or inlaid decorations or for very small decorative boxes...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Other
English Silver Cartridge Holder
Located in New York, NY
English silverplate cartridge holder. Vintage seven chamber cartridge holder of slim curved design. Beautiful modern design desk accessory. England, early 20th century
Dimensions: 4...
Category
Early 20th Century British Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century Burl Walnut English Round Snuff Box
Located in Stamford, CT
English round burl walnut snuff box with beautiful grain possibly Yew wood. This is a nice looking snuff box that would be great for any collector.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Burl
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 fitt...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
English 19th Century Victorian Period Paper Hat Box with Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period paper hat box from the 19th century, with floral motifs and book pages. Created in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, this hat box features a flo...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Paper
Kirk & Wilson's Royal Mail Box / Trunk
By Kirk & Son
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A small metal Royal mail box or trunk with sarcophagus styled design having a latch to the front and steel handles to each side. Above the latch is the embossed label for the manufacturer Kirk & Wilsons made in England, the outside has great aged patina and the remains of various labels the inside has worn light mint green paint...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique British Boxes
Materials
Metal
Tunbridge Wooden Trinket Box England, 1870s
Located in Stamford, CT
Tunbridge trinket box made in England in the 1870s. Wooden floral design. Tunbridge wooden trinket box made in England in the 1870s. Tunbridge war...
Category
19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Art Deco Shagreen and Silver Cigarette / Small Cigar Case
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Exquisite shagreen cigar case with silver collar. Expands for differing lengths of small cigar or cigarettes.
Made in the U.K. in the 1900-1920´s. It has the stamp of the retail sho...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco British Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
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