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Period: Mid-19th Century
19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddie
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddie. Very handsome and in beautiful shape.
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English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Hardwood

Very Rare 1867 Asprey & Co. Coromandel Dressing Table Box Sterling Silver Pearl
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare 1867 sterling silver hallmarked Asprey 166 Bond Street London Coromandel wood vanity dressing table box A very rare and high quality collectable piece, the box is solid Coromandel wood with brass edges, it’s a lovely dark timber with a similar grain to Rosewood. The suite inside is all sterling silver, fully hallmarked T.W for Thomas Whitehouse, the Queens head for Queen Victoria, the sideways facing Lion for Sterling silver, the Panther head for London and the date letter M for 1867 The box has Braham locks which were of such high quality Gillows of Lancaster an London used them on their finest furniture, at the back of the base section you have a hand engraved plaque which reads Asprey Maker 166 Bond Street London, in the middle of this plaque is a depression switch, if you press it a hidden drawer pops out of the bottom. The listing includes the original key The mirror pulls forward to reveal a hidden document folio...
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English Georgian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Fine Antique English Gilded Bronze Mounted Coromandel Lap Desk
Located in Bath, GB
A superb quality Victorian writing box / slope in exotic and dramatic Coromandel wood mounted with the most exquisite gilded bronze mounts, all intricately engraved with top-notch sc...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Bronze

Antique French Marquetry and Ormolu Stationary Casket . 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique French Gonçalo Alves marquetry and ormolu mounted casket, circa 1860 in date. The casket of bureau form has a lift up top and is inlaid with a marquetry ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Ormolu

Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Jewellery Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality rosewood jewellery box having a quality rosewood lift up lid opening to reveal a fitted blue velvet interior and a storage compartment with beautiful origin...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Rosewood

A Pair of Yew Wood Stands
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of 19th century English polished yew wood and mahogany turned stands for hats, the slightly dished mahogany top over balustrade turned yew shafts and standing on ring turne...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Mahogany, Yew

19th Century, Rosewood & Brass Scent Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and particularly good quality mid-19th century, Victorian Period, rosewood perfume scent box, with attractive brass bound decoration and hinged li...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass

19th Century Rosewood Games Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive Mid-19th Century rosewood card, or games, box having charming polychrome cards and chequered strung decoration to hinged top, enclosing paper lined interior with di...
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English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Rosewood

Victorian Coromandel Vanity Box Glyn Cywarch Estate
By Henry Lewis, James Vickery
Located in Northampton, GB
Dating to 1857 hallmarks for James Vickery and makers plaque Henry Lewis From our Vanity Box collection, we are delighted to offer this exceptional Victorian Coromandel Vanity Box...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Multi-gemstone, Silver, Brass

English Mid 19th Century Micro Tunbridge Glove Box with Makers Label Edmund Nye
Located in Wells, ME
English tunbridge domed glove box with original maker's label Edmund Nye (1840-63). This micro inlaid domed glove box has various woods including rosewood, boxwood, mahogany and w...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Silk, Boxwood, Rosewood, Walnut

19th Century English Victorian Copper and Brass Coal Bucket
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique coal scuttle was created in England, circa 1880. Built of copper with a brass and turned walnut handle, the oblong bucket stands on a round base. The versatile decorativ...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass, Copper

Small Antique Treen Glove Powderer and Companion Piece. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely shaped treen glove powderer 5 holes in the top Beautiful colour of wood. Possibly pearwood The companion piece is turned bone. About the same dat...
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English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Wood

Mid-19th Century Swedish Painted Pine Shaped Box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rustic tine pine work box of large proportions, circa 1850. Shaped and metal bound edges and hinges. Original handles and paint. Hinges have broken, which could be fixed but pr...
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Swedish Rustic Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Pine

Antique Sterling Silver Book Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver vinaigrette modelled in the form of a book; an addition to our silver boxes collection. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver vinaigrette has been realistically modelled in the form of a book. The body of this antique silver vinaigrette...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Stamp Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century Japanese Meiji period bronze stamp box. Applied castings of a hanging flower basket with bird, recumbent stag and flowers. Measures: 1 1/...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Bronze

19th Century English Rosewood & Mother of Pearl Jewelry Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique Victorian English rosewood jewellery box with fitted interior, a removable inner jewellery tray, and fully working lock and key, circa 1850. The lid and front of thi...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

Antique Travelling Jewellery Salesman's Box, English Carry Case, Victorian, 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling jewellery salesman's box. An English, mahogany and cedar secure carry case, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Delightfully appointed traveller's box with useful storage Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Select stocks show fine grain interest throughout Rich russet hues beam beneath a wax polish finish Shallow lid dressed with a brass handle and held securely with a pair of rotary hooks Inset diamond to fascia hosts a working lock — key present Interior replete with a segmented storage tray, two compartments dressed with small bone...
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British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Wood, Cedar

Antique & Unique Napoleon II Inlaid Burl Box w. Gilt Perfume Flasks / Bottles
Located in Lisse, NL
Incredible workmanship and amazingly intricate, antique Napoleon II box, mid 1800s When it comes to collectible and high value boxes, this little, fit-for-a-king gem from the 1850s is right up there with the rarest and most beautiful we ever saw. We know it should not be THE reason why you would purchase something of this quality and beauty, but with ever fewer craftsman being able to create anything remotely great, the value of this type of antique can...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass, Bronze

Antique Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box -1848
Located in Örebro, SE
19th Century swedish folk art bentwood box, with nice patina. Owner marks at the top and bottom, KB 1848. Good antique condition with historic knocks, marks, scratches and wear as is...
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Swedish Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Bentwood

ANTiQUE ITALIAN CIRCA 1840 HEAVILY CARVED BOX DEPICTING STALLION HORSES MUST SEE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite ornately hand carved Antique Italian box depicting stallion horses circa 1840 A v...
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Italian Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, Birmingham 1836, Engraved
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1836 by Edwin Jones, this handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, features a cast and applied border to the lid, engine turn...
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English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Rare Swedish Antique Blue Folk Art Box
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare antique blue box in folk art from Sweden made during the mid 1800s. The box is an attractive size and can be used for anything from storing documents and stationary to perfume a...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Pine

Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large faux tortoiseshell tea caddy from England. Lovely shape and sterling plate on top this hasn't been monogramed. Sitting on ball feet, circa 1860.
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Campaign Style Rosewood Brass Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved with the name of its owner, Anne Orten. The piece opens to reveal a velvet lined writi...
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English Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass

Marble Case with Inkwell, Italy 2nd Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Red marble casket with pyramidal lid and fitted brass vessels. Light bumps.
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Marble

French Napoleon III Period 19th Century Leather Sewing Kit with Bronze Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
French 1850s Napoléon III period leather case sewing kit with bronze hardware and blue velvet interior. Take a step back into the lavish world of the mid-19th century with this Frenc...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Bronze

19th Century French Repousse Brass Clad Coal Bin on Casters with Hunt Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France, circa 1870, the antique brass coffer is mounted on a wooden frame, and stands on caster wheels. The slant top opens up with stopping chain revealing inside storage...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass

English Winsor and Newton Paint Box with Drawer, Paint and Pallettes circa 1865
Located in Wells, ME
English Winsor and Newton mahogany with ebony stringing paint box with drawer. This paint box retains its original Winsor and Newton Label in the lid as well as in the bottom of the ...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass

Napoleon III Liquor Cellar
Located in BARSAC, FR
Beautiful Napoleon III liqueur cellar in blackened wood and marquetry of brass, mother-of-pearl, and rosewood fillets. Interior lined with a crystal service with beautiful floral dec...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Ebony

Antique Dome Top Calling Card Box, English, Walnut, Brass, Desk Tidy, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dome top calling card box. An English, walnut and brass bound desktop tidy, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.   B...
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British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass

Antique Tea Caddy, English, Satinwood, Box, Mixing Glass, Regency, circa 1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tea caddy. An English, rosewood and satinwood container with glass mixer, dating to the late Regency period, circa 1830. Delightful R...
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British Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Satinwood

Jewelry Boxes or Wooden Box with Key, Restauration Period 19th, France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming jewelry box or case. The box has a compartment for rings and 3 compartments for earrings, necklaces, bracelets, stones. Very interesting opening mechanism with pusher syst...
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French Restauration Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Wood

Antique Victorian Quality Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut writing box with brass bound corners and straps opening to reveal a fitted writing slope, pen tray, original ink bottle, two lift up lids openin...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Decorative Box, Walnut Veneer and Brass, South Germany, circa 1850
Located in Regensburg, DE
Small Biedermeier decorative box, walnut veneer, southern Germany around 1850. Brass fitting with handle. Restored and shellac hand polished. Dimensions: H 10.2cm x W 20cm x D 13.5cm.
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German Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Palais Royal French Casket Necessaire Vanity Chest by L. Dujat 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a fine and well fitted ebonised Gonçalo Alves Palais Royal travel necessaire / vanity chest, by Maison Smal L. Dujat - Palais Royal 7 (Paris), circa 1850 in date. This sup...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Mid-19th Century Campaign Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and good quality camphor wood writing desk, circa 1860. Brass bound around the outer edges and carrying handles to each side. These desk were made for sea captains and office...
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Indonesian Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Hardwood

Antique Folk Art Northern Swedish Handmade Flour Box
Located in Kramfors, SE
Folk Art flour box from northern Sweden. The box was made by hand during the mid-1800s from pine and was used to store flour. Boxes like this would be standi...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Pine

19th Century Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great condition for its age. No major losses or damage. Has original sewing pieces inside.
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Afghan Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

Materials

Bone, Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Small Alabaster Chest
Located in Paris, FR
Small alabaster Chest 19th century Italian work.
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

Materials

Alabaster

Antique Paul Sormani Signed Parisian Napoleon III Period Glove Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce very fine quality Napoleon III Period (1852-1870) gilt bronze ormolu mounted inlaid glove box by important Parisian ébéniste Paul Sormani (1817-1877) Exquisitely hand-cra...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass, Ormolu

Antique Swedish Hand-Made Folk Art Pine Flour Box
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique hand-made flour box from Sweden made in folk art during the second half of the 19th century, around 1860 to 1870. These boxes were either hung on the...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Pine

19th Century Sterling Silver Snuffbox Birmingham 1848 by Rolason Bros
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely little sterling silver snuffbox, fully hallmarked with gold plated interior. Lovely chasing on lid and sides, classic high Victorian repousse w...
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English High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Sterling Silver

19th Century Swedish Burr Elm Teapoy
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century burr elm teapoy circa 1840. Very good quality example of a scandinavian teapoy with a strong influence from the english Regency period. Sarcophagus shaped main bod...
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Swedish William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Elm

Scandinavian Hand Painted Folk Art Pine Box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian hand painted folk art pine box, circa 1850. Fine example of traditional Swedish hand painted woodenware. Slight dome topped li...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Pine, Paint

Castle Top Vinaigrette, Warwick Castle, Birmingham, 1847, Nathaniel Mills
Located in London, GB
Nathaniel Mills. A very rare Castle Top Vinaigrette depicting a scarce view of Warwick Castle from the River Avon. Made in Birmingham in 1847 by Nathaniel M...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Coopered Barrel Advertising Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare & Unusual Advertising Tea Barrel Caddy The Tea Caddy modelled in the form of a coopered barrel complete with two thick brass straps around a beautifully patinated body with a mahogany plinth having a cavetto edge. The lid with a matching cavetto edge having a beautiful star inlay motif surmounted by a turned finial in the shape of an acorn. The front of the caddy is beautifully inlaid in Ebony with the word Tea in a 3d effect. We are confident this Caddy would have been commissioned as an advertising piece for a luxury tea shop in the mid-19th century with tea being such a desirable commodity in higher society. Provenance Sold at Grosvenor House antique fair...
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English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Brass

Antique Folk Art Grain Painted Blanket Chest with Strap Hinges, Dated 1846
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Folk Art blanket chest or trunk offers grain painted wood construction with central date of 1846, strap hinges and interior patch ...
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American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Paint, Wood

Antique Victorian Table Top Jewellery Collectors Cabinet 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a elegant Victorian mahogany table top jewellery collectors cabinet, circa 1840 in date. The cabinet is freestanding, finished all...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Mahogany

19th Century Highly Decorative Walnut Trunbridge Parquetry Box from England
Located in North Salem, NY
Highly Decorative Rectangular 19th Century Walnut Trunbridge Parquetry Box with Handle and Bun Feet From England. 9"H ith the Handle Up.
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Walnut

Biedermeier Box, Walnut Veneer, South Germany, circa 1860
Located in Regensburg, DE
Biedermeier Box, Walnut Veneer, South Germany, circa 1860. Walnut and walnut root veneer. Inlay trims in maple and ebony. Refinished condition, hand polished with shellac. Dimensions...
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Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Ebony, Maple, Walnut, Softwood

Mid-19th Century Swedish Painted Table Top Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-19th Century swedish painted table top writing desk circa 1850. Good quality table top bureau, presented in original scraped back paint. ...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Pine, Paint

French 1819-1838 Neoclassical Louis XVI Rectangular Snuff Box Labrated 18kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
French snuff box in solid gold. Exceptional rectangular snuff box, crafted in Paris France during the second monarchic restoration period, between the 1818 and 1838. It was carefully crafted in the neoclassical Louis XVI style in solid yellow gold of 18 karats. Fitted with a hinged lid and embellished with intricate chiseled, engraved and guilloche finishes, Monogramed AS inside the counterpart of the lid. Weight: 1l7.75 Grams, (75.48 Dwt). Measurements: 89 mm by 54 mm by 20 mm (3.5 x 2.13 x 0.79 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with ancient French marks; the Zeus head...
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French Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Gold

Small Swedish 1860s Pine Metal Bound Box with Distressed Blue Painted Interior
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Small Swedish pine metal bound box circa 1860 with rustic character. Showcasing an inherent charm indicative of the mid-19th century, this petite Swedish pine metal bound box, circ...
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Swedish Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Metal

Victorian Hungarian Ash Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming Mid-19th Century hungarian ash tea caddy of unusual design, having applied tablet & chequered strung decoration to well figured exterior, with slightly domed hinged top en...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Ash

19th Century Italian Voting Box Tuscan Confraternity Carved Barrel Ballot Box
Located in Milan, IT
19th century Italian Confraternity Voting Urn of Tuscan origin realized with turned and carved poplar wood. The barrel-shaped central body, in which hands were inserted to insert the ballot ball into one of the two holes connected to the small drawer below, where on the front we find the inscription YES and NO related to voting, SI and NO, in order to distinguish for and against votes on paper, then collected in two separate small drawers, just below. Standing on four curly feet, it has a beautiful curved handle and carved parts at both ends, highlighted by ebonized details. In a fraternity, this ballot box was used to collegially adjudicate community choices. In good age related condition, with sogns of wear and use. This antique Italian ballot wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 19th century wooden voting box...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Poplar

19th Century Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice condition for its age. Does not have key. Has original sewing box utensils inside - spools, etc.
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Bone, Wood, Lacquer

Scandinavian Hand Painted 19th Century Pine Strong Box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian hand painted 19th century pine strong box circa 1840. Good example of traditional rustic Swedish woodwork.  Painted in a russet red paint with hand painted cream drag...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Steel

Rococo Style Repousse Silver Plate Tea Caddy Spoon, U.K., Mid-19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Rococo style silver plate tea caddy spoon - featuring repousse shell shaped decoration with leaves - 'c' scrolls to the handle - fine quality workmanship and classic details ...
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English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Boxes

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Silver Plate

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