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Period: 19th Century
Early 19th Century Gold Box
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular snuffbox with angled corners in several colors of gold. The hinged cover, the sides and base are decorated with a guilloché of parallel strips. The composition is framed ...
Category
French Restauration Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold
19th Century Large Store Tea Tin Hand Painted Parnall & Sons Bristol, England
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large store tea tin by Parnall & Sons who were the people to see for outfitting your store and much more as the company grew from 1830. Hand painted showing a girl servi...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
Beautifully Colored Decoupage Box with 17th Century Design Motif
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Beautifully colored decoupage box with 17th century design motif. France, Circa 19th century.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
1810 Table Box, Red Floral Painted, Central Europe
Located in Albignasego, IT
Painted table top box/case
Measures: H.30 cm, W.48 cm, D.32 cm
Small hand-painted Tyrolean antique box, with red background. Decorated on all sides...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Fir
Regency Antique 19th Century Sarcophagus Shaped Burr Elm Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Regency antique 19th century burr elm tea caddy having a sarcophagus shaped lip which lifts to reveal two lidded compartments with original turned knobs, standing on small bun feet.
...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Elm
George III Pocket Nutmeg Grater Made in London in 1802 by Phipps & Robinson
Located in London, GB
This very fine George III Pocket Nutmeg Grater was made in London in 1802 by Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson. This example is of a large size for a pocket example and may well have b...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Japanese Lacquer Ryoshibako Document Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese lacquer box with elaborate Maki-e design from Meiji period, (mid-late 19th century). The generous size of the box was reser...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Sake Ewer Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered wood sake ewer with maki-e design, circa late 19th century, Meiji period. The nicely decorated lacquerware is of a Classic sake ewer for...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
French Hand Crafted Wooden Miniature Jewelry Chest
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Exquisitely hand crafted late 19th early 20th century antique French jewelry chest. Wood serpentine sides inlay three drawer with porcelain me...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early Swedish 19th Century Wooden Folk Art Box with Originally Paint
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish original painted Folk Art box. From the beginning of the 19th century, most likely used to keep writing supplies and office materials.
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Pine
Antique French Brass Napoleonic "Le Grand" Snuff Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique French Brass Napoleonic "Le Grand" Snuff Box
Step back into the glorious era of the French empire with this stunning Antique French brass Napoleonic "Le Grand" snuff box. A ...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Chinese Black Lacquer Tea Caddy
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese black lacquer tea caddy from the Qing dynasty decorated all-over with beautiful floral designs.
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Canadian General Store Snow Drift Mocha Coffee Advertising Display Tin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique general store advertising store display tin for Java Mocha coffee is presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1880 in t...
Category
Canadian Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
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, ...
Category
Swiss Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Steel
Japanese Gilt Black Lacquer Tea Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With intricate construction and exquisite decoration, this fine tabletop tea chest is a true masterpiece of Japanese cabinetry and lacquerware. Decorated in ...
Category
Chinese Meiji Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Sterling Silver & Leather Miniature Knife Holder Styled Playing Card Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver and leather playing card box was made in London, England is 1885 by an unknown maker, in a period Victorian style. The box is styled as a miniature knife...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Indian Antique Wooden Dowry Box with Geometric Motifs and Weathered Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antiue Indian wooden dowry box used by a merchant, with geometric design. Charming us with its weathered appearance and subtle geometric design, this dowr...
Category
Indian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century French Repousse Silvered Metal Spice or Jewelry Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in southern France circa 1860, and octagonal in shape, the antique box is built of metal with a silvered finish with repousse floral and leaf motifs throughout. The decorative casket...
Category
Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
Rare Napoléon III Game Box in Boulle Style Marquetry, France, 1880s
Located in Paris, FR
Rare Napoléon III game box circa 1880 made in Boulle Marquetry style with its game chips.
The outside is in blackened fruitwood with materials as brass decoration lines and a Horn...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Carved Love Doves Oak, Walnut and Rosewood Box Signed R.Vidal
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty Art Deco love letter box in carved walnut wood, would also be great to keep jewellery in.
Two detailed carved doves lying in an amorous em...
Category
French Art Deco Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Oak, Rosewood, Walnut
Antique French Art Nouveau Paper Powder Box "Poudre Lt Piver Pompeia"
Located in Hamburg, DE
Antique French Art Nouveau paper powder box "Poudre Lt Piver Pompeia"
This is an extremely rare and stunning antique French Lt Piver Pompeia Powder box from the late 1800s to very...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Paper
Elegant Early Victorian Jewelry Box with Tray
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K080 elegant early Victorian rosewood sewing box or jewelry box with beautiful mother of pearl inlaid front and hinged top enclosing new relined in...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
French Burl Walnut and Decorative Inlay Jewelry Box, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
French burl walnut and inlay jewelry box, 19th century. Decorative inlay with a bird and flowers design.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Burl
Large Gilt and Silvered Bronze Jewel Box/Casket
Located in Norwood, NJ
French 19th century large gilt and silvered bronze table box. Finely cast Renaissance Revival gilt and silvered bronze jewelry box with tufted velvet interior lining. Four corners wi...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century English Regency Painted Rosewood Workbox, Circa 1790
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Early 19th century Regency hand-painted rosewood workbox with brass inlay, Circa 1790.
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vanity Case with Crystal Boxes and Sterling Silver Lids by George Betjemann 1870
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful feathered walnut, brass bound, vanity box by the famous makers “Betjemann & Sons” of London. This vanity box has several compartments and the attention to detail is fabulou...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Victorian Sterling Silver Taperstick and Vesta Box Compendium
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver taper candle holder and vesta box compendium; an addition of our ornamental sil...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Traveling Desk Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Traveling desk box from Georgian England. With Italiante metal carrying handle and lock, hand-painted faux bois siding and verdirgis demi-lune accents, the ...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fine Quality Antique Inlaid Lacquered Oriental Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality antique inlaid lacquered oriental box with gold fleck inlaid lacquered interior. It has a fantastic colour and condition.
Wonderful orig...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel
19th Century English Paper Mâché Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand painted papier mâché box with original perfume bottles.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Stunning Light Nutwood Antique Cigar Box with Perfect Working Lock and Key
Located in Lisse, NL
Great quality and superb condition antique box for presenting your finest cigars.
This beautifully designed and perfectly handcrafted cigar box is another one of our recent finds and this antique will make a great gift for yourself or for a cigar smoking friend or loved one. All handcrafted in the late 1800s this box is much better than anything you will be able to buy in today's stores. The design, its age and its practicality are one thing, but what makes this antique work of beauty really stand out is the honey colored, light nutwood exterior and interior. It is in superb condition and an absolute joy to look at. If you like it in our photos then you will love it in real life, because the patina is much better looking and warmer than in any of our photos. You can, again, take our word for it. This work of beauty will look great no matter where you decide to have it on display and it turns smoking a fine cigar into an even better experience, because who would not want to be offered a cigar like this. This finest of cigar boxes also comes with a perfect working lock...
Category
European Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Jewelry Ring Trinket Boxes Pair Cloisonné Swan Japanese Gift Love Valentine
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Once courtship is complete, male and female swans bond for life and this delightful pair of Japaneer cloisonné swans symbolize love and const...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Chinese Lacquer Tea Caddy
Located in Brea, CA
Middle 19th century Chinese Export double lacquer tea caddy on stand from the Qing dynasty. octagonal form with hinged lid ,divided interior with me...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Brass Box with Filigree
Located in New York, NY
Regency brass veneered letter box
The brass veneered letter with delicate filigree accents throughout. The canted lid opening to reveal a mirrored underside and leather writing su...
Category
Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Leather Suffbox in the Shape of a Boot
Located in Munich, DE
This highly unusual and rare suff box has been hand crafted out of leather in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. It has been much loved and used, but the lid still closes ti...
Category
Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Leather
Rare Antique English Mahogany Brass Bound Travel Box, circa 1800
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique english mahogany brass bound travel box, circa 1800.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Bombay Table Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Finely inlaid. Unusual shape. Footed. Mixture of exotic woods.
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Inlaid Walnut Tumbridgeware Box
Located in Port Chester, NY
A decorative walnut Tumbridgeware box. Tumbridgeware being characterized as a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridg...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Gothic Revival 1840 Carved Wood Huge Wine Cooler Planter Lion Hairy Paw Feet
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very rare oversized Gothic Revival circa 1840 Victorian wine cooler or planter
A very nice decorative and well made piece, the Lio...
Category
English Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Bombay Mughal Style Footed Box With Bone Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, 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
Indian Anglo Raj Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Carved Walnut and Mother of Pearl Decorative Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique box on a desk, a vanity or a table to hold small objects and keepsakes. Crafted in England, circa 1860, the fruitwood box has double compartments inside no...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Caribbean Mahogany Hinged Pedestal Tea Poy with Foliage Carvings, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
Caribbean mahogany hinged pedestal tea poy with fitted interior, foliate carvings, and resting on the original scrolled feet. Early 19th century.
Category
Caribbean Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Miniature Dresser Styled Jewelry Chest or Music Box with Pink Marble Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed antique musical jewelry box has no maker's marks, but presumed to have been made in Continental Europe in circa 1895 i...
Category
English Edwardian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Onnaing Style Barbotine Tobacco Box Reading Pig, 19th Century
By Onnaing
Located in Paris, FR
Onnaing style barbotine tobacco box representing a sitting pig with a cane, wearing glasses and a blue hat, smoking and reading a French newspaper called "La Viene". Around it, three...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Faience
Fine Japanese Lacquered Inro with Inlays by Kajikawa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese four-case lacquer inro by a member of Kajikawa family circa 19th century (late Edo to early Meiji period). It depicts a nocturnal scenery of a meandering stream surrounded by bush clovers, where a full moon is reflected on the water. It was masterfully decorated in gold and silver maki-e using a combination of techniques including takamakie, togidashi and kirigane as well as aogai (abalone shell) inlays. The stream was set between the slightly elevated banks, adding to this piece a already strong three-dimensional composition. The interior was decorated in gold nashiji. It was signed on the bottom "Kajikawa Zou" (made by Kajikawa and a pot seal centered with "Ei" in Kanji. In one of the compartment, there is a katakana mark, appears to be a name, possibly the owner.
Kajikawa clan was one of the most famous lacquer artisanal family established in the 17th century. Many well known members over the generations produced lacquer art in a wide range of formats, but two third were signed only with the family name such as this one. It is therefore not possible to pinpoint the exact author of this piece.
Provenance: This inro was purchased as lot 349 in Christie's New York sale Japanese...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood, Lacquer
Two Chinese Export Lacquer Tea Caddy for the English Trade, Priced Per Tea Caddy
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Chinese Export lacquer tea caddy. Gilt lacquered tea caddy with two pewter canister inserts. Together with a larger Chinese export lacquer box with o...
Category
Regency Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Style of Faberge Guilloche Nephrite Jade Trinket Box
By Fabergé
Located in Guaynabo, PR
An oval footed trinket box which is bearing the Faberge Imperial Russian silver hallmark Cyrillic characters, and made in the St. Petersburg worksho...
Category
Russian Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Jade
British Campaign Royalty Leather Traveling Trunk, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
British Campaign water proof leather traveling trunk with leather fitted interior compartment, brass banding mounts, Royal coat of arms brass plate, brass side handles, and retains t...
Category
English Campaign Antique 19th Century Boxes
Gilt Bronze Box with Enamel Portrait of Beautiful Lady on Four Raised Feet
Located in Boston, MA
Bronze box with an enamel artist signed portrait of a beautiful lady on four raised feet. It is artist signed L. C. The box has a rose velvet interior. It is from the late 19th centu...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English Hand Painted Metal and Brass Coal Bucket
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique coal bucket was created in England circa 1870, made of metal, the colorful bucket stands on brass feet and has a large brass handle at...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Small Victorian Pine Stationary Box or Treasure Chest
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Small Victorian pine stationary box or treasure chest
This good quality box has a cleated top, it has been stripped and waxed
A good quality small chest is of very solid construc...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Pine
Unusual Austro Hungarian Jeweled Box, Drum
Located in Bath, GB
A most unusual late 19th century novelty box in the form of a drum made from gilded brass inset with a selection of faux cabochon Turquoise, Opals and Garnets.
The handles of the ...
Category
Austrian Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Anglo Indian Vizagapatam Carved Sandalwood Box Micro Mosaic Inlays
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely 19th century Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam carved sandalwood and inlaid box
Mid-19th century Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam carved sandalwood box...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Silverwire Wooden Box Mother of Pearl Design
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese silverwire wooden box with mother of pearl design from the Qing Dynasty. Beautiful intricate floral designs all-over.
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Gentleman's Mahogany and Brass Campaign Jewelry Box
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
High quality English mahogany and brass fine jewelry box that was likely used for stationary as well. Attention to detail, originality and surviving k...
Category
English Campaign Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Sorrento Marquetry Jewellery Box / Trinket Box, Italy, circa 1880
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A charming 19th century Sorrento marquetry jewelry box or trinket box, the hinged lid illustrating a marquetry vignette depicting a young peasant co...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Boxwood, Olive
Two Chinese Export Lacquered Tea Caddy for the English Market, Priced Per Caddy
Located in Buchanan, MI
A two Chinese export lacquered tea caddys for The English Market. With two fitted pewter canisters on the interior. Together with a Chinese export lacq...
Category
Regency Antique 19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
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