British Boxes

Totally original Art Deco Walnut jewellery box with streamline shape. Made in the UK in the 1930's , still with it's original material lining. The lid of the box depicts a playful sk...

An early 20th century tortoiseshell and silver piqué work Letter Box. The sloping front is inset with a delicately engraved design comprising of flowerheads and scrolling foliage. Th...

A Large Three Drawer Tunbridge Ware Jewellery Chest and Work Box, c1925 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Large Three Drawer Jewellery ...

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...

This beautiful and very handsome William and Mary Style lace box was designed from old oak timber and then sympathetically covered in an olive oyster veneer...

Very fine Tortoiseshell box, mounted with a virgin silver plaque, hallmarked silver hinges. Lined with dark blue suede. This shape indicates that this box was used to store a set of ...

Tunbridge Ware - A Fine Sewing Box with Isometric Cubes and Geometric Mosaics, c1850 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Fine Sewing Box with Isometric Cubes and Geo...

Heading : Robert Vorley Tunbridge ware box Date : 2022 Period : Elizabeth II Origin : Essex Decoration : Central tesselated Painted Lady butterfly w...

Charming pewter hinged box, lined with birchwood and engraved 'Christmas 1950' Sits on four pewter feet, is fully functional with excellent interior Circa 1950's Stamped and numbered...

This large box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 20th century, in England, Period. Its lid is made in wood, Green and brown in color.

A good antique Georgian scrollwork tea caddy, circa 1780. The caddy of hexagonal shape, the front, back & cover with overall decoration of paper s...

This is a stunning antique Victorian Coromandel gentleman's travelling vanity case with fitted interior, circa 1865 in date. This rectagular shaped traveling case is made of rare coromandel wood and features a blank brass plaque. The interior is well fitted with Sheffield silver plate mounted jars, bottles and shaving tools, displayed on fitted blue velvet. The secret button at the front of the case opens a sprung secret drawer below, for your jewellery. The underside of the lid has a velvet backed mirror and a compartment for hiding your letters. Complete with working Bramah lock and original key. It is a beautiful piece which will look stunning on your dressing table. Condition: In really excellent condition. Please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 9 x Width 26 x Depth 19 Dimensions in inches: Height 3 inches x Width 10 inches x Depth 7 inches Calamander wood or Coromandel wood is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It is of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes (or the other way about), very heavy and hard. It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and is closely related to genuine ebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these is Diospyros quaesita Thwaites, from Sri Lanka. The name Calamander comes from the local sinhalese name, 'kalu-medhiriya', which means dark chamber; referring to the characteristic ebony black wood. Coromandel wood has been logged to extinction over the last 2 to 3 hundred years and is no longer available for new work in any quantity. Furniture in coromandel is so expensive and so well looked after that even recycling it is an unlikely source. A substitute, Macassar Ebony, has similar characteristics and to the untrained eye is nearly the same but it lacks the depth of colour seen in genuine Coromandel. Travelling cases became very popular towards the end of the 18th century. They were manufactured specifically to accompany upper class gentleman during travel. Dressing cases were originally rather utilitarian but they spoke volumes about their owners’s wealth and place in society, as at that time, traveling was only done by the elite. Gentleman’s dressing cases would contain bottles and jars for colognes, aftershaves and creams as well as essential shaving and manicure tools. As these boxes became more popular, many further traveling item options were offered for inclusion. By the early Victorian era, ladies also began to travel and suddenly their requirements were anything but utilitarian! Ladies dressing cases could feature a wide range of decorative bottles and jars as well as a vast array of beautifcation tools, all designed with pure luxury in mind. The exterior of the box became almost as important as the interior and these boxes started being veneered with beautiful exotic woods from all over the world. As demand for gentleman’s boxes lessened, the dressing case started to also become known by the more feminine term ‘vanity box’. These boxes, with their excessive price tags, were now considered as true works of art and beauty in themselves, and were often bought as status symbols rather than actual traveling companions. Some of the finest examples of travelling cases made from exotic wood with gold and silver fittings come from: Walter Thornhill, Betjamann & Sons and Jenner...

Tunbridge Ware Jewellery Box by Robert Vorley, 2019 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware jewellery box by Robert Vorley Date : Signed and date...

Tunbridge Ware - An Early Sewing Box with Mounted Brighton Pavilion Print, c1820 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - An Early Sewing Box with Mounted Brighton Pavilion...

George III sterling silver snuffbox. Made by Samuel Pemberton in Birmingham in 1823. Rectangular with chamfered corners and flat hinged cover. Engraved Neoclassical ornament in point...

Small Alligator Jewellery box, containing a small removable tray for jewellery. On the centre of the lid a metal handle is attached, This box sho...

Wonderful hand produced pot with lid. Turned from Padauk, the colour has mellowed with age, dates from the 1970s. Green baize to the base. Lid removes. In good over all condition.

This is an antique correspondence box. An English, aged leather travelling writing case in the manner of Asprey, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1860. Appealing Victorian leather writing...

Fitted Interior & Silver Handles From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box. The Sewing Bo...

19th century walnut box with band inlay, band inlay and felt interior.

Alfred Dunhill Art deco Cigarettes box materials: wood and mother of pearl intaglia jester art deco figure in mother of pearl sealed with the Dunhill brand ...

Tunbridge Ware - A Two Compartment Tea Caddy with Eridge Castle Mosaic, c1865 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Two Compartment Tea Caddy with Eridge Castle Mosaic...

Large Wedgwood jasperware lidded candy box, beautiful neoclassical style item decorated with antique-style white grapes friezes on a sky-blue background. Second half of 20th century ...

Rosewood and Mother of Pearl From our Sewing Box collection, we are thrilled to offer this pair of Georgian Rosewood Sewing Boxes. The Sewing Boxes of rectangular shape veneered in ...

A Sarcophagus-Style Two Compartment Tea Caddy Depicting Hever Castle, c1870 Additional Information: Heading: A Tunbridge Ware Substantial Sarcophagus-Style Two Compartment Tea Caddy...

Rectangular with overall cube parquetry. Lift top. Well executed with a wide choice of exotic woods.Nice patina and presents well. From the estate of the founder of Yankee Candle Com...

An English 19th Century rosewood small tea caddy. This box has an angular top opening to a fitted interior. There are two compartments with removable t...

A Sarcophagal Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box with Isometric Cube Design, c1835 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Sarcophagal Se...

With a Cedar Wood Lining From our Silver collection, we are pleased to offer this Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigar Box. The Cigar Box of rectangular shape crafted from Sterling Silver...

Tunbridge Ware - A Writing Slope Box Depicting Battle Abbey Gatehouse, c1870 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Writing Slope Depicting Bat...

Tunbridge Ware - An Early Writing Slope with Geometric Designs, c1835 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - An Early Writing Slope with Geometric Designs Date : c1835 ...

Hallmarked in London in 1889 by Barnards, this attractive Victorian, antique, sterling silver biscuit box, has swirled and sunken half fluting, in the Queen Anne style. It has a flus...

The oak box with brass Royal Georgian plaque on top, pick up times on the front. The brass lock and key affixed to the door.

Immerse your space in the charm of the 19th Century with this exquisite English Sterling Silver Lidded Top and Cut Glass Covered Piece. This covered jar is a testament to the artistr...

English Silver Cigarette Case Birmingham 1911, Joseph Gloster Ltd. Slightly concave rectangular shape case; front, reverse and outside borde...

A very good quality pair of Sheraton revival Mahogany Urn shaped tea caddies, each with Acorn finials segment veneered lids, opening to reveal two octagonal inlaid lids. Two bands of...

A very fine antique repousse work & engraved sterling silver gilt castle top cigar/cheroot case, Nathaniel Mills Birmingham 1840. This very finely crafted silver case is made by the ...

19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870. Fine quality English made victorian writing slope.  Exterior of rich burr walnut with tunbridge ware inlay deco...

Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box with Eridge Castle Topographic Mosaic, c1860 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Sewing Box with E...

Very Rare Large Tunbridge Ware Tea Pot Stand, 1848-49 Additional Information: Heading: Large Tunbridge Ware Tea Pot Stand with Mosaic featuring Climbing Roses Date : 1848/49 Period : Victorian Origin : Tunbridge Wells; labelled for Edmund Nye with a handwritten notation inside stating '10th January 1849' Decoration : The Rosewood Frame has four chamfered edges each with a Berlin wool-work style climbing rose inside two pairs of banded keylines. The frame is filled with a 'petit point' needlework pad of stylised geometric pattern; the whole sits on four large bun feet Condition : Good with regard to tile completeness - one patch of four contiguous missing tesserae and some singles lost; one of the corners has lost 8-10 pieces; one corner of the pad is a little threadbare and there's another square of four missing stitches; the base still has it's original lining paper affixed, but has a split across its entire width; this does not affect the stability of the piece and is, obviously, underneath so only becomes apparent should you turn the thing over, Restoration : None Note : This piece is something of a revelation, as the pad with its 'petit point' embroidery on penelope or needlepoint canvas is very much representative of the process by which the original Berlin...

Heading : Tunbridge ware jewellery box Date : c1870 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Pillow top cover with central floral mosaic within keylines. Cover b...

This is an antique decorative finery box. An English, rosewood and silk cotton jewellery box, dating to the late Regency period, circa 1830. Bold keeps...

We absolutely love this decorative trunk from England! Bound in perfectly worn dark leather and adorned with brass studs in swirling patterns. The lock is in working condition and in...

Tunbridge Ware - A Round Topped And Square Ended Glove Box - Battle Abbey Cloisters, c1860 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Round Topped And Square Ended Glove Bo...

Tunbridge Ware Stationery Box with Isometric Cubes and Floral Mosaic, c1870 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - Wedge-Shaped Stationery Box with Isometric Cubes and Fl...

The top board bearing marquetry-inlaid initials ‘MA’, the slope with further marquetry-inlaid flowers and meandering foliage, enclosing an interior with a shelf, the end boards boldl...

An Attractive George III Period, 18th Century Mahogany, English Tea Caddy Of Bombe Shaped Form Having Original Brass Swan Neck Handle, To Hinged Lid Enclosing Divisions And Chequered...

A Very Rare William & Mary Snuff Box Made in London circa 1690. Maker's Mark of Ah With a Crown Above and a Cinquefoil Below. The Snuff Box is of escutcheon form with plain sides an...

Tunbridge Ware - A Very Finely Decorated Sewing Box with 'Hurst Wood Cottage' Mosaic, c1840 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - A Very Finely Decorated Sewing Box with...

Unique satinwood painted English dresser box from the 19th century. Box has colorful floral and ribbon design with exotic birds on a beautiful satinwood background. Designs are in ea...

During the Georgian period the neoclassical manner became increasingly popular in England, resulting in a style of furniture and accessories now associated with elegant restraint. Wh...

Heading : Painted whitewood box Date : 1800-1830 Period : Regency Origin : Probably Tonbridge or Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Rectangular whitewood box with painted basket of f...

A rare and highly sought-after sterling silver money box or bank, the like of which I have never seen before. The box is made from English sterling...

Made in the mid-1860s, this wooden and silk screened shipping crate was made for the iconic Player's Navy Cut cigarettes. The crate appears to have been shipp...

Mid 19th century Tunbridge ware stationery box by Edmund Nye, manufacturer. The dome-shaped top is inlaid with a specimen parquetry panel, crossbanded with boxwood and stringing and...

Heading : Tunbridge ware writing slope Date : c1875 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, kent Decoration : Central mosaic of a child with small dog and bird. Above is a foliat...

A Tunbridge Ware Two Compartment Tea Caddy with Rounded lid Depicting Hever Castle, c1870 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware - Two Compartment Tea Caddy with Rounded li...

Tunbridge Ware Stationery Box, c1870 Additional Information: Heading: A superb Tunbridge Ware three division stationery box Date : c1870 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, ...