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Style: Victorian
French Victorian Silver Filigree Box
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian silver plate floral and acorn filigree humidor box with scalloped edge.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Silver
English Victorian 1870s Tea Caddy with Faux Painted Tortoise Finish and Brass
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian tea caddy from the late 19th century, with faux painted tortoise finish and patinated brass accents. Born during the third qua...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Victorian Faux Tortoiseshell Boulle Casket-form Letter Box, Halstaff and Hanover
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century boulle casket-type letter box by Halstaff and Hanover. The exterior is finished with Ornate boulle inlay on all sides in gold and red. A del...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Wood
Antique English Jennens & Bettridge Paper Mache Ladies Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique writing box or lap desk was made by the highly renowned Jennens & Bettridge of England in approximately 1880 and done in the period Vi...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
1830s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century English Oak Octagonal Humidor with Silver Mounts
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century English Oak Octagonal Humidor With Silver Mounts. Complex octagonal form with moldings and silvered brass fittings. The base supported by small bun feet, two ring h...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box having a quality burr walnut writing box with brass bounds and corners openin...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Handmade Victorian Burr Walnut & Inlay Tea Caddy With Brass Hinges
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Handmade Victorian Burr Walnut & Inlay Tea Caddy With Brass Hinges
A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other receptacle used to store tea. When first introduced to Europe from Asia, tea was extremely expensive, and kept under lock and key. The containers used were often expensive and decorative, to fit in with the rest of a drawing-room or other reception room. Hot water was carried up from the kitchen, and the tea made...
Category
19th Century British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Brass, Zinc
English Victorian Period 1880s Black Coal Box with Hand-Painted Dog Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period black coal box from circa 1880 with hand-painted King Charles Spaniel dog motif and gilded accents. Enhance your home decor with this exquisite English Vi...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Metal
Nathaniel Mills Victorian Sterling Silver Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver card case made by Nathaniel Mills; an addition to our range of collectable silverware
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver card case has a rectangular shaped form.
The surface of this collectable card case is embellished with fine and impressive chased and embossed scrolling leaf and floral decoration on a matte background.
The anterior surface of the case incorporates the Scott Monument depicted in relief.
The decoration to the reverse of the case incorporates a shaped, scroll bordered cartouche displaying the contemporary engraved initals 'MVFT'.
The shaped sides of this piece are embellished with plain scrolling borders.
This antique silver card case...
Category
1840s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Round Birks Sterling Silver Footed Jewelry & Ring or Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This jewelry and ring or tricket box was made by and unknown English maker and retailed by Birks. The box dates to approximately 1920 and is done in a Victorian style. This ring box ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1860s English Tea Box on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th-century English-imported tea box from China. Decorated with beautiful red and black hand-painted flora and fauna, and equipped with rectangular iron handles, the box is mou...
Category
1860s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Victorian Necessaire De Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A wonderful English coromandel travel case, or necessaire de voyage, boasts toiletries adorned with Victorian silver, cut crystal, and mother-of-p...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Pair of Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes – Friendship & Wisdom Quotes – Hand-Painted
By Halcyon Days
Located in Morristown, NJ
Pair of Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes – Friendship & Wisdom Quotes – Hand-Painted Collectible
This exquisite pair of Halcyon Days enamel boxes featur...
Category
Late 20th Century English Victorian Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
19th c. Embossed and Gilded Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A 19th century pressed paper lap desk with an embossed and gilded stag decoration to top. Top and bottom open to reveal storage areas along with an area for writing instrument...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Paper
$184 Sale Price
20% Off
Gorham American Victorian Classical Sterling Silver Jewelry Box 1897
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver jewelry box. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1897. Oval with hinged cover. Chased leafing scrollwork, flowers, and scallop shells. Beaded and guil...
Category
1890s American Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope with Cubework c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware writing slope with cubework
Date : c1840
Period : Victoria
Origin : Probably Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central perspective cubework with van dyk...
Category
1840s British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Brass Bound and Inlaid Rosewood Jewelry Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid 19th century English rosewood box with rounded brass edges, the top and front inlaid with brass lines and decorative devices in the corners. T...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Hand Painted Kashmiri Vessel
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hand Painted Kashmiri Vessel
A stylish late 19th Century hand painted Kashmiri vessel. Covered in intricate painted flowers a...
Category
Early 1900s Indian Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Pine
19th Century Oval Hand Painted Bentwood Brides Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand-Painted Bentwood Brides Box. An oval-shaped bentwood style brides box with a painted lid and sides. The lid features a central scene depicting a woman in a yellow gown, pink bow, blue covering, and white veil. The scene is framed by a decorative border and set against a blue background. The sides of the box are painted with a green floral pattern.
Painted bentwood bridal boxes are a type of antique storage container...
Category
1890s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Harrods Porcelain Delivery Truck Lidded Tea Caddy Box London Pottery England
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Harrods ceramic delivery truck, lidded candy or trinket box, London, England.
Hand painted ceramic small tea caddy box, trinket truck box.
Vintage Har...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Victorian Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Musical box with 6 Bells and 3 Automatons By G. Bendon
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful music box by Bendon.
Made in about 1880 in Switserland by this well known manufacturer. The mechanism plays 8 tunes on a 28cm cylinder as indicated on the original 'Bendon'...
Category
1880s Swiss Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
$9,356 Sale Price
20% Off
English ships or country house carved oak and steel bound strong box, circa 1840
Located in Central England, GB
A Rare Ships or Country House Carved Oak and Steel Bound Strong Box
This fabulous and richly carved oak strong box most likely belonged to a 19th century ship’s captain and was used...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Crystal and Silver Box
Located in Queens, NY
Art Deco oval crystal box with silver top with initials.
Category
20th Century Victorian Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
An Exquisite Victorian Pietra Dura Grand Tour Campaign Collectors Box 1800's
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Late Grand Tour Collectors Box 19th Century Mahogany & Ebony Pietra Dura Karlsbad, Germany.
The Lid Is Decorated with Marble And Agate Geometric Motifs.
With Continental ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Agate, Marble, Silver
$1,668 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Victorian Kenilworth Castle Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver castle top vinaigrette depicting Kenilworth castle; an addition to our collectable box collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver vinaigrette...
Category
1830s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Miniature Bow Fronted Chest, c1830
Located in valatie, NY
This handsome little oak chest has many of the same details of its larger counterparts. The bow fronted conforming top sits on three bowed drawers all with original brass pulls and e...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box having a quality antique mahogany storage box with red interior.
D. 1860
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
1840s Antique Sterling Silver Vinaigrette by John Tongue
By John Tongue
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver castle top vinaigrette depicting Windsor castle; an addition to our collectable box...
Category
1840s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Wooden Jewelry Box
Located in Lugo, IT
Chinese Wooden Jewelry Box
Good Condition
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Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
$216 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Canadian General Store Snow Drift Mocha Coffee Advertising Display Tin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique general store advertising store display tin for Java Mocha coffee is presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1880 in t...
Category
Late 19th Century Canadian Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century, 1897, Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel envelope style vesta case; an addition to our silver case collection
This fine antique Victorian English s...
Category
1890s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Gilt Bronze Jewelry Cache
Located in Malibu, CA
Art Nouveau gilt bronze jewelry box with foliage, the interior is unlined
Perfect for bedside to throw jewelry/ rings before bed.
The box is in great ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$276 Sale Price
30% Off
Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Flag Vesta Case
By Joseph Walton
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver and enamel flag vesta case; an addition to our maritime silverware collection.
This antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case has a plain rectangular rounded form.
The anterior surface is embellished with a central enamel design depicting British Navy Code of Signal flags: 'Blue Ball' - a white flag with a blue center, a red flag with a yellow St George's Cross and a blue field with a central horizontal white stripe.
These flags represent the individual letters 'S', 'R' and 'J'; their combined definition is untraced.
The posterior surface of this antique vesta case is plain and unembellished.
This fine silver flag...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Desktop Writing Cabinet in Dark Oak Automatic Tambour, 19th Century
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Antique Victorian desktop writing cabinet made in 19th-century England, crafted in dark oak wood with well-defined grain and original period hardware in silver-toned metal. This is a...
Category
19th Century Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Metal
$752 Sale Price
20% Off
Tunbridge Ware Stationery Box with Dover Castle Mosaic c1870
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware stationery box with image of Dover Castle
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central mosaic of Dover Castele with...
Category
1870s British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Victorian Bronze Dore Fan Box
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze dore fan shaped box with faux bamboo trim and filigree sides with green floral painted top
Category
19th Century French Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Multicolor Horn Oval Snuff Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Oval Snuff Box, c. 1860, of multicolored horn. Fine condition. 3" l., 2 1/8" d., 3/4" h. This item includes restricted materials and cannot be sold outside of the contiguous United S...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Horn
$125 Sale Price
32% Off
French Victorian Bronze Portrait Box
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze and glass bottom box on four legs with small gallery top and round miniature of lady.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1890s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver tobacco box has a plain oval rounded form.
The underside of this box is embellished with a bright cut engraved stemmed rose, floral and foliate design; this indicates the high quality of the piece, as typically the underside would remain unembellished.
The upper portion of this antique silver tobacco box...
Category
1890s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Large Charles X Style Cocktail Bar In Marquetry
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rare marquetry cocktail bar with Charles X-inspired motifs or Victorian-style opening onto an interior with spaces for seven glasses, a shaker, two carafes, a mixing spoon holder, tw...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Victorian Period 1880s Leather Hide Hat Case with Removable Divider
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period leather hide hat case from the late 19th century, with G.C monogram, lined in red with removable divider. Created in England durin...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Enameled Blue Opaline Milk Glass Dresser Box Jewelry Casket
By CF Monroe
Located in Forney, TX
Beautiful antique Victorian era enameled blue opaline milk glass dresser box, (jewel casket - trinket case - decorative table box), late 19th centur...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Opaline Glass
Victorian Thomas Johnson II Sterling Silver Tortoise Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a tortoise; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a tortoise.
The plain oval body of this Victorian vesta box is embellished with cast and applied components replicating the details of the tortoise's legs and head.
The anterior surface of this rare box features an applied oval serrated panel / match striker.
The hinged tortoiseshell cover opens to reveal the original gilt interior.
The underside of the body bears the contemporary engraved inscription 'July 1883'.
Condition
This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. There are some blemishes and wear to the original gilding, in keeping with age. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body are very clear.
Dimensions
length 8.4cm/3.3"
width 5.5cm/2.2"
height 3.2cm/1.3"
Weight
2.4 troy ounces/73.9g (including tortoiseshell cover)
Maker: Thomas Johnson II
Date: 1882
Origin: London, England
Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
Category
1880s British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Burl Wood Makeup Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian burl wood traveling vanity / make up box with ebonized trim edge and a small lower drawer; interior holding 9 various silver boxes and...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique American Victorian Rococo Sterling Silver & Leather Letter Box
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian Rococo sterling silver and leather letter box, ca 1880. Rectangular base with straight sides and slant hinged cover with curved front. Applied open silver ornament...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jardinière Automaton singing bird by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very rare singing bird cage in the shape of a ‘jardinière’
A masterpiece by Bontems, manufactured in Paris around 1870.
This type of bird automaton is extremely rare - few were made...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Other
19th Century Coromandel Writing Slope
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century coromandel writing slope, fabulous quality with brass corners and a central brass diamond with a nice jasperware plaque, there is ...
Category
1880s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Painters Box
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This 19th century painters box has centuries of patina. Layers and layers of paintresidues, scratches and handling has transformed this utilitary item to ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique American Enameled Glass Ladies Footed Dresser Jar or Jewelry Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique pressed glass jewelry casket or jar is unsigned but presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1880 in the period Vict...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box Betjemann
Located in Northampton, GB
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Outstanding Feathered Walnut Veneer
From our Decanter collection, we are thrilled to offer this rare example Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box attrib...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Victorian sterling silver snuff box made in Birmingham in 1843
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1843 by Francis Clark, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, features an ornate border, engine turned decoration and a gilt inter...
Category
1840s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Quality antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid tea caddy having a lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid tea caddy with beautiful detail to the box opening to reveal two rec...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Victorian Rosewood Pen Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian (19th Century) rosewood pen box of rectangular shape with domed hinged lid and mother of pearl inset
Category
19th Century British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Brass Bound Writing Slope from the Mid 19th Century
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Brass bound writing slope from the mid 19th century
Date : c1850
Period : Victoria
Origin : England
Decoration : Brass bound with vacant brass cartouche. Inteiror lined...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Victorian 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
1830s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
'Queen Anne' Design Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Barnards
By Barnards
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1889 by Barnards, this attractive Victorian, antique, sterling silver biscuit box, has swirled and sunken half fluting, in the Queen Anne style. It has a flus...
Category
1880s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Champlevé Enamel & Agate Pill Box / Snuff Box, France c. 1880
Located in London, GB
An elegant and very collectible 19th century French gilt metal, champlevé enamel and banded agate pill or snuff box made c. 1880.
The box has oval form with a frieze of colourful fl...
Category
1880s French Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Agate, Enamel
British Antique Brass Marquetry Toilette Box with History and Many Drawers
Located in Sweden, SE
According to motto "Perseverantia et Amicis" (Perseverance and Friends) with Bird (dove) holding olive-branch, this amazing, luxurious "necessaire" comes from family ofacknowledged L...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Victorian Sterling Silver and Erotica Enamel Vesta Case
By B&S, Birmingham 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and erotica enamel vesta case; an addition to our range of collectable silver cases
This fine antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case has a plain rectangular form.
The body of the case is ornamented with a fine and impressive rectangular enamel panel depicting a nude female character amidst her scattered clothing on the bank of a river, lined with trees and foliage.
The case is fitted with a plain hallmarked hinged cover with incorporated thumb piece.
This impressive silver vesta case has a serrated panel/match striker to the underside.
The posterior surface of this impressive vesta is plain and unembellished.
Condition
This antique vesta case...
Category
1880s English Antique Victorian Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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