19th Century Boxes

A stunning antique Bohemian enameled art glass hinged lid jewelry casket - table box by renowned luxury glass maker Moser. Exquisitely hand-made in Bohemia (present day Czech Republic) in the late 19th century, artistic Art Nouveau period opulence, featuring very fine quality hand-blown polished...

Quality antique 19th Century William IV rosewood tea caddy, having a quality shaped rosewood top opening to reveal a fitted interior of a glass tea mixing bowl and a tea lidded compa...

A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, by Bontems Circa 1890, Going-barrel movement, Motor-view light anomaly... When wound and start/...

Fine gilt bronze and Wedgwood two-handled casket, circa 1875.

A superb and richly detailed Large 19th century French green cut crystal and gilt bronze box in the refined Louis XVI style. This exceptional piece is crafted from vibrant emerald gr...

This 19th-century English keepsake box is crafted from richly toned wood and features brass corner inlays for durability and decorative appeal. Its heart-shaped escutcheon and workin...

Place this elegant, antique Napoleon III silverplated box in your master bath to keep your jewelry safe and organized. Crafted in France circa 1870, and built of bronze, the rectangular casket with raised top, sits on small scrolled feet, and is dressed with lion face handles on both sides. All sides including the top are decorated with detailed repousse floral and leaf motifs in high relief throughout; the top is decorated with a oval medallion featuring Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology...

Japanese late Meiji period A Large Organizer Red Lacquered Box, decorated with irises and butterflies in gold and black.

Set of two antique ormolu and cut-crystal casket boxes by Baccarat, France. Since 1764, Baccarat have crafted superb glass pieces for an elite clien...

Late 19th Century, Bohemian Cranberry Overlay & Gilt Bronze Hinged Casket Box A richly ornamented Bohemian casket box, dating to the latter half of the 19th century, of ovoid rectan...

Mid 19th century swedish folk art painted box circa 1865. Good quality swedish pine metal bound box.  Decorated with original ragwork paint and blue painted strap work.  Hand painte...

This stunning antique Bohemian crystal box is attributed to Ludwig Moser, the renowned glassmaker from Karlsbad, celebrated for his exquisite designs and unmatched craftsmanship. The...

Lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid writing box having a lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid wring box with beautiful detail to the box opening to reveal a pull...

Majolica tobacco jar signed Onnaing, circa 1890. Decorated with a goat and wheat and leaves.

Rectangular 19th century box with an oval brass plaque without engraving. The exterior has been re-polished over time. It has a nice warm patina. The int...

19th century small swedish dome top box circa 1860. Good quality dome top box with shaped sides.  In original deep blue paint with black painted metalwork.  Lid opens to reveal a cl...

A beautiful tea caddy. The tortorise shell color is perfection.

This charming 19th-century Jenny Lind steamer box is a testament to timeless craftsmanship and vintage allure. Made from sturdy wood and adorned with riveted black metal bands, this ...

This outstanding Swiss cylinder music box was crafted by the prestigious firm of Le Coultre Freres of Geneva. The highly intricate movement plays a selection of twelve popular tunes ...

Antique Tinwear Tea Caddy From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this documented early 19th century Tinwear tea caddy. The top of cushioned shape with raised han...

Box Page: 299 in the Book – Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork from WMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik: The English Catalogue 1906 Hardcover Signatures: WMF G with ostrich = The fir...

Tortoiseshell tea caddy with inlaid mother of pearl from England. Metal lined under two lids.  Excellent condition, circa 1860.

A lovely vanity box crafted out of Calamander with brass inlay. It is by the prestigious British firm Sampson Mordan & Co of London. The utensils feature mother of pearl handles and ...

This antique chip-carved wooden box, from the late 19th century, features intricate geometric and floral patterns on its surface. The hand-carved details showcase a symmetrical arran...

Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket English, 19th Century Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beautiful piece is a large, ebonized wooden casket or coffer, mounted with extensive ormolu decorations, and inlaid on front and back with Florentine pietra dura hardstone panels. It was made in English in the early 19th century during the regency period, using a host of stylistic influences, and amalgamating various outstanding decorative techniques. The front and reverse are set with hardstone panels, depicting flowers, fruits and insects in the corners. It is attributed to Robert Hume Jr., of Hume & Son, leading English makers of the Regency period, engaged for a time as interior designers for the wealthy 10th Duke of...

Antique 19th Century Victorian silver mounted ram’s head snuff mull, the head is fitted with a silver compartment for snuff, chased with thistles and centred by a facetted oval cryst...

A simply magnificent and grand example of a Regency Penwork Tea Caddy dating 1820. The caddy stands on it's original large gilded bronze Lion's paw feet and the sides retaining the ...

Presentation Tebako box from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912). Beautiful decorative presentation Tebako desk box from the Japanese Imperial Meiji period, circa 1880. This box h...

A decorative glass and moss agate box with a 925 sterling silver frame. Two sides of the box feature panels of moss agate, showcasing a mix of brown, red, and green hues. The lid and...

Marquetry make up box / jewellery box. With wedges on the inside. 19th century. Inlaid with various types of wood. Presumably original of Belgian origin. Dimensions: 33L x 26D x 14,5H

An absolutely stunning large antique Viennese sterling silver pill box made from a hefty gauge of Austrian silver. All sides are decorated with a white guilloche enamel showcasing...

This English Brass Mounted Writing Slope Box is a fine example of the travel accessories. With reinforced brass edges and a shield-shaped brass escutcheon protecting the lock. Whe...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French 20 karat tri-coloured gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection. This exceptional antique French 20k yellow gold snuff box has an oval shaped form. The body of this antique box is embellished with panels of engine turned and tooled decoration, incorporating circular and floral motifs. Each incurved cornered panel is encompassed with applied simplified foliate festoon and column style borders, accented with tri-colored gold highlights. This impressive antique 20ct gold box...

Antique English Marquetry Inlaid Wood Large Tea Caddy / Desk Box Lined in Metal with Working Lock and Key. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 5.5" H x 12" W x 8.25" D.

A fine antique Imperial Russian engraved silver and niello tobacco box/case, 1886, Moscow, Alexander Fuld. The case is finely engraved with engraved niello designs, the hinged lid ha...

A sterling vesta matches box by George Wilkinson This is a very rare vesta box for matches created in London England at the silversmith atelier of George Wilkinson. This unusual box...

Rare French clear crystal Baccarat dresser box with key. A wonderful piece to start a collection or to add to an existing one.

Very fine early 19th century carved ebony writing slope, the exterior richly carved with foliate decoration, the interior profusely inlaid with bon...

This remarkable and highly decorative Japanese export large writing box is a rare high quality example with a complicated and intricate interior. The box is in very good condition c...

Romantic hand painted Dieppe bovine bone floral snuff box - featuring a colorful display of flowers set against a solid brown background - the sides decorated with garlands and blue ...

Swedish antique pine hand crafted wooden barrel. Made to be used as a washing basin or a grain storage. Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the early 19 century. Beaut...

Very beautiful box from the Biedermeier period, made of walnut veneer on a spruce body, the bottom of the box is solid walnut. In the box there is a mirror in the lid and the upper p...

An Italian late 19th Century jewelry box with drawers and top compartment. Measurements: Height: 10" Width: 9" Depth: 6"

English Burl walnut and figural cherub wedge-wood hinged letter box with compartmentalized fitted interior, locking mechanism with key, decorative circular rope motif, and original e...

Regency Sterling Amboyna Box Paul Storr, London, 1813, Royal Coat of Arms  England, London, 1813  An exquisite Regency Sterling Amboyna Box, crafted by the renowned silversmith Paul...

19th century birdseye maple box with brass nail head decoration and iron lock plate and hasp. This box is hand crafted with beautiful dovetail joints visible on the corners, evidence...

A Very Attractive Late Regency Period Rosewood Tea Caddy, Of Elegant Sarcophagus Form, Having Domed Lid With Mother Of Pearl Inlaid Decoration, Enclosing Two Lidded Divisions, Raised...

An English Regency Inlaid Amboyna Tea Caddy with brass mounts. The sarcophagus form with lion handles and scrolled feet. The interior with two compartments for tea with a replaced ...

Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on four tapered, fluted legs connected by a curving X-form stretcher. In the centre of this stretcher is an ormolu urn decorated with rams heads, four hoof feet and birds on the top. The legs of the table are also ornately decorated with draped garlands and scrolled detailing. The apron is inset with Sèvres style porcelain plaques depicting scenes of cherubs and children in landscapes as well as decorative floral detailing, and is surmounted with laurel leaf mounts. The casket itself is of oval architectural form, and is set on fourteen small feet. It features further porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, musical instruments and a central oval portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette within a crowned gilt cartouche. Her portrait is flanked by two cherubs and is sat within a decorative royal blue border, matching the turquoise colored borders of the other plaques. The reverse of the casket is similarly decorated and features a painted plaque of her husband King Louis XVI. The plaques are separated by mounted ormolu columns decorated with crowns and draped laurel leaves, and each column is surmounted by floral crowns. Each curved side of the casket features an ormolu mask of a female figure, and the hinged lid is surmounted by two reclining female figures wearing draped dresses and holding a central crown. The casket opens at the lid to reveal a velvet interior. There is an inscription below the portrait of Marie Antoinette which spuriously reads ‘This casket formerly property of Marie Antoinette, presented to my beloved wife as souvenir of our European tour / Sept 8th 1886 / Louis L...

This is an antique glove box. An English, oak lidded keepsake or reception key case, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800. Delightful small b...

A curated collection of seven small antique boxes in variation of different metals. The collection includes: - One pewter box illustrating a doubl...

A very nice Chinese red lacquer box decorated in gold and black with a garden scene. Box has a black interior. Circa mid 1800s.

With Sewing Equipment From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Sewing Cabinet. The Sewing Cabinet of...

3 beautiful antique Victorian snuff or trinket boxes with gilt metal sides and banded or moss agate tops and bottoms. They have some beautiful coloring. The metal is not marked so l...

Outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut vanity box, having a outstanding quality antique Victorian burr walnut vanity box with a lift up l...

Calamander Veneered Exterior From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to introduce this Unusual Antique Calamander Jewellery Box. Th...

A special unique piece! Hand-painted, probably from France, late 19th century. Beautiful floral patterns in colorful and golden paint.

Oval form with basket weave pattern carved wood and hinged lid with dog .

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...

American Country-style (19/20th Century) Tramp Art large rectangular shaped wood box with two bottom drawers and scalloped design