19th Century Boxes

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...

Found in Germany at an estate sale, this hand carved trinket box or catchall is perfect for the collector. Nice antique collectible to display in yo...

CHEST Italian, 19th Century, in ebony and teak wood with ivory inlays. Metal hardware and handles. Small defects. Dim.: 28 x 35 x 23 cm. good condition

19th century Brass inlaid walnut box. This stunning decorative box or jewelry box has beautiful brass inlay and trim with the original tufted satin interior.

19th Century Japanese inro with 5 lacquered wooden compartments, 93 x 50 x 30 mm in size. Weight 59.2 g. Additional information: Material: Lacquered ...

An English Victorian period oak lidded biscuit barrel from the late 19th century, with large handle and brass shield motif. We have currently three available, priced and sold $295 each. Created in England during the later years of the 19th century, these lidded oak biscuit barrels charm...

Late 19th century English walnut tea caddy box with studded ivory leather decorative banding. Traditional with utilitarian sensibility, the piece's unique detailing evoke a steam tru...

Antique 19th Jewellery hand painted porcelain box with hunting horse scene aprox 1880 hand painted in yellow porcelaine Perfect gift for decoration or kee...

Regency birdseye maple sewing box with lions heads handles on each side & lions hairy paw feet with a key.

19th century toleware grocer’s shop tea tin, A beautiful decorative Grocers Tea Canister, it would have been filled with Tea for sale, it has a very attractive style. The lid is...

Antique English Regency Period Rosewood Inlaid Box, Circa 1820.

This is a unusual example of a 19th century hat box in Fine Chinese coromandel lacquer. The hat box retains its original butterfly shaped chased brass lock plate. The lacquer feature...

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...

Charming French antique 19th century Napoleon III Jewelry box in Thuya & burl wood. Marvelous inlaid details with amazing wood ! This Lovely jewelry box comes with its original l...

A good early 19th century Lap Desk or writing slope, unusually constructed in richly figured Amboyna wood. Fitted with brass corner brackets and ...

A handcrafted Tramp Art box or small chest. A detailed design on four tapered feet. The interior is lined with white quilted fabric and the lid is fitted with a large finial. The bot...

Antique Victorian J&S glove, casket, keepsake or jewelry box crafted of wood clad in gold tone enamel finished embossed metal with a fine orange velvet l...

Foldable 19th Century French hand carved marquetry walnut liquor cellar. Overall good condition except the top of the box which was burned quite bed and no restorations have been ma...

Late 19th century chinoiserie tea tin from England.

Italian 19th century chest. in ebonised wood with an inlaid decor. Measures: 19 x 36.5 x 25.5 cm. Good condition.

Antique English shagreen cased six sided wooden tea caddy with nice silver mounts, bone finial and undivided interior. Comes with small silver pin to ...

19th Century original Folk Art painted chest of drawers. A Very attractive painted pine chest of drawers, it is decorated with flowers on the top and sides, the drawer fronts and ...

Antique Hindu make up vermilion and eye liner brass box holder. This is an antique Mughal style brass Indian ornate locking Tikka box container. It has ...

A Japanese keyaki wood (Zelkova) hibachi with copper liner from the Meiji period. Commonly used for cooking or warming sake or tea. Features a rectangular keyaki wood frame surroun...

A stunning 19th century kingwood jewellery box with gorgeous ormolu dec-oration throughout, the moulded top of rectangular form beautifully quar-tered veneered and cross banded with ...

Unusual antique Victorian quality rosewood writing box having a quality rosewood rectangular shaped top with a shaped gallery above two drawers opening to reveal a fitted compartment for sewing items...

O/7417 - Pair of rare oval apothecary boxes with lettering: Aloes and Ialapa (may be Jalapeno - Slightly different sizes from each other (less than two cm. in hight) - They are hand...

Well painted with numbers and letters on base and an blue mark with cancellation mark through it. Firing crack on underside of top which may account for cancellation. Beautifully pa...

Perfectly executed in heavy crystal glass and Bronze. A superb example of a French Casket. This fine box is decorated with high quality ormolu mounts. Al...

Presenting an absolutely stunning 19c Anglo Ceylonese sewing box of museum quality. Made in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) circa 1860, this is one of the finest sewing boxes of it’s kind that we have ever seen! The box is made from coromandel wood (an exotic hardwood found in Ceylon) and has a serpentine edging all over the front, back and sides. Very often the lids/tops of these boxes suffer cracks due to shrinkage but this one is near perfect with no crack in the lid/top. There is some evidence of natural shrinkage but that is around the edges of the lid/top. It is when you open this box that it reveals it’s true beauty, quality and treasure ! The inside of the lid/top is heavily and beautifully decorated with inlaid bone in scrolling floral patterns which have then been hand painted with red and black ‘lac’ ink. The central medallion is a circle of inlaid specimen exotic hardwoods radiating towards a central bone and hand painted flower. The circle is edged in bone, wood and silver chevrons. What makes this box Exceptionally rare is that it contains 3 lift out base sections. Normally, there would be a maximum of 2. The first tray/section is clearly for the purposes ancillary to sewing with a pair of sections with bone spools for thread etc. There are 17 other lidded compartments with each one highly decorated using hand painted bone and specimen woods to replicate tortoiseshell. The first tray lifts out to reveal a second removeable tray which is made up of a pair of open sections and 8 specimen wood lidded sections each with chevron banding. The third tray is a smaller tray underneath with 14 lidded compartments each with hand painted bone and specimen wood inlaid lids again, replicating the look of tortoiseshell. Again they are banded with a chevron border. This is a museum quality piece ! It is in fantastic condition for it’s age with the minor shrinkage to the edges of the lid/top, some finger pulls missing and some very minor cracks to the tray lids and bases but nothing that in any way detracts from the piece. No key. Dimensions: Closed the box is 16.75 inches wide, 11.25 inches deep and 7.5 inches high Fully open the box is 16.5 inches high, 16.75 inches wide and 11.4 inches deep Anglo-Indian and ceylonese boxes: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins. Anglo-Indian boxes normally consist of 3 main types:- (1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...

Signed: “Kajikawa saku” and with a red pot seal Height: 3 1/8in (7.9cm) Provenance: Michael Tomkinson Collection Leonard Haber Collection Literature: Michael Tomkinson, A Japanese Collection, London: George Allen, 1898, no. 300 Each case with slightly recessed joints and with different grounds, including kinji, nashiji, togidashi maki-e and gyobu-nashiji, on the obverse decorated with a treasure ship laden with the attributes of the Seven Gods...

An early 19th century miniature Italian coffer, or hinged box, made of solid walnut with marquetry inlay of various woods and bookmatched bird's-eye map...

Rare antique French carved wall mirror and jewel box with beveling and gold-leaf, circa 1890.

Circa 1900 Chinese box decorated with green, blue, red and yellow floral design set against a white background. The top with a carved white jade floral medallion. The apple green ena...

A stunning, rare fine quality French gilt bronze mounted Kingwood marquetry bibus (miniature bibliothèque). In the manner of/possibly by celebrated ébéniste Maison Paul Sormani; the ...

This is an antique hat box. An English, leather hat case with silk top hat by Dunn, dating to the Regency period and later, circa 1820. Lovingly worn l...

Japan, Edo to Meiji period, two-tiered, with the cover with a landscape design, the four sides with guilt chrysanthemum flowers.

A wonderfully charming 19th century American caddy or tool box with the best whimsical wabi-sabi inspired natural bentwood hickory handle. Perfect for holding napkins, flatware, or o...

This is a stunning antique 19th century French Palais Royal pierced brass and porcelain mounted domed rectangular table casket , Circa 1870 in date...

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...

An early Chinese decorated spice barrel A lovely piece, the decoration has seen some losses, this has been stabilised to stop any further deterioration The barrel is made in wo...

A fine specimen in the provincial fabled Sorrento style with prominent colorful figures. The piece is generously scaled and beautifully appointed. Each side, as well as top, with...

Georgian period wooden glove box with subtle Regency style inlay detailing. A discreet and elegant storage vessel sure to elevate any surface. England, ci...

Late 19th century salt box, with an intricate carved flower motif on the sliding door, resting on scroll feet with a top flower finial. 1880, 16.5" X4" X7".

Found in Italy at an estate sale, this hand carved trinket box or catchall is perfect for the collector. Nice antique collectible to display in your...

This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, an ancient Chinese measurement. The rice measure has a square f...

A 19th century primitive, orange and black painted grain bin with divided compartments. A great conversation and statement piece that could even be used as a woodbox for kindling, to...

Antique Japanese lacquer jewelry box from the late 19th century decorated with flowers and foliage, 8 cm high for a length of 21 c...

A set of two Italian Sterling silver cigarette cases from the 19th and 20th century. They have hand-stamped details and are engraved with flowers and scrolling acanthus. One of them ...

Black lacquered wood sewing box on lyre base stand. Both the work box and stand are decorated with abalone and Mother-of-Pearl inlays in a floral compo...

A charming and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Florentine st. Ebony and Pietra Dura marble box. The box is raised by an elegant stepped mottled base with striking wonderful...

Antique Shaker Spice Box Offered is a unique antique Shaker spice box. The piece is from the 1800’s. The piece features a lift up lid as well a single drawer. The drawer is divide...

- Once courtship is complete, male and female swans bond for life and this delightful pair of Japaneer cloisonné swans symbolize love and const...

Burl walnut Ciar box humidor with intricate brass tracery, English, circa 1880. Dimensions: D 7.75”, W 10.75”, H 4.75”.

This beautiful antique fruitwood hanging panetière was crafted in Provence, circa 1830. This decorative cabinet stands on scrolled escargot feet over a intricate scalloped apron; it ...

Intricate and flawless, the highly detailed micromosaic medallion on the lid of this agate box is an incredible example of this diminutive art form. The elaborate micromosaic depicts...

19th Century bentwood box. Round form with red paint.

1840s wood European document box with iron ornamentation.