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Period: Mid-19th Century
Swedish Limestone Chest Shaped like a Book circa 1840-1870
Located in Farsta, SE
A rare stone chest shaped like a book, crafted circa 1840-1870
Made of solid carved Swedish limestone (Öland) with a top nobb in alabaster.
The craftsmanship of this heavy piece is...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Limestone
Antique English Mother of Pearl & Rosewood Writing Box Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Firmly Attributed to Hausburg
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Victorian Writing Box attributed to ...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Miniature 19th Century Victorian Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. Charming antique miniature chest of drawers. The chest has a marble top. The case is figured mahogany, with four stacked drawers, the ...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Musical snuff box by BA Bremond
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful snuffbox made of pressed horn. The lid depicts a song for cupid
The mechanism plays 2 melodies as written on the original melody sheet. It is signed on the melody sheet on...
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Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron
Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware sewing box
Date : c1840
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central perspective cube patte...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tunbridge Ware Glove Box c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box
Date : c1860
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Cover with a berlin woolwork floral mosaic within keylines bordered by v...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Edward Smith 1839
By Edward Smith
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique engraved sterling silver vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1839.
The vinaigrette is finely engine turned to the hinged top and the undersaide, the lid is monogram...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tunbridge Ware Workbox c1850
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware work box
Date : c1850
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent . Almost certainly early Edmund Nye or George Burrows.
Decoration : Central stylised f...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pennsylvania Sponge Decorated Box On Later Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Square form with hinged lid with original brass bail handle. Faux bois decoration. The matt black painted wood base with square section legs and H form stretchers.
Category
American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Pine
Fad cylinder Music Box playing 2 per Turn
Located in Zonhoven, BE
eautiful, large and early music box.
This box has a thick (about 8m diameter) cylinder and plays 2 melodies per rotation of the cylinder.
The box is simple fruitwood, without mar...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique sterling silver-gilt early 19th century Vinaigrette, Birmingham, by Gervase Wheeler, 1839.
This beautiful vinaigrette having f...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French Boulle Napoleon III Marquetry Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique 19th century French boulle marquetry box.
The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass and tortoiseshell.
Including key.
After high quality renovation.
Very good/excellent a...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique French Limoges Enamel Jewelry Box C.1850
Located in Bath, GB
An absolute gem, made in France in around 1860, this charming box or casket is made from a heavy Ormolu and standing on four original feet.
The undamaged five Limoges enamel panels a...
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French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Tunbridge Ware Glove Box c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box
Date : c1840
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Three geometric stickware designs to cover with keyline border. Internal...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Cylinder Musical Box by Nicole Freres (Geneva)
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Early Fad Cylinder music box made in Geneva by Nicole Freres.
This is a good example of those early music boxes.
The mechanisme has a fad cylinder and plays 8 tunes in a 2 per turn...
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Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
Musical snuff box with minatur painting
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland in the mid-19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a comb made of several small parts. (Until the mid-19th century, it was not yet possib...
Category
Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron
Antique Ladies Utility Box, English, Burr Walnut, Writing Slope, Sewing, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lady of the house utility box. An English, burr walnut and mother of pearl inlaid writing slope and sewing box, dating to the late Regency period, circa 1830.
Exc...
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British Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Large 19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry Jewelry Box, Marked Lucie
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This large mid nineteenth century marquetry box from the Napoleon III period features a burl thuya wood field surrounded by a concentric border of intricately inlaid ebonized pearwoo...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
'Grand Tour' souvenir box "Palais de L'Institut" Paris
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful snuff box made of pressed horn. The lid depicts "Palais de l'Institut" from Paris. So the box was a souvenir box.
The mechanism plays 3 melodies and is signed on the com...
Category
Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron
Ladies table compendium and jewelry box
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This good quality ladies table compendium houses a number functions that a lady would need during the day. Under the hinged lid is a sewing box with compa...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century American Nautical Inlaid Box
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century American sailor made nautical themed inlaid ships wheel on the top, also called the helm. The front, sides and back are inlaid with geometric cir...
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American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Fruitwood, Mahogany
Music Box with Exposed Controls playing 6 tune probably by Lecoultre
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful, early and rare music box probably made by Lecoultre in the early 19th century. This early music box plays 6 melodies on a 25.5cm cylinder. At the beginning of the 19th cen...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Mid Victorian Amboyana Ladies Jewellery Box and Writing Slope c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Amboyana jewellery box and writing slope
Date : c1860
Period : Victoria
Origin : England
Decoration : Bird eye maple box with amboyana ...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
'Grand Tour' souvenir box "Brounnen, contre Grütli et la chapelle de Guil. Tell"
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Musical souvenir box made in Switzerland in the 19th century for the German marked
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies. Indicated on the original tunesheet on the inside of the li...
Category
Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel
Mid 19th century Swedish folk art painted box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
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...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
Mid 19th century Chinese export hand painted tea caddy
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid 19th century handpainted Chinese export tea caddy. This tea Caddy stands on four hand carved miniature foo dog sculpted feet. This tea caddy has its original pewter lin...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Decorative Censer, Chinese, Bronze, Incense Burner, Victorian, C.1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative censer. A Chinese, bronze incense burner, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Delightfully ornate and substantial burner, with appealing ...
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Chinese Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bronze Box.
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bronze Box.
This stunning antique French bronze box with a hinged lid, decorated with cupids surrounded with Sèvres-style porcelain floral and figurative plaques...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Musical 'Grand Tour' souvenir box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Musical souvenir box made in Switzerland in the 19th century for the German marker
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies. Indicated on the inside of the lid.
The case is made of met...
Category
Swiss Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel
Dog's Townhouse
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 19th c. English doghouse for a small dog in the form of a Georgian townhouse in lovely original faded ochre paint with a pitched gable roof with two chimneys with double chimney pots. Great painted detail including 12 over 12 double hung sash windows with stone headers, elliptical fanlight overdoor window and grand arched door frame.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Coromandel Gentleman's Travelling Vanity Case 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique Victorian Coromandel gentleman's travelling vanity case with fitted interior, circa 1865 in date.
This rectagular shaped traveling case is made of rare coromandel wood and features a blank brass plaque. The interior is well fitted with Sheffield silver plate mounted jars, bottles and shaving tools, displayed on fitted blue velvet.
The secret button at the front of the case opens a sprung secret drawer below, for your jewellery. The underside of the lid has a velvet backed mirror and a compartment for hiding your letters.
Complete with working Bramah lock and original key.
It is a beautiful piece which will look stunning on your dressing table.
Condition:
In really excellent condition. Please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 9 x Width 26 x Depth 19
Dimensions in inches:
Height 3 inches x Width 10 inches x Depth 7 inches
Calamander wood or Coromandel wood is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It is of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes (or the other way about), very heavy and hard. It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and is closely related to genuine ebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these is Diospyros quaesita Thwaites, from Sri Lanka. The name Calamander comes from the local sinhalese name, 'kalu-medhiriya', which means dark chamber; referring to the characteristic ebony black wood.
Coromandel wood has been logged to extinction over the last 2 to 3 hundred years and is no longer available for new work in any quantity. Furniture in coromandel is so expensive and so well looked after that even recycling it is an unlikely source. A substitute, Macassar Ebony, has similar characteristics and to the untrained eye is nearly the same but it lacks the depth of colour seen in genuine Coromandel.
Travelling cases
became very popular towards the end of the 18th century. They were manufactured specifically to accompany upper class gentleman during travel. Dressing cases were originally rather utilitarian but they spoke volumes about their owners’s wealth and place in society, as at that time, traveling was only done by the elite.
Gentleman’s dressing cases would contain bottles and jars for colognes, aftershaves and creams as well as essential shaving and manicure tools. As these boxes became more popular, many further traveling item options were offered for inclusion.
By the early Victorian era, ladies also began to travel and suddenly their requirements were anything but utilitarian! Ladies dressing cases could feature a wide range of decorative bottles and jars as well as a vast array of beautifcation tools, all designed with pure luxury in mind. The exterior of the box became almost as important as the interior and these boxes started being veneered with beautiful exotic woods from all over the world.
As demand for gentleman’s boxes lessened, the dressing case started to also become known by the more feminine term ‘vanity box’. These boxes, with their excessive price tags, were now considered as true works of art and beauty in themselves, and were often bought as status symbols rather than actual traveling companions.
Some of the finest examples of travelling cases made from exotic wood with gold and silver fittings come from: Walter Thornhill, Betjamann & Sons and Jenner...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Musical Snuffbox by Alibert playing 2 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Covered Vase with Atlantes, attr. to A. Giroux, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful ovoid-shaped covered vase in patinated bronze with golden highlights, with rich rotating decoration in relief. The lid, symbolizing Night, is decorated with a turtle, a moo...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1850's Tortoiseshell Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small Silver and Tortoiseshell jewellery box, with the top of the lid and the bottom of the box being tortoiseshell. The edges of the box is ...
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British Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
White Brass Five Blessings Chinese Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Filled with burning coals, this finely crafted 19th-century brazier once warmed the hands of a wealthy lady on a cold winter's night in northern China. The portable brazier is hand-w...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Antique French Boulle Napoleon III Marquetry Box
By Audige
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique 19th century French Boulle/Napoleon III marquetry box.
The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass and tortoiseshell and red silk textile inside.
Including key.
Signed: Aud...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Sterling Silver Castle Top Cigar Case Nathaniel Mills Birmingham 1840
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique repousse work & engraved sterling silver gilt castle top cigar/cheroot case, Nathaniel Mills Birmingham 1840.
This very finely crafted silver case is made by the ...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Period Marquetry Cigar Box, Music Box
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This mid nineteenth century French Napoleon III period marquetry cigar presentation box is constructed of rosewood and is marked Cigares on the top in lemon wood inlay. Additional i...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes with historical decor to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Burr Walnut Keepsake Box With Painted Dog Portraits
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
19th Century Jewellery Box in Burr Walnut, remarkable painted top of three dogs the proudest of which nestles in a cushion surrounded by fine drapery and a overflowing chinoiserie va...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Decorative Finery Box, English, Jewellery, Keepsake, Regency, Circa 1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative finery box. An English, rosewood and silk cotton jewellery box, dating to the late Regency period, circa 1830.
Bold keeps...
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British Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Music Box with Exposed Controls playing 6 tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful, early and rare music box made in the early 19th century. This early music box plays 6 melodies on a 25,7cm cylinder. At the beginning of the 19th century, boxes of excelle...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope c1850
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware writing slope
Date : c1875
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, kent
Decoration : Central mosaic of a child with small dog and bird. Above is a foliat...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Boho Zig Zag Inlay Burl Wood Writing Desk Box
Located in west palm beach, FL
An extraordinary vintage Boho writing desk in a box. Chic Burl wood construction with gorgeous inlay detail. An interior writing desk to hold your papers and writing utensils. Acquir...
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British Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Musical Snuffbox Playing 2 Tunes and Cupido on the Lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Musical Laurencekirk Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Anglo-Indian Hardwood Casket with Bone Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Anglo-Indian hardwood casket with bone inlay. India.
Category
Indian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century French Napoleon III / Boulle Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique French Napoleon III box with inlaid bronze decor, polished black color surface and red velour textile inside. Includes key.
After the r...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes with Flowerpot to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Handbag Style: Art Deco in Bronze, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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French Art Deco Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes depicting a Bouquet of Flowers to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
William IV Burr Walnut Teapoy
Located in Altrincham, GB
William IV burr walnut teapoy c1830-40, circular hinged top opening to two cylinder caddies and mixing bowls raised on a wrythen moulded column and three...
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Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Mid 19th Century Swedish Folk Art small Travel box /chest with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
Mid 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Travel box from Skellefteå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Beautiful untouched original paint.
Dated 1858
Decorated with handwrought iron around the ...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Iron
Antique Huge French Amboyna Porcelain Cameo Writing Casket 19th C
Located in London, GB
A French ormolu and porcelain cameo mounted amboyna writing box, circa 1860 in date.
The rectangular casket features a lid with a central floral hand painted porcelain panel, cross...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
19th century painted Swedish desktop box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century painted Swedish desktop box circa 1840.
Good quality Scandinavian box in original paint. Hand painted in a blue/green colour scheme. Further painted with a red cartou...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Pine, Paint
Scatola Intagliata Porta Gioie, Meta 800, Vintage, Box
Located in Milano, MI
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl Box
Located in Miami, FL
Antique rosewood box with pewter and mother of pearl inlay. The Regency Empire to early Victorian rectangular box is inlaid with MOP at the center...
Category
English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
1864 Needle Pad made of Öland Limestone, Sweden
Located in Farsta, SE
Needle pads were part of the interior design style that was popular in the 1800s and reflected the taste and style of that era. The design of these needle p...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes
Materials
Limestone
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