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
Wonderful Antique English Regency Walnut & Tulipwood Tea Caddy - Floral Inlay
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous and most unusual tea caddy dating to the Regency era, around 1820.
A rare combination of woods has been used, nutty Cognac coloured Walnut and rich graphic Tulipwood.
Th...
Category
1820s British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
$2,030 Sale Price
20% Off
Wonderful Antique English Penwork Sewing Box / Basket c.1820
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely charming Regency sewing box in the form of a basket with it's original bentwood folding swing handle.
The domed top features a figu...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
$1,875 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,017 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Antique English Regency Miniature Apprentice Chest Drawers Flame Mahogany 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Beautiful English Regency Miniature two over three graduated drawer flame mahogany Chest of Drawers of outstanding quality and workmanship and compact proportions. Circa 1800-20.
T...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Regency Period Rosewood Campaign Writing Box, England
Located in Kastrup, DK
Campaign travel writing box from the Regency period, England, circa 1820.
Made for a military officer.
Crafted from high-quality rosewood, the bo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Period Burled Yew Wood Tea Caddy on Brass Spread-Winged Eagle Feet
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Regency burled yew wood tea caddy of tapered form with coffered lid and satinwood string inlay edges on brass spread-winged eagle feet and having ring handles with floral backs, the ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Period Brass Inlaid and Bound Document Box with Lift Handles and Key
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Brass bound Regency period rosewood document box by Wells & Lambe with brass edges, geometric line inlay and flush mounted skeletal lift handles. The top with a monogramed rectangula...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Tole Hot Water Urn
Located in Essex, MA
Chinoiserie decorated with cover with ball finial over a cylindrical body with lions head rings , lower spigot and pierced square plinth and paw feet.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Tin
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...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Boxes
English Regency Tea Caddy with Inlay and Interior Lid, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
English Regency Tea Caddy with Inlay and Interior Lid, 19th Century
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Style Brushed Steel and Brass Tinder Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual and very handsome brushed steel and polished brass tinder box. This box has a removable tin liner that would have been used to fill with hot c...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Pair Of Regency Satinwood Urn Form Knife Boxes
Located in Essex, MA
Elegant urn form with ratcheted lift locking cover exposing fittings for cutlery. In fine satinwood originally placed on a sideboard or pedestals next to a sideboard. Bracket feet. N...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
$8,500 / set
Antique Loose Tea Caddy, English, Dual Compartment Beverage Case, Regency, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique loose tea caddy. An English, mahogany and velvet dual compartment case, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Beautiful Regency craftsmanship with a superb v...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
Regency Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Delightful Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy Of Sarcophagus Form Having Boxwood Strung Decoration, Original Ormolu Handles To Side...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Yew
Elegant English Regency Yellow-Lacquered Chinoiserie Jewelry Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant English Regency yellow-lacquered chinoiserie jewelry box; the splayed top centring a tranquil landscape scene resting on a conforming ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
English Regency Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Caddy
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 19th Century Sarcophagus Shaped Mahogany Tea Caddy. Caddy is shaped box-like with a rectangular form and sloped sides, resembling ancient coffins. Richly grained mahogany with ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Yellow Japanned Workbox
Located in Folkestone, GB
A rare and exceptional early 19th century yellow Japanned, chinoisery decorated workbox, the hinged top beatifully decorated with an oriental 'Tuhau' or dignitary seated at a temple ...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
$2,089 Sale Price
58% 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
$1,501 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Fine Quality English Mahogany Letter Box Made and Labeled by F. Waller
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very fine quality English mahogany letter box made and signed by F. Waller and so labeled. This finely crafted letter box has 2 drawers one on each side fitted with campaign style ...
Category
1830s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Regency Burl Walnut Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century English Regency burl walnut tea caddy. Lovely shape and pretty details including decorative handles on the sides. Makes an elegant statement!
Category
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
Diminutive Regency Mahogany & Brass Cellarette, Attributed to Gillows & Co.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Diminutive Regency Mahogany and Brass Cellarette, Attributed to Gillows & Co.
England, circa 1820
A rare and unusual diminutive Regency mahogany and ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Mahogany Miniature Sideboard Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and rare early 19th Century Regency Period mahogany tea caddy, in the form of a miniature pedestal sideboard, having extremely well figured, crossbanded hinged top, over d...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Penwork Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 19th century English Regency period penwork box, the center panel and front with polychrome chinoiserie decoration, the borders profusely decora...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
Regency Iron Allium Bulb Room Warmer
Located in Greenwich, CT
A shaped Regency period room warmer in the form of an elongated allium bulb with curved sides and octagonal ribs, with integral lid and decorated footed base, constructed of heavy ca...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Iron
Antique Regency Rosewood Sarcophagus Tea Caddy With Separate Tea Compartments
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique English Regency Rosewood, Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Caddy With Two Separate Tea Compartments and Individual Handled Lids, Centred on Four Bun Feet Circa 1700's
Great patina em...
Category
18th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,982 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Regency Period and Styled Hand Painted Toleware Tea Caddy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique English toleware tea caddy dates to circa 1820 and done in the period Regency style. This tea caddy is constructed of tin with a cast i...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Metal
English Regency Sarcophagus Jewellery Box
Located in High Peak, GB
K0241 Attractive goncalo alves jewellery box with decorative scroll inlays, lined interior and original working lock with a key. This antique box is in home ready condition. c1820
...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Regency Trimmed Oak Chip Carrier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Embrace the handsome character of the late Victorian era with this exceptional antique oak box. Crafted from richly grained tiger oak, its warm wood tones are beautifully contrasted ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Red Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Tole Coal Bucket
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Regency Style Red Hand-Painted And Tole Coal Bucket/ with Lid. Painted with Red and Gilt Chinoiserie Decoration. Domed cover with lovely original gold gilt lion head ha...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Metal
Fine Antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Snuff Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An excellent quality late 18th or early 19th century Battersea enamel snuff or patch box. The pink enamel background with white enamel lattice and a raised gold around the hand paint...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$3,304 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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 Wine Cellarette with Flanking Dolphin Feet, Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency Mahogany monumental wine cellarette with a gadrooned step back hinged lid, canted gadrooned exterior sides, interior locking mechanism, flanking figural dolphin feet...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Tea Caddy with Secret Drawer
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of sarcophagus form with geometric brass stringing throughout, with embossed gilt-brass ring handles to the sides, the interior fitted with twin lidded lead-lined caddies separated by a glass mixing bowl, raised on brass paw feet. With a secret drawer.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Rich Mahogany Regency Style Tea Caddie with Inlay and Brass Lion Rings
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sumptuous Regency style mahogany tea caddie having boxwood string inlay on the sides and handsome brass lion rings as well as paw feet. Key included.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Rosewood Tea Caddy, England, circa 1830
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rosewood tea caddy with Bombay shape and canted top. Having a pair of lion mask brass handles on each end and sitting on claw and ball feet. The interior fitted with two lidded tea...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
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
Scottish Regency Mahogany Hinged Cellarette with Original Lead Liner, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Scottish Regency mahogany hinged cellarette with foliage cartouche, gadrooned molded edge, original brass circular side handles, lead lined interior with stopper, and resting on carved foliage scrolled triangular feet...
Category
1810s Scottish Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass, Lead
Vintage Crescent Pierced Fretwork Silver Plated Hinged Box Sectioned Glass Liner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Crescent Pierced Fretwork Silverplated Hinged Box Sectioned Glass Liner. Item features a domed top, removable twin section glass liner, raised on feet. Mid to Late 20th Centu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Regency Pagoda Form Work Box with Brass Feet & Inlay, Early 19th Century England
Located in Atlanta, GA
Regency Pagoda Form Work Box with Brass Feet & Inlay, Early 19th Century England
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Regency Rosewood Letter Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency rosewood letter box in casket form on brass feet with ring handles and a brass plaque engraved with name "lydia" and leather gold embossed pocket interior.
Category
19th Century British Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
19th Century English Regency Rosewood & Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century English Regency Rosewood & Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy
Unique piece purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or me...
Category
19th Century French Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
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
Charming Diminutive 19th Century English Rosewood Step-Back Cupboard
Located in Buchanan, MI
A charming 19th century English diminutive step-back cupboard
with two glazed doors over two drawers and two-paneled doors.
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century, English Regency Tea Caddy
Located in San Marino, CA
A 19th century mahogany English Regency tea caddy with silver markings of a family crest, griffon and ram on the top. The interior of this te...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A very fine regency period mahogany tea caddy. Wonderful early surface that is rich with patina. The box expertly conceived and executed. The lid opens to reveal two lidded compartme...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Mahogany Lyre Pedestal Brass Foliage Inlaid Tea Poy, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany rectangular hinged tea poy with fitted interior bins, central lyre pedestal, foliage brass inlays, flanking gilt floral pulls, and res...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Rosewood Sarcophagus Form Sewing Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early 19th Century Rosewood Sewing Box. This beautiful and large box has a simple elegance, with its bombe, sarcophagus form and beautifully grained rosewood. The exterior is decorat...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
English large Regency period country house gesso decorated casket, circa 1820
Located in Central England, GB
A Rare and Important Large Regency Period Country House Gesso Decorated Casket
This most interesting large scale casket is highly decorative. It stands on four raised cast bronze an...
Category
19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Gesso
for Restoration Antique Hardwood Brass Vanity Box Sterling Silver Pieces Inside
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely and very rare Regency circa 1810 Rosewood with brass inlay Vanity box with sterling silver jars and contents in need of restoration.
A very collectable and rare piece, the case is in need of restoration, the contents are perfect.
The case has an old repair to one hinge, the whole piece needs washing back and french polishing, its been sitting in my warehouse for years waiting to be done so I have decided to just move it on to let someone else take up the mantle, restored this is a £2500-£3000 suite
The contents are all crystal with sterling silver...
Category
1810s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Silver
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
Regency Gilt Metal-Mounted Mahogany Cellaret
Located in New York, NY
Of octagonal form; the pitched hinged cover surmounted by a gilt-metal thistle finial opening to a lined interior; the sides mounted with lions' masks issuing pendant finely chased ring...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Sarcophagus Form Jewelry Trinket Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elegant in its simplicity, this Victorian era jewelry/trinket box rests on four bun feet opens to reveal a spacious felt-lined casing. Great for storing jewelry, silver tableware, ba...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Cranberry Glass and Toleware Box with Inset Embroidery
Located in London, GB
A magnificent English Regency oval cranberry glass dressing table box with toleware lid inset with embroidery surrounding a colour wash print. The cranberry glass with deep cut diamo...
Category
1820s English Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Glass
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
Two Chinese Export Lacquered Tea Caddy for the English Market, Priced Per Caddy
Located in Buchanan, MI
A two Chinese export lacquered tea caddys for The English Market. With two fitted pewter canisters on the interior. Together with a Chinese export lacq...
Category
19th Century Antique Regency Boxes
Materials
Wood
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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