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Period: 1880s
Original Antique Grape Vine Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood music box with grape vine carving to the top A very good lookin...
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Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Wood

Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Jewellery Box
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this rather lovely antique original circa 1880 black forest wood jewellery box A very good looking and well made piece, it is hand carved all...
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Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Boxes

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Wood

Antique Leather Embossed Box, France, 1880
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Leather embossed Antique box or small chest Great patine Cognac Color. Deposited with Brass Head Nails.
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French French Provincial Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Leather

Chinese Foliage Painted & Brass Mounted Tacked Chest on Stand with Key, C. 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
Chinese foliage painted and brass mounted tacked hinged chest on stand with flanking side handles and interior lock with key, Late 19th Century
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique French Ormolu Bevelled Glass Bijouterie Table Top Display Cabinet 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique French ormolu and bevelled glass table top bijouterie cabinet, circa 1880 in date. It is of Neo-Grec style and of rectangular form with hipped top and ...
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French Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Collection of 19th Century Kashmiri Objects
Located in London, GB
Collection of 19th Century Kashmiri Objects A beautiful selection of late 19th Century hand crafted Kashmiri objects. This collection includes a tobacco jar, pepper shaker, cigar b...
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Indian Early Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Paper

19th Century Mosaic Marquetry Jewelry Box Sorrento Napoli, C1880
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Amazing Marquetry and inlay on this Sorrento Napoli Box C1880. There is craftsmanship of the highest caliber all over this box. Box front drops down to reveal inside completely cover...
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Italian Baroque Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tortoiseshell and Silver Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A very attractive tortoiseshell box with silver, on ivory ball feet. English hallmarks on sterling, circa 1880s. The interior has two compartments.
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English Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Cigar Box Humidor House
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this rather lovely antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood musical Cigar box Humidor with built in music box A very good looking and well ...
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Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Wood

Late 19th Century Desktop Tambour Letter Storage Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique box for letters / documents with a roller shutter door. The box is made of wood. In good condition, the tambour door opens smoothly. M...
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French Belle Époque Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Sterling Silver and Cranberry Glass Smoking Compendium Carriage
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver and cranberry glass smoking compendium carriage; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian sterling silver smoking compendium...
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British Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Glass

French Tortoiseshell and Gold Inlaid Purse
Located in London, GB
A French Tortoiseshell and gold inlaid purse with red silk inner lining. A very pretty and unusual item, the tortoiseshell in very good condition.
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French Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Gold

Antique Victorian circa 1880 Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquered Sewing Table Work Box
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1880 hand made Chinese Chinoiserie work / sewing table with silk lining. A very good looking and wel...
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Wood

English Victorian Modern Smoking Box for Cigars and Cigarettes
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian Modern sterling silver smoking box 1885. Rectangular with straight sides. Scroll-bracket handle mounted to central panel between two hing...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Rare English Victorian Silver Cigar Compendium on Wheels, 1884
Located in Bath, GB
An example we have never seen in ever before making it a particularly rare, fun and special piece. Made from solid English sterling silver, it is fixed with four castors on the un...
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British Late Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century Napoleon III Walnut Veneer and Brass Marquetry Liquor Cellar
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice Napoleon III liquor cellar made with walnut veneer and beautiful brass marquetry on the top. Carafe and glasses made with Saint Louis Crystal and in very good condition. ...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

19th Century Victorian Majolica Bird Box Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Victorian Majolica cobalt box with a bird handle and white flowers Joseph Holdcroft. Very rare shape box.  
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

19th Century Italian Writing Box with Macassar Veneer and Silver Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case. The chest is veneered with Macassar wood. Decorated with silver mounts. The interior is made of birdseed maple...
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Italian Napoleon III Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Mahogany Gun Box
Located in Wilson, NC
English mahogany gun box, with original central brass lift pull on the top, double sliding locking mechanisms on the front. The interior retains the top f...
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English Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique French Silvered & Gilt Jewellery Casket Box AB Paris 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Antique silvered and gilt on copper French jewellery casket, signed AB Paris and Circa 1880 in date. Of rectangular form this wonderful casket is of very high quality and features the lid and sides decorated with relief cast scenic panels...
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French Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Copper

Exceptional 19th Century Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful intricate inlaid exotic wood jewelry box with tray and oval mirror. Eight sided ebony star decoration with smooth corners. Has workin...
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English Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Antique Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box, Most Probably by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, most probably by Bontems, Going barrel movement, Gilt metal two-tone brilliance... When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird pops up through foliate chased gilt grille, then proceeds to move bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to good complex continuous synchronized birdsong. The bird with streaked feathered plumage in brown, yellow, turquoise and red, lime green and purple iridescent highlights, highly polished lid interior for full bird reflection, in plain polished tortoiseshell case, twinned laurel leaf engraved bird lid border with the bird lid engraved with love birds and rose united beneath leaf swag arch, accentuated with gilt on silvered ground, hidden key...
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French Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell

French Antique Casket with Four Baccarat Perfume Scent Bottles
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century French ebonised and brass inlaid scent bottle casket Of shaped rectangular outline, the hinged lid concealing four gilt decorated clear glass bottles...
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European Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

19th Century Napoleon III Wood Marquetry Teacaddy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined antique French tea caddy from the end of Napoleon III. The box is beautifully inlaid with different types of wood and brass, outside around ...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Burl Walnut Cigar Box Humidor with Brass Tracery, English, circa 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Burl walnut Ciar box humidor with intricate brass tracery, English, circa 1880. Dimensions: D 7.75”, W 10.75”, H 4.75”.
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Brass

Victorian Sterling Silver and Erotica Enamel Vesta Case
By B&S, Birmingham 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and erotica enamel vesta case; an addition to our range of collectable silver cases This fine antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case has a plain rectangular form. The body of the case is ornamented with a fine and impressive rectangular enamel panel depicting a nude female character amidst her scattered clothing on the bank of a river, lined with trees and foliage. The case is fitted with a plain hallmarked hinged cover with incorporated thumb piece. This impressive silver vesta case has a serrated panel/match striker to the underside. The posterior surface of this impressive vesta is plain and unembellished. Condition This antique vesta case...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

19th Century Victorian Jewelry Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian jewelery box. The box is made of wood, covered with paper machee, lacquered black and inlaid with a mosaic of mother-of-pearl. Painted with gold colored decorations. The interior of the box is lined with blue silk fabric...
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British Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paper

English Battersea Box Depicting Gentlemen on Hobbyhorses
Located in Tampa, FL
A 19th century English Battersea box depicting gentlemen on hobbyhorses.
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English Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Enamel

1880s Mother of Pearl Hand Painted Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s Hand painted box with mother of Pearl adornment. Purchased from an East Hampton estate.
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Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Desktop Tambour Letter Storage Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique box for letters / documents with a roller shutter door. The box is made of mahogany wood and above the foot is a bronze profiled frame...
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French Belle Époque Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Brass

Switzerland Mahogany Ebonized Hinged Music Box with Three Cylinders, C. 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
Rare Switzerland mahogany & ebonized hinged music box with the original crank, three interior paper labels, and cylinders. Music box is stamped by maker and is In working condition, ...
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Swiss Biedermeier Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Steel

Unusual Carved Walnut Wood Inkwell from France, Circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved from walnut in France, circa 1880, this unusual inkwell features foliate and floral motifs. A flip-top lid adorned with a pair of bas relief flowers tops the central pen ...
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French Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Walnut

English Shagreen Tea Caddy 19th with Bone Finial
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique English shagreen cased six sided wooden tea caddy with nice silver mounts, bone finial and undivided interior. Comes with small silver pin to ...
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English Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Silver

1880s, European Sterling Silver Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Solid sterling European box. 4.25 ounces. Sun, basket of fruit, flowers adorn the top of the box. Gold wash inside.
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Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Suitcase Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta case in the form of a suitcase; an addition to our Victorian silverware collection This e...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Large Old Paris Porcelain Bombé Shaped White Glazed Box-Hinged and Footed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Old Paris Porcelain box with a white glaze in the form of a bombé commode. The top panel is of a nude woman with two dogs. The front panel ...
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French Louis XV Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Metal

Sterling Silver Ring Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sterling silver ring box was made in England in the late 19th century. It stands on 4 legs so it’s propped off the surface. The lining is original...
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English Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Napoleon III Game box with Brass and Burl Wood Marquetry
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique game box from the French Napoleon III period. The box is made of various types of wood marquetry inlaid with brass trims. This box s...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Copper

Antique Portugese Cutlery Box Coromandel 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Wonderful antique Portugese knife or cutlery box - Hand crafted from coromandel and we date to circa 1880 - Come view in our Canonbury Antiques Hertfordshire...
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Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Boxwood

Holdcroft Majolica Square Box and Cover
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Holdcroft Majolica square box and cover which features storks, squirrels, blossom and parrot feet. Coloration: cobalt blue, green, turquoise, are predomi...
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English Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Majolica

Antique French Silvered Copper Jewellery Casket Box B Wicker 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Antique silvered copper French Jewellery Casket, engraved by by the famous French engraver B.Wicker, Paris C 1880's. This...
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French Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Copper

19th Century Thai Solid Silver & Enamel Box, Xiang He, Bangkok, c.1880
By Xiang He
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19th century Thai silver & enamel box, of traditional form, decorated throughout with stylized leaves and flowers on a dark blue and green enamelled ground. Hallmarked Chinese export...
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Thai Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

1880s Asian Carved Wood Box with Drawers
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s Asian carved wood box with drawers.
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Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique English Triple Folding Staniforth Biscuit Box by Fenton Brothers
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous find, always sought-after and rare to find; this is the first one I have had in ten years! Not to be confused with the two-sided shell-shaped biscuit boxes, this is the...
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English Late Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

19th Century Arts & Crafts Pewter Copper Glas Wood Decorative Box
Located in Munich, DE
It was a great pleasure to find this rare Arts & Crafts pewter and copper box. The copper applications are decorated with green and blue glas cabochons. The ...
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English Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Copper, Pewter

Victorian English 1886 Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel vesta box, an addition to our silver boxes collection. This exceptional and unusual antique Victorian sterling silver vesta box has a rectangular, scalloped shaped form. The body of the vesta box is embellished with embossed lobed decoration accented with an applied oval thumbpiece/striker to the anterior side. The hallmarked hinged cover of this collectable antique box is ornamented with an impressive two-toned blue enamel quatrefoil design incorporating scrolling leaf design to either end, with a central spiraling leaf motif encircled with a red enamel border. The cover is further ornamented with an applied trellis design within a plain rectangular border, all encompassed with tooled decoration detailing the lobed form. The hinged silver vesta box cover opens to reveal the original hinged, bright cut engraved decorated silver gilt internal cover allowing access to the match compartment. This vesta box in silver and enamel retains the original gilt interior. Condition This antique vesta box...
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Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

19th Century, Antique Victorian 1880 Sterling Silver Boar Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a boar; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This magnificent antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a boar. This impressive antique vesta case is embellished with details replicating the features of the boar's coat of fur and anatomical features. The back of the boar incorporates a hallmarked hinged cover which opens to reveal the serrated panel/match striker. The secondary hallmarked hinged panel opens to reveal the original gilt interior; this is faciliated with a thumbpiece modelled in the form of the boar's tail. Such magnificent period examples are rare and becoming increasingly difficult to locate. Condition This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body, in addition to part hallmarks to the interior of each hinged cover are very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply due to the exceptional gauge of silver. Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Grish Chunder Dutt 1880s Indian Silver Tea Caddy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian silver tea caddy, an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antiqu...
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Indian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Silver

Outstanding Games Box in Burl Walnut, Brass and Malachite, c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning English Victorian Games / playing card box made from Burl Walnut mounted with impressive polished brass mounts beautifully detailed, and in turn, inset with polished green malachite stones. The box comes with a working (replacement) key which when unlocked reveals a fitted interior complete with a wooden cribbage board, whist markers...
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British Late Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Brass

1880s English Wood and Brass Overlay Card Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s English wood and brass overlay card box.
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Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Austrian Majolica Tablescape Smoker Set
Located in Austin, TX
19th century fine Austrian Majolica smoking set match striker harvest theme with a willow baskets, fruits and pitcher.
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Austrian Rustic Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century French Pottery Tobacco Jar Humidor Renaissance Style
Located in Austin, TX
Rare complete 19th French pottery tobacco jar inspired by the Renaissance with medallions with his two pewter lids. Pottery from North of France No...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Sevres Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Watteau Lovers Scene Bombay form Box, Signed
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous French Louis XVI style Sevres Porcelain cobalt blue Ground Watteau Lovers Scene Bombay form jewel box and cover, Signed by the Artist. Of cartouche form with bombay shaped...
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French Louis XVI Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Russian 88 Silver 1887 Filigree Spice Besamim Box
Located in Toledo, OH
Russian 88 silver 1887 filigree spice Besamim box. Rectangular form with floral finial. 48.7 grams. Very nice condition. Dimensions: 1.5" depth x 2" W x 1....
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European Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Silver

Rare Majolica Box with Oysters and Snail Choisy Le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica box with oysters and snail signed Hippolyte Boulenger Choisy Le Roi, circa 1880. Measures: Height / 8", length / 15" on 6.5".
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French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Large 19th Century Continental Neoclassical Between Dresser Vanity Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An extensively filled 19th century ormolu-mounted ebonized wood dresser vanity box fitted with silver gold washed lidded glass gars and sewing tools. The ...
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European Empire Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Victorian Silver Plated Biscuit Box by Cooper Brothers & Sons, circa 1880
Located in London, London
Made circa 1880 by Cooper Brothers & Sons, this attractive, Victorian, antique silver plate biscuit box, is rectangular in shape, and...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

19th Century Majolica Palissy Tobacco Jar Thomas Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Thomas Sergent, circa 1880 unsigned. Naturalistic movement of the end of 19th century. The jar have the shape of a trunk with a bir...
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French Victorian Antique 1880s Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

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