Bone Decorative Objects

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...

Vintage lidded box crafted in steer horn elements with metal spacers and having a carved penshell handle and feet.

Intricately crafted by a master carver. Heavy and ornate. These two would liven any setting. Quite unique and eye-catching. Dimension: 12" high, 14" wide, 7" deep.

This is a remarkable 19th century, Japanese lacquered sewing box with multiple compartments on the interior. The exterior is decorated in elaborate black and gilded motifs including...

Finest Quality Antique Art Deco period miniature book set and original tortoise shell Boulle brass inlaid stand from Asprey dating to 1921. Each book leather bound with gilt end pag...

Create a rustic style in your hunting lodge or ranch house with this large wall-mounted deer antler plaque. Bought in the Loire Valley of France, the ant...

Ealy 20th century Art Nouveau silver-tone metal/bone elephant and rider sculpture with stone base, France By: uknown Material: metal, bone, stone Technique: cast, molded, polished, ...

This mid-century modern piece by Carl Auböck exemplifies the distinctive artistry of Austrian design. Crafted from natural horn, it serves as a stylish pen stand, adding a touch of o...

Keepsake /Jewelry box featuring heat set molded natural horn elements.

Antique English page turner from sterling silver and tortoise shell. Most rare piece, made and stamped by Grey & Co. London, possibly for Asprey London. The Stamp is the London Lion,...

Tessellated horn box with green stone border on top. Mahogany lined interior and felt bottom. Maitland Smith, 1980s.

1940s Vintage Carved Water Buffalo Horn Hand Carved and Detailed Sculpture of a Parrot / Bird on a Wood base Colors: Black, Tan, Natural Wood.

Antique handcrafted Moroccan jewelry wooden box with camel bone inlay trunk. A large early 20th century decorative Moroccan camel bone casket with bra...

A superb quality antique French mantel clock, circa 1875. This Boulle style clock is made with red tortoiseshell typical of the period, and brass inlays to the case front and sides f...

A British model of a sailing ship, made out of bone. Made by French prisoners of war (POWs), held in British prisons, during the Napoleonic Wars, which took place from 1793 to 1815 a...

An elegant and high quality French mid 18th century Louis XV Period Ormolu and stained Horn Cartel clock, signed Faucheur à Paris, circa 1750. This stunning clock is comprised of a g...

As simple as it is luxurious, this wooden tissue box is a singular piece capable of accenting vanity desks or bathroom decors with unprecedented exclusivity. Prized horn inlays decor...

Antique Lusterweibchen of a Patrician Lady, Germany 1900 A finely hand-carved and polychrome painted wooden Lüsterweibchen depicting a seated patrician lady. She wears a green long-...

Antique Mantel Clock under Glass Dome, ca. 1870 This is a finely crafted mantel clock from around 1850–1880, housed under a rounded glass dome on a textured base resembling tree bar...

Psychopyge elegans is a trilobite species from the Devonian Hamar Laghdad deposits near Alnif, Morocco. It is a member of the Order Phacopida. The species is known for its strange sh...

Lofty large articulated lobster sculpture or object of art crafted in carved bone with hinged antennae and flexible tail.

Art Deco Burled Thuya wood 2 chamber cigarette box having an inlay of burled walnut edged with bone running up both sides of each corner and configured to appear as though each piece...

Maitland Smith tessellated horn jewelry box.

Along with paper, ink and inkstone, the brush is one of the Four Treasures of the scholar’s studio. Arguably the most important tool, the brush served as a direct link to the artist’...

English Georgian Tortoise shell hinged sewing box with a gadrooned molded edge lid, fitted tufted interior, and resting on the original silver plate winged paw feet. Early 19th Century

Antique Candle Stick With Real Chamois Horn, 19th century A Victorian candle holder, made of horns from the chamois and the deer. The spout and b...

Circa 1870, English tortoiseshell tea caddy with sunburst design. It is absolutely the finest one I’ve ever owned! No cracks no restoration absolutely mint.

A very good quality 19th Century French Louis XVI style Boulle mantel clock, having Father Time perched above the brass inlaid dome, scrolling foliate ormolu mounts, white enamel Rom...

Discover the timeless elegance of this large, handcrafted Middle Eastern Lebanese jewelry box, a stunning testament to traditional artistry. Meticul...

Green tortoiseshell tea caddy from England. With two interior covers raised on four silver ball feet. Circa 1870.

A rare and magnificent fine quality antique French gilt bronze ormolu mounted André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) style marquetry inlaid tortoise-shell sculptural encrier (inkstand). G...

A Victorian silver plate and tortoiseshell basket. And tortoiseshell glove box. The box measures 1.5 inches H x 10.5 inches W x 2 inches D.

Candleholder made of red deer antlers and shiny chromed brass.

Exceptional allegory of death in carved bone. Depiction of a leper wrapped in a stole. Southern Germany, Tyrol, 18th-19th century. Superb quality of carving, showing no signs of mech...

Large antique spiraled antelope horns mounted on a wood placque.

A circa 1930's English engraved bone box with landscapes. Measurements: Height: 6" Width: 12.5" Depth: 8.5"

Decorative keepsake, jewelry box clad in geometric horn and bone tiles, some with hand engraving, lined in wood. A great addition to any desk or coffee table.

An exceptional circa 1860 Russian decorative box crafted in carved bone and richly embellished with stained green bone panels, intricate etched decoration, and finely detailed hand p...

Maitland Smith tessellated polished horn and penshell jewelry box with brass trim.

Whimsical turtle sculpture or object of art crafted in carved bone with an organic palette and amusing stylized form.

Antique Powder Flask Made of Horn with Decorations, Germany 19th Century This beautiful powder flask, crafted from natural horn, features numero...

A chic pair of steer horns each mounted on Lucite bases. These highly decorative horns add a unique air of sophistication to the décor of any space 6 inches square base, 20.5 inches ...

A decorative handmade desk pen and pencil cup holder from the 1950s. Designed and manufactured by Werkstätte Carl Aubock, workshop in Vienna / Austri...

Sterling, Bone, & Semi-Precious Gems Figure of 'St. George & Dragon' Germany, Early 20th Century A meticulously cast and modeled Medieval / Renaissance Figure of St. George Slaying the Dragon, This figure with a moveable helmet visor, revealing his carved bone face...

Trilobites, an early arthropod relative of spiders, horseshoe crabs, and scorpions, preserved in this level of detail only occurred as a result of very sudden underwater landslides c...

Very cute set of two 19th century Black Forest, Schwarzwald, Forêt Noir carved walnut dog and cat heads with glass eyes and ink well with log pen rest. Intricate carved detail to hair, teeth, eyes and paws. The cat has green glass eyes, has painted stripes and the log is painted darker. The inkwell insert...

PRESENTING A GORGEOUS 19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Sadeli Mosaic Sarcophagus Sewing Box. Made in Bombay, India circa 1860-80. Box made of sandalwood with highly carved teak wood reliefs and panels on all sides. Edged with bone and ebony veneers and glorious sadeli mosaic, made from tiny pieces of faux ivory, pewter, green semi-precious stone. The box is in a sarcophagus form with domed lid. The original brass carry handles are on the sides. The interior is in great condition and consists of a removeable mirror under the lid portion, with the original red velvet lining behind it. The base is removeable and contains a number of lidded compartments. 6 of the interior lids on the base, are each inlaid with sadeli mosaic banding. The rest are also carved and chased. The interior is fully complete with 7 lidded faux ivory/bone, thread canisters with sadeli domes and the original bone thimble. The box sits on 4 brass ball or bun feet with the original velvet lining on the base. Some minor repairs and losses, but this box is fully complete. This is ‘rare’ as many of these boxes have not survived in such condition! Included in the sale are 2 photos that were in the box (under the base tray). Interestingly, one of them is a view of downtown Nassau, New Providence (Bermuda) from the early 20C and stamped on the rear. What a ‘journey’ this piece has made! Made in India … travelled to Bermuda, probably via Britain … back to Ireland (where we bought it) …. then to Texas! These boxes were made by superb Indian craftsmen, specifically for sale to the ruling British elite. These types of boxes, carved padouk and sandalwood, (whilst beautiful and superbly crafted) were of a lesser quality, than the more profusely and intricately mosaic inlay, tortoiseshell and ivory boxes, made for the British ‘Upper Classes’ in the areas of Bombay and Vizagapatam. These type of boxes were much more affordable back in 1880 (and indeed today) and would probably have been bought by mid-level diplomats, civil servants or visitors. Sewing boxes (in general), were in EVERY Victorian home in Britain in the 19th Century and like other boxes etc were ‘status symbols’ of your place in society! The more ornate the box, the more ‘Upper Class’ you were! Of it’s type, this one, is one of the very higher quality one’s, than the norm! SADELI MOSAIC: “Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins. The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials. Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color. The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched. The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design. On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent. The earliest Sadeli boxes...

1900s Copper Horn Holder On Copper Base All copper Little chip at top in one of arches Horn secured to base - one solid piece except for insert that pops out

Art Deco shagreen covered cedar box with bone edges, the snug fitting lid attached at the back with a single long stop hinge to prevent the lid falling back when open. The leather co...

Rectangular Art Deco bone trimmed amboyna burl cigarette box, Trimmed in bone on all edges as well as the surfaces of the opening the amboyna extends to all sides including the botto...

An extraordinary collection of 4 European Mid-Century deer skulls and antler / horns mounted on hand carved wood plaques from the Swiss Alpine Regions. Each specimen is an individual...

19th Century German extremely detailed sterling silver and gold gilt knight figure. Knight in full suit of armour, carved face beneath a hinged viso...

Graphic patterned keepsake box clad in natural and ink blue dyed bone. Tiles are hand set on a wood box.

Whaler made antique bone and ebonized wood round box, circa 1850. With pierced bone medallion and delicately carved bone spiral decorative supports on the...

Lobster sculpture or object of art crafted in carved bone with hinged antennae and flexible tail.

For sale is a beautiful half-moon shaped comb. The item was hand-crafted from horn and designed by the renowned workshops of Carl Auböck in Austria. It's a remarkable example of the ...

Antique Horn Snuff Box with Hunting Scene Early 19th Century This antique snuff box is expertly crafted from polished horn, featuring intricate...

A natural specimen of an iguana skeleton from the Wunderkammer The specimen is twisted into a circle and hung from a string. Italy, circa 1890.

Vintage Pair of Candle Sticks With Real Chamois Horn, circa 1950s A vintage pair of candle holders, made of genuine chamois horns. The spout supports turned wooden tulip-shaped cand...

This hand-carved Hammerhead Shark sculpture is crafted from naturally shed moose antler, sourced from the United States and meticulously shaped by artisans in Indonesia. Measuring 7....