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Place of Origin: Indian
Indian Koftgari Box, Nineteenth Century
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite Indian Koftgari work box, or jewelry box, circa 1900, in oval shape. Featuring very fine, gold thread decoration with three silvered bun feet and a silvered base. The li...
Category
Early 19th Century Anglo Raj Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron
A Brass Mughal Indian Oval Betel Pandan Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A BRASS MUGHAL INDIAN OVAL BETEL PANDAN BOX
Northern India, early 19th century.
Length: 5 1/4" in. (13.3 cm.) height: 3 1/4" in. (8.3 cm.) width: 4" in. (1...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Indian Openwork Teak Box, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Openwork teak box made in India at the end of the 19th century. The interior is lined with velvet.
Over the course of its long history, this box has sometimes been glued back togethe...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Teak
$409 Sale Price
20% Off
Brass Leaf Gingko Box by Laura Kirar
By Laura Kirar
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
A glamorous, brass patterned accessory box, designed by Laura Kirar, exclusively for Arteriors. Reminiscent of the Art Deco era with sculptural ginkgo leaves and black-brass palette....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Asian Antique Brass Betel Nut Pandan Box with Lid, Northern India 19th C.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Asian antique Beaten Brass Betel Nut Pandan Box, Northern India.
Beautiful antique hand hammered Asian round brass betel with a lid and delicate engravings with floral design handle hand crafted by skilled artisans from Northern India.
Indian Beaten Copper Betel Nut Pandan Box with hand hammered beaten floral and incised decoration used to store betel leaf, lime, tobacco and the nut from the areca palm. This mixture of ingredients when prepared and placed in the mouth for long periods gives the user a mild aphrodisiac effect.
The preparation of the betel nut with lime stored in ornate boxes with several smaller internal containers was popular all over Asia and is still a common practice in Myanmar and India and among the hill tribes of many S. E. Asian countries.
Engraved with intricate designs on the lid which has a carved floral design handle and a latch in front for opening or closing the box and for safekeeping.
Nicely hand-hammered with intricate details.
Please check photo #5, there is about 1 inch damage area on the side of the box.
Museum quality Asian Hand-hammered decorative Islamic brass folk art metalwork collector treasure box.
Measures: Diameter 7 in. x Height 4 in.
The box has a rich, deep brown patina.
Quality of Mughal style. A pandan was used to store the pan, or betel quid after it had been stuffed and rolled ready to eat, rather than for the individual ingredients. The chewing of betel is an ancient Asian tradition comparable to tobacco in the western world. Betel consists of three main ingredients: the areca nut, betel leaf and lime paste. Betel was, and still is enormously popular throughout Asia and plays a major role in the entertaining of guests, in courtship and marriage, and in the traditional etiquette of the royal courts, where it often forms part of the state regalia.[1] Research on several pandan boxes has been published by Zebrowski.[2]
Brownrigg, H. Betel Cutters...
Category
19th Century Moorish Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell decorated with bone straps, carved and painted floral panels, and paw feet. The inside has a mirror and bon...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Indian Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Anglo-Indian Inlaid Bone Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Inlaid Bone Jewelry or Trinket Box. Box features hand-cut bone tiles arranged in a paneled pattern, giving the piece a subtle textural appeal and natura...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Indian Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
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 Anglo-Indian Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Silver
1920s Anglo-Raj Hand-Painted Rajasthani Dowry Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1920s Anglo-Raj Hand-Painted Rajasthani Dowry Box
A striking early 20th-century Anglo-Raj decorative wooden box, hand-painted and richly detailed with romantic and courtly scenes. Or...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo Raj Indian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Wooden Glass Display Showcase with Dark Stained Frame
Located in High Point, NC
This wooden showcase features a clean, rectilinear form with glass panels on all visible sides, allowing contents to be viewed from multiple angles. The frame is constructed of solid...
Category
Late 20th Century Rustic Indian Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
18th Century Brass Mounted and Lacquered "Marriage" Dowry Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
Exquisite Indian craftsmanship made of teak with a patinated surface and extraordinary intricate Brass work. Made during the latter part of the Mughal Empire, Southern India circa 1780
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Very Decorative Vizagapatam Box INDIA 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
VERY DECORATIVE VIZAGAPATAM BOX
Vizagapatam, India, 19th Century.
Rustic workmanship will only add to the decorative appeal of this Anglo-Indian footed domed casket in ebonized woo...
Category
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Bone
Carved Mahogany Cat with Secret Compartment
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Anglo Indian carved mahogany cat with ebonized stripes and a curious expression, featuring a secret compartment on the bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Indian Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Anglo Indian Colonial Brass Inlaid Teak Jewelry Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A Beautiful Anglo Indian, Colonial, brass inlaid teak jewelry lidded box made for the English market.
handcrafted with floral and hearts brass inlays on top are surrounded by brass inlaid border, intricate brass inlays design of florals and scrolls carries through to all four sides so will display nicely on a shelf, desk or coffee table.
Displays a desirable aged patina and the teak wood shows fine grain interest and deep caramel hues.
A large Anglo-Indian teak colonial Campaign casket with brass inlay, the hinged cover opens to reveal an original fitted interior with two compartments interior lined with red velvet.
This is a distinctive and highly appealing vintage semi antique Anglo Indian jewelry...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Bombay Mughal Style Footed Box With Bone Overlay
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Nice and unusual Indian Mughal style large decorative box, filigree and carved horn.
Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved details throughout with filigree and carved veneered bone plaques with arabesque carving.
Vizagapatam, late 19th century.
History of the Anglo-Indian Boxes
Beginning in the early part of the 18th century, Indian artisans made what came to be known as Anglo-Indian boxes for the English residents living in India, who eventually brought or sent them back to England. At the beginning of the 19th century, India began exporting these boxes commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the 1850s. People valued them so highly that manufacturers of tins copied the designs on them in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Anglo-Indian boxes fall into four groups: Rosewood or ebony boxes inlaid;
sandalwood boxes veneered; sandalwood boxes covered with Sadeli mosaic; and carved boxes often combined with Sadeli mosaic/
The first two categories came from Vizagapatam in East India while the last two came from Bombay in West India.
English traders discovered the rich woods and intricate workmanship of Indian artisans, so colonial government officials began to recognize the work of the Indian artists and craftsmen as a source for satisfying the need for furniture and boxes, which would both serve to enhance English households in India. This gave rise to the cabinetmaking workshops in Vizagapatam between Calcutta and Madras.
Craftsmen made the first boxes to be decorated with Sadeli mosaic of rosewood or ebony, incised to give further definition to the decoration, directly inlaid into the wood. The shape of the early boxes was either sloping at the front with a flatter section at the back, reminiscent of English writing slopes, or rectangular. Artisans inlaid the borders with stylized floral scrolls and the centers with a single floral motif following a circular or oval symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. The edging was ornamental and protective, both helped protect the end grain against the weather.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras
These exotic boxes...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo Raj Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Rajasthani Footed Chest Box India 1900's
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Rajasthani Shekhawati Merchant's Footed Chest Box India 1900's.
Early 20th Century Indian carved wood storage cash footed box used by merchants in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Indian Boxes
Materials
Metal
Indian Bone and Brass Decorative Dome Shaped Box or Stash Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely dome shaped bone box from India. The box can be decorative or hold anything from rubber bands to 420. A compliment to cocktail tables, shelves, bedside or on an end table ...
Category
20th Century Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rustic Indian Document Wooden Box with Brass Details and Partial Opening Top
Located in Yonkers, NY
A rustic Indian wooden document box from the 19th century with brass details, partial opening top and petite bracket feet. This rustic Indian wooden document box from the 19th centur...
Category
19th Century Rustic Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Colorful Semi Precious Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful colorful decorative box with lid created from Carrara marble and inlaid with a variety of semi-precious stones. The sides are inlaid with a variety of stones in abstract ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Indian Boxes
Materials
Stone
Anglo Raj Hand-Carved Decorative Jewelry Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Hand-carved Anglo Raj early 20th century carved wood box richly decorated overall with arabesques and floral carving.
Hinged lid shallow relief carving with interior lined with red r...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo Raj Indian Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
A Fine Anglo Indian Coromandel Workbox
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine early 19th century coromandel work box with moulded front design and fitted interior containing a super collection of sea shells.
Ivory registration number 8NEDUS4R.
Category
Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Wood
Exquisite and Large Indian 22k Gold, Enamel, and Diamond Snuff Box, Jaipur
Located in Queens, NY
An Exquisite and Large Indian 22K Gold, Enamel, and Diamond Snuff Box, Jaipur
A very fine quality 22k gold box set with 40 diamonds, painted with the fi...
Category
20th Century Anglo-Indian Indian Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Rajasthani Indian Hand Painted Wood Jewelry Dowry Box
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Rajasthani Indian vaulted dowry jewelry box, hand painted with Indian lovers enjoying each other, while beautiful court musicians accompany them ...
Category
20th Century Agra Indian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Old Wooden Camel On Wheels Box Trinket Toys
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful old camel on wheels, trinket or spice box, vintage toy from the second half of the 20th century, made of solid red-colored wood, probably from India.
The object has a beau...
Category
1960s Vintage Indian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Islamic Kashmir Hand Painted Paper Mache Tea Caddy Storage Box 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Exquisite beauty of this antique Islamic Kashmiri Papier-Mâché Tea Caddy, a stunning storage box with a lid and copper metal lining. This hand-painted gem features intricate miniatur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Islamic Indian Boxes
Materials
Copper
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany, clad in tortoise shell, and ambitiously decorated with bone. The inside has a mirror and red felt lining.
Category
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Persian Lacquer Pen Box Hand Painted with Floral and Gilt Design
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Persian hand painted lacquer pen box in rectangular shape.
Decorated with floral designs on gold background, black interior.
Moorish Mughal pen box papier maché with miniature floral painting in the Persian style.
Great Islamic Art collector museum quality piece on this miniature painting on box.
Nice Mughal Indo Persian pen Box...
Category
Early 20th Century Moorish Indian Boxes
Materials
Paper
Mughal Indian Polished Brass Pierced Incense Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful hand-crafted polished brass footed box with with lid, latch and handle intricately hand-hammered with geometric designs and pierced with holes.
Vintage pierced decorative Mughal Indian style brass box from India...
Category
Mid-20th Century Agra Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
John Richard Vintage Beige Tessellated Shell Bone Decorative Wood Jewelry Box
By John Richard, Maitland Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage handmade and hand painted John Richard beige, gold leaf and Brass tessellated Shell Bone decorative jewelry box.
Features a lined with black Ultrasuede Fruit Wood Box to stor...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Indian Boxes
Materials
Ultrasuede, Wood, Shell
Asian Handcrafted Oval Betel Box in Metal Silvered
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Asian decorative trinket lidded box in metal silvered hammered and etched with organic floral design.
Anglo Raj style oval form betel box.
Dimensio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo Raj Indian Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vizagapatam Anglo-Indian Rectangular Box with Bone Inlaid
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fabulous Anglo-Indian decorative box inlaid.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras.
Great decorative inlaid pen box or jewelry box.
Inside dimen...
Category
20th Century Anglo-Indian Indian Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
Meteor Box Medium
Located in Kolkata, IN
A gleaming maroon straw marquetry box with a gold foiled base. Compact, refined and irresistibly cosmic in its allure. The finishes, colours, size can be customised according to spec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Boxes
Materials
Straw, Resin
$668 / item
Ethnic Indian Decorative Jewelry Box with Brass, Kerala Nettur Petti
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Teak Jewelry Dowry Box with Brass, Late 19th Century, India.
This Teak Indian Dowry Box is adorned with Decorative Brass, showcasing exquisite c...
Category
1890s Agra Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rajasthani Decorative Brass Lidded Betel Caddy Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted decorative round brass Indian lidded betel box with latch and a top handle.
Delicately and intricately hand-chased with geometric designs.
Used as a tea caddy with tea bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Agra Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Indian Inlaid Marble Box Floral Agate and Precious Stones
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautifully crafted vintage marble box from India, dating to the 1940s–1950s. The surface is intricately inlaid with agate and other precious stones, forming an elegant floral patt...
Category
1940s Vintage Indian Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Marble
Carved ebony Box, Anglo-indian Box From Vizagapatam
Located in Bilzen, BE
An extraordinary Anglo-Indian box from Vizagapatam in fully carved solid ebony, late 19th century.
Filigree ornate and sculpted floral decoration...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Indian carved wood spice box, late 17th century, circa 1790
Located in Central England, GB
This superb Indian spice box is of a larger scale than normally seen. It is highly decorative and original. It is made from a solid block of dense woo...
Category
Late 17th Century Medieval Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
Large Early 19th Century Antique Hand Carved Wooden Mughal Decorative Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Early 19th century fine antique Indo-Persian carved sandalwood wooden box.
Incredibly intricate, highly detailed and deeply carved beautiful handcrafted and carved wooden box with Mu...
Category
19th Century Agra Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Meteor Box Large
Located in Kolkata, IN
A sculptural box with a radiant green straw marquetry lid and gold foil body. A bold piece that brings celestial charm to your space. The finishes, colours, size can be customised ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Boxes
Materials
Straw, Resin
$862 / item
Jewelry Box in Exotic Tigers Eye
By Maitland Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative jewelry box in tessellated exotic tigers eye with velvet interior.
Category
1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage Indian Boxes
Materials
Precious Stone
Colorful Semi Precious Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful colorful decorative box with a lid created from Carrara marble and inlaid with a variety of semi-precious stones. The sides are inlaid with a variety of stones in abstrac...
Category
20th Century Bauhaus Indian Boxes
Materials
Stone
Handcrafted Antique Tinned Copper Metal Betel Box, India
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful handcrafted antique tinned copper decorative octagonal betel box with with lid, handle and brass latch.
The metal is delicately and int...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Tin
Anglo-Indian Rosewood Writing Desk, India, circa 1825
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Elegant and finely crafted rosewood and ivory inlay traveller's writing desk from the late Mughal period of British India (circa 1825), on low bun feet. In excellent condition, with ...
Category
1820s Islamic Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
$6,000 Sale Price
31% Off
White Rectangular Shaped Ribbed Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian rectangular shaped bone box with attached lid.
Decorative diagonally shaped ribbed design.
Nob at opening.
Part of a large collection.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Boxes
Materials
Bone
Vintage Nautical Wood with Inlaid Brass Jewelry Box
By R & Y Augousti, Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and Minimalist Jewelry box. This rare beauty is a unique box or decorative box that brings minimal shape with organic beauty. Constructed of wood panels that have been ligh...
Category
1970s Minimalist Vintage Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century Brass Mounted "Marriage" Dowry Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
Exquisite Indian craftsmanship made of teak with decorative brass on a patinated surface. The brass fittings are hand-beaten, showcasing the exceptional skill of the artisans who cre...
Category
18th Century Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Handcrafted Tinned Copper Metal Betel or Spices Caddy Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful handcrafted tinned copper decorative octagonal betel box with lid and brass latch.
The metal is delicately and intricately hand-hammered and repousse with floral and geometric designs.
This Vintage brass box...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hand-Carved Stone Jewelry Box Rajasthan, India
By Agra
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Anglo Raj carved soap stone footed jewelry box..
Handcrafted decorative box with foliage design with soap stone natural jade like colors.
Lined with red velvet.
Very nice fine art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo Raj Indian Boxes
Materials
Soapstone
Silver Cigarette Case of Taj Mahal
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Silver cigarette case of Taj Mahal.
Category
20th Century Indian Boxes
Materials
Silver
Moorish Bohemian Decorative Gilt Porcelain Flask with Lid
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Moorish decorative gilt porcelain flask with lid.
The bottle is shaped into soft ripples and given a radiant gold finish.
Nice decorative object with a lid in the shape of a Moorish ...
Category
20th Century Moorish Indian Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Indian 19th Century Box with Metal Sheathing and Bracketed Wooden Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian antique box from the 19th century with metal sheathing and bracketed base. Created in India during the 19th century, this antique box features a linear silhouette made of m...
Category
19th Century Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th C. Indian Fitted Teak Workbox with Brass Tack and Applique Work
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Indian teak work or stationary box with brass tack and applique decoration on the top and sides and fitted with brass lift-handles. the interior fitted with lift out trays and open c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rosewood Tea Caddy with Ebony, Ivory and Porcupine Quill Detailing
Located in Hudson, NY
Made of rosewood, this antique tea caddy is distinguished by its porcupine quill detailing. Featuring elements of ebony and ivory dots, the hinge lidded box...
Category
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Ebony
Duke Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box Duke with all structure in solid brass and
stainless steel in old silver plated finish. Box
with lid.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
$939 / item
Indo-Portuguese Brass-Mounted Hardwood and Indian Wood Marquetry Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
An Indo- Portuguese brass-mounted hardwood and Indian Wood marquetry cabinet, Goa. Gorgeously made with hand-cut hardwood and the finest quality of othe...
Category
1680s Anglo-Indian Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
1970s Art Deco Style Bone Storage Box with Lion and Elephant Motif
Located in Tampa, FL
This striking 1970s storage box showcases a dynamic battle scene between a lion and an elephant, expertly rendered in early bone. Designed in the Art Deco style, the box features fin...
Category
1970s Vintage Indian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Anglo Indian Tortoiseshell And Ivory Trinket Box
Located in Tampa, FL
Anglo Indian tortoiseshell and ivory trinket box dating to the turn of the century. This finely crafted piece features beautiful tortoiseshell accented with ivory, showcasing the hig...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Indian Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Set of 2 Anglo Indian Boxes
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Set of 2 Anglo Indian boxes. Both early 20th century with bone and faux tortoise decorations. In overall good condition. The bone of the back from the larger box is absent and some s...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
$1,427 / set
Black and White Stripe Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian black and white stripe bone box.
Hinged lid.
White with inlaid black strips.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Boxes
Materials
Bone
Large Anglo Indian Elephant Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Folky silvered metal elephant handcrafted with a charming whimsical
form hammered and etched designs that unexpectedly opens as a trinket
box.
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Indian Boxes
Materials
Metal
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