Regency Boxes
REGENCY STYLE
Like France’s Empire style, Regency-style furniture was rooted in neoclassicism; the characteristics of its bedroom furniture, armchairs, dining room tables and other items include clean lines, angular shapes and elegant details.
Dating roughly from the 1790s to 1830s, antique Regency-style furniture gets its name from Prince George of Wales — formally King George IV — who became Prince Regent in 1811 after his father, George III, was declared unfit to rule. England’s Regency style is one of the styles represented in Georgian furniture.
George IV’s arts patronage significantly influenced the development of the Regency style, such as the architectural projects under John Nash, which included the renovation of Buckingham House into the formidable Buckingham Palace with a grand neoclassical facade. Celebrated designers of the period include Thomas Sheraton, Henry Holland and Thomas Hope. Like Nash, Hope instilled his work with classical influences, such as saber-legged chairs based on the ancient Greek klismos. He is credited with introducing the term “interior decoration” to English with the 1807 publishing of Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.
Although more subdued than previous styles like Rococo and Baroque, Regency interiors incorporated copious use of chintz fabrics and wallpaper adorned in chinoiserie-style art. Its furniture featured fine materials and luxurious embellishments. Furniture maker George Bullock, for instance, regularly used detailed wood marquetry and metal ornaments on his pieces.
Archaeological discoveries in Egypt and Greece informed Regency-era details, such as carved scrollwork, sphinxes and palmettes, as well as the shape of furniture. A Roman marble cinerary chest, for example, would be reinterpreted into a wooden cabinet. The Napoleonic Wars also inspired furniture, with martial designs like tented beds and camp-style chairs becoming popular. While the reddish-brown mahogany was prominent in this range of pieces, imported woods like zebrawood and ebony were increasingly in demand.
Find a collection of antique Regency tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Regency
Antique English Regency Flame Mahogany Sarcophagus Wine Cellarette Lion Paw Feet
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Flame Mahogany Wine Cellarette of sarcophagus outline and of English origin. First quarter of the 19th century, Regency period.
The flat top lid opening to reveal the inte...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Extremely Rare Pair of Regency Cast-Iron Sarcophagus Shaped Strong Boxes
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely rare pair of Regency cast-iron sarcophagus shaped strong boxes.
Regency, circa 1820
Painted to simulate palisander wood and with parcel-gilt, the cavetto-moulded hinged lids cast with flower sprays above foliate-cast bands over front panels relieved with river gods within canted corners cast with standing muses, the sides with lion mask and ring handles over leafy aprons on massive lion’s paw feet; the Brahmah type lock stamped “T. Davis from London” and impressed with the Royal Crown.
These extraordinary pieces are modelled on Regency wine coolers. The forms are classic Greco-Roman revival with the boat-hook handles, mythic figures and the overall sarcophagus pattern.
You would struggle to find one let alone a pair. Good items for any collection.
Research on going into these strong boxes but we have found possible information on the lock stamped Davis….(historyoflocks )
The relationship of King George III and George Davis of Windsor, who was locksmith in ordinary to His Majesty. Davis, in 1799, invented and patented a unique style of lock, which was also beautifully engraved with a warning not to make duplicate keys. Sensitive government secrets always demanded, then as today, locks that were state of the art. Davis locks ended up on government dispatch boxes...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Iron
$21,737 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Keepsake Box, English, Coromandel, Inlaid Stationery Case, Regency, 1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique keepsake box. An English, Coromandel inlaid stationery case, dating to the Regency period, circa 1830.
Appealing sarcophagus ...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
Regency Specimen Wood Parquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular hinged coffered top over a conforming case. Side ring handles and brass paw feet. Fitted interior.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Regency Cellarette in Rosewood
Located in Doylestown, PA
An English Regency wine cellarette circa 1820 in rosewood with inlaid brass monogram "CH" and tree symbol, with inset brass handles on the sides, the interior fitted with partitions....
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
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
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Elm
$1,037 Sale Price
20% Off
French Faux Book Gold Embossed Wood Pencil Artist Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Paris, a Mid-Century leather gold embossed book box featuring the title BUFFON Oeuvres. This super charming box could be used for pencils but also paint brushes, keys or ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood, Leather
Vintage Regency Hand Painted Opaline Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This charming vintage opaline box embodies the delicate elegance of the Regency era, featuring a serene sky blue glass body beautifully encased in ornate, hand-painted metal mounts. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique English Regency Penwork Games or Playing Card Box, circa 1820
Located in Bath, GB
About as exotic and decorative as they get, this magnificent playing card or games box has a deep red or burgundy background which is smothered in the most exquisite fine penwork wit...
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1820s English Antique Regency Boxes
19th century English Rosewood Tea Caddy with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Savannah, GA
Tea Caddy made of rosewood with extensive mother-of-pearl decoration to the top and front. Special features include bun feet and unusual handles on either side with mother-of-pearl b...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
$995 Sale Price
37% Off
19th Century, English Regency Leather Oval Hat Box
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rustic early 19th century English regency oval hat box with a carry handle. The box is crafted from leather and features European and Asian port of call stickers. Beautifully worn pa...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Leather
Fine quality antique Regency rosewood tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique Regency rosewood tea caddy, having a outstanding quality 19th Century rosewood and mother of pearl inlaid sarcophagus shaped tea caddy, with a quality carved mou...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
$1,173 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Gentleman’s Document Box, English, Keepsake Case, Regency, Circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman’s document box. An English, rosewood and leather keepsake case, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820. A refined and versatile accessory for the desk ...
Category
1820s British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
English Birdseye Maple Sewing Box
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency birdseye maple sewing box with lions heads handles on each side & lions hairy paw feet with a key.
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine English Regency mahogany caddy with canted sides and shaped hinged top with ebony stringing and original brass paw feet. Good color and patina.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of English Regency Red Tôle & Gilt Chinoiserie Tea Caddies, Nos. 2 & 4
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of English Regency Red Tôle & Gilt Chinoiserie Tea Caddies, Nos. 2 & 4, numbered ‘2’ and ‘4’ in the traditional English manner, indicating different tea varieties within...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Metal
Regency Penwork Decorated Box, C1810
Located in valatie, NY
Regency Penwork Decorated Box c1810. "A sycamore veneered box decorated in penwork. The sides of the box are decorated with what looks like stylized marigolds. ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique English Regency Style Lion Motif Oval Tole Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique English Regency Style Lion Motif Oval Tole Box
England, circa 1900s
A beautiful colorful example, of oval from with swing handle, on a tapering box decorated with tassels, lion medallions and trellis work. Fitted with a latch handle, possibly a commercial tea box, can be used a fireplace kindling...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Boxes
Materials
Metal
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Manner of George Bullock, Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Lap Desk
Located in Morristown, NJ
c.1800, England, Regency brass inlaid rosewood lap desk in the manner of George Bullock. Rectangular box with double-hinged lid, opening to tooled na...
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Regency Leather Studded Campaign Case Trunk by Chapple & Sons Initials "I.M"
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Regency leather studded traveling case by Chapple & Sons of Cheapside London with studded brass initials ( I * M )
This compact Regency trunk is constru...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$709 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Regency Mahogany 6-Drawer Collectors Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
English Regency period mahogany collectors chest with ebonized detail. The mahogany case having six drawers with turned pulls, figured mahogany top with molded edge and sitting on a ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Regency Toleware Footed Coal Box or Scuttle with Brass Handles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique metal coal box or coal scuttle is presumably made in England during the 1820s in the Regency period and style. The box is constructed of th...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique English Regency Mahogany Tea Chest Robert Wright
Located in Northampton, GB
With Twin Caddies & Hand Cut Glass Sugar Bowl
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this rare Regency Cuban Mahogany Tea Chest by Robert Wright. The Tea Chest of ...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Satinwood Needlework or Jewellery Box
Located in Folkestone, GB
A fine early 19th century satinwood sarcophagus needlework or jewellery box with ornate brass ring handles and feet.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century Painted Satinwood Dresser Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Unique satinwood painted English dresser box from the 19th century. Box has colorful floral and ribbon design with exotic birds on a beautiful satinwood background. Designs are in ea...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
English Regency Oak Jewelry Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency-style (19th century) pollard oak men's miniature jewelry cabinet with 2 doors and brass plume crest.
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Regency Mahogany and Satinwood Cellarette with Orig. Brass Liner C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany and satinwood wine cellarette with original fitted brass liner, checkered ebony and satinwood inlays, embossed brass foliage side panels, original gilt circu...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Regency Memento Mori Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Decorated with four skulls to top with titles of a Witch, King, Beauty and Beggar to each Skull underneath. Lidded.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Antique English Regency Rosewood Travelling Lap Desk Box, Circa 1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency rosewood travelling lap desk box, circa 1830.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
English Regency Brown Wrapped Leather Brass Footed Table Box with Handles
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Italian Brown Leather Jewelry Box with Gold Tooling.
Large Italian gilt tooled leather wrapped table box, with domed top gilt decoration, raised on four bronze paw feet.
Vintage leather wrapped trunk with solid brass ornate feet, the top opens to reveal a lined interior with decorative endpaper with ample storage space.
This stylish, whimsical and chic large storage box...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood And Brass Inlaid Campaign Dressing Box
Located in Essex, MA
Finely made and signed E. Wells Co Patent on hinges. Rectangular hinged top with brass edge and fleur de lis corners and central monogrammed plaque opening to a fitted interior. Conf...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Leather Jewelry, Work and Writing Casket
Located in London, by appointment only
A Regency leather jewelry, work and writing casket,
the hinged lid enclosing a partitioned compartment, the moulded doors enclosing four drawers with faux book spine fronts, the low...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Leather
Vintage Boho 19th Century Marquetry Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Capture the refined elegance of the English Regency period with this stunning antique marquetry box. Masterfully crafted in the 19th century, its rich, dark wood body is adorned with...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Regency Leather Faux Book Box on Painted Stand or End Table, English, circa 1830
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather four volume faux book box on painted pine stand with turned legs. Interior of the box lined with Italian marbleized paper and having a small lidded compartment within. Englan...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Rare James Friend Tunbridge Ware Sewing Cabinet c1815
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Rare James Friend Tunbridge ware regency sewing cabinet
Date : c1815
Period : Regency
Origin :Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Front double doors and cover decorated with...
Category
1810s British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
Regency “Brighton Pavilion” Tea Caddy or Tobacco Box England, circa 1820–1830
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Regency “Brighton Pavilion” Tea Caddy or Tobacco Box
England, circa 1820–1830
5.5" H × 5" W × 3.5" D
Cast in lead or pewter with remnants of original polychrome decoration in turquo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Lead
19th Century English Rosewood Teapoy Tea Caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual and large William IV rosewood teapoy or tea caddy in beautiful original condition. The glass mixing bowl is missing, England, circa 1830.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Georgian Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare Magnolia Yellow Lacquer
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular form with Chinoise...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Inlaid Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality mahogany inlaid tea caddy having inlaid satinwood stringing, original ornate brass handles and escutcheon, lift up lid opening to reveal two tea caddies
Dim...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Other
$704 Sale Price
20% Off
Georgian Faux Tortoiseshell & Silver Mounted Hinged Cigar Case C. 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
This finely constructed cigar case is executed in a richly mottled tortoiseshell veneer, carefully framed and edged with ivory colored mounts and inlaid panels. The exterior presents...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Shell
Exceptional Antique Welsh or English Floral Painted Porcelain Bathroom Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and exceptional Welsh or English antique porcelain bathroom box hand-painted with floral designs and dating from the early to mid-19th century. The lidded box is of long recta...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century carved mahogany teapoy stamped Gillows
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality Gillows regency mahogany teapoy circa 1820.
The main body being of sarcophagus form, which opens to 4 mahogany slides on each corner, 1 large tole compartment flanked...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Tin
Vintage Regency Hand Painted Limoges Pill Box
By Limoges
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exude opulence and old-world charm with this exquisite vintage Limoges porcelain pill box, hand-painted in the form of a dashing Regency-era military officer. This collectible piece ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
A Regency Hand Crafted Rosewood Writing Slope With Secret Compartments
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Regency Era Rosewood Hand-Crafted Writing Slope.
With Purple Velvet Interior, Secret Compartments. Befit With The Original Brass Topped Square Glass Inkwells.
Decorated ...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$2,852 Sale Price / set
44% Off
English Regency Mahogany Travelling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
Large size English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk/ box with original brass corner mounts, hinges, pin, top mount and retractable handles. Features include a side drawer,...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,771 Sale Price
29% Off
19th Century English Regency Leather Box
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century English Regency Leather Box.
Offered is a large handsome antique English Regency embossed leather box with bronze trim, compartment for letters, notes or paper with a dr...
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$2,250 / set
19th Century Sea Captain's Tea Caddy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th century sea captain's tea caddy, circa 1830, made of coramandel wood gathered in the Spice Islands China Trade, with sailor's grommet-spliced rope becket handles. The inte...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Commemorative Tobacco Keeper, English, Lead, Decor, Snuff Box, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique commemorative tobacco keeper. An English, lead decorative snuff box with tamper, dating to the Regency period, circa 1810.
Commemorative keeper crafted at the b...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Lead
Small Antique Octagonal Tented Top Amboyna Tea Caddy. English C.1820
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A very special tea caddy
Burl amboyna with silver wire stringing. Mother of pearl finial and escutcheon.
Of special note is the exceptional quality of the inlay on the interior lid...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Amboyna
Regency Writing Slope with Rosewood Veneer c1810
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Regency writing slope with rosewood veneer
Date : c1810
Period : Regency
Origin : England
Decoration : Brass bound with vacant cart...
Category
1810s British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique English Regency Period Rosewood Inlaid Box, Circa 1820.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Regency Period Rosewood Inlaid Box, Circa 1820.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Antique 19th Century Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Burr Elm Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency 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.
The colour ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Elm
$1,037 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique Regency Inlaid Brass Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine antique Regency inlaid brass rosewood tea caddy having a spectacular inlaid brass top and carved moulded rosewood edge, lift up lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with the ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass, Other
$1,621 Sale Price
20% Off
Georgian Tortoiseshell Folding Card Case With Silver Piqué Borders C. 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
This refined small-scale folding card case is constructed in the traditional two-leaf format, opening on a central pinned hinge to reveal a silk-lined interior compartment. The exte...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Shell
English Regency Oak Jewelry Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) pollard oak men\'s miniature jewelry cabinet with 2 doors and brass plume crest.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Sarcophagus Form Tea Caddy
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency rosewood sarcophagus form Tea Caddy. With circular
Brass keyhole escutcheon plate.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Antique Regency Casket/Box, circa 1830, England
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare Antique Regency Casket/Box, circa 1830, England
Solid wood with rosewood veneer, early 19th century, England. Exceptional body with a very fine and high-quality veneer pattern....
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
$1,505 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Period Steel Strong Box
Located in New York, US
Our late Regency period strongbox features gilt neoclassical mounts including lion masks and rosettes at the sides, Roman Tuscan style columns at the front corners, figurative panel ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Steel
Italy Contemporary Fine Cabinetry Jewelery or Watches Wooden Box
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a unique piece, handmade in Italy, Tuscany with elegant and refined kind of wood.
It possible to admire the precision of hand work.
Inside are available two compartments, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
$3,313 Sale Price
20% Off
Amboyna Writing Slope
Located in Folkestone, GB
A good early 19th century lap desk or writing slope, unusually constructed in richly figured Amboyna wood. Fitted with brass corner brackets and ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$2,252
Regency boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original boxes, popular names associated with this style include Crane, John C. Moore, and Tiffany & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $445,948 while the average work can sell for $2,088.
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