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Period: Early 19th Century
Early 19th Century George III Knife Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A handsome knife box now outfitted for letters.
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pair of George III Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair have the typical shape of boxes from this period, with shaped serpentine front, sloped hinged lid, and boxwood and ebony lines. Each cover is inlaid with an oval patera and...
Category
British George III Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Japanese Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Knife Urns, circa 1800-1815
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare pair of Kyoto-Nagasaki style lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid knife urns
Edo period, early 19th century
Measures: Height 71 x diameter 30 cm
?Formed as urns with vertically lifting covers and elongated finials, revealing fitted green velvet lined interiors for knives, decorated overall with birds, flowering stems, faux-fluting and oval panels with landscapes. The square plinth is raised on four bracket feet. Inside the lifting cover of one of the urns are Japanese characters, supposedly indications of some code by the craftsman.
A closely related knife urn, now in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (inv. E 73115), was acquired in Nagasaki by Captain Samuel Gardner Derby of the Margareth of Salem in 1801. Captain Gardner Derby traded in Nagasaki under charter from the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), the Dutch East India Company. Between 1797 and 1814 Holland was occupied by the French and from 1811 until 1816 Java by
the English. During these periods practically no Dutch shipping was possible between Holland and Batavia (Jakarta) or between Batavia (Jakarta) and Nagasaki. To maintain a minimum amount of shipping between Batavia (Jakarta) and Nagasaki, between 1797 and 1807, the VOC chartered mainly American ships. American captains and officers ordered and bought mainly lacquered furniture in an American-English style, completely different from what the Dutch up till then had ordered. The present knife urns were possibly also ordered and acquired by Captain Gardner Derby during his stay in Deshima/Nagasaki in 1801.
Another similarly neoclassical shaped knife urn in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (inv. 1996.17) appears to be signed by woodworker Kiyotomo koreo tsukuru (Kiyomoto made this). The same name, together with an address in the Sanjo-Teramachi District of Kyoto, has been found inside a fragmentary urn in a private collection. This is an indication that European-style furniture was not only lacquered in Japan but made there as well. This undoubtedly is not only true for knife-urns, but all European- style furniture lacquered in Japan after circa 1800 was made by Japanese furniture makers...
Category
Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair of Regency Satinwood Knife Boxes
Located in New York, NY
With mahogany banding and checkerbanding throughout; with slanted, hinged lid opening to a fitted interior.
Category
English Regency Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of American Mahogany Urn Cutlery Boxes with Fluted Medallion Gallery C 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American mahogany flanking Urn telescopic cutlery boxes with acorn finials, fluted medallion gallery, original interior cutlery slots, and resting on turned ringed circular s...
Category
American American Empire Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
Pair Antique English George III Mahogany Cutlery or Knife Boxes, Circa 1820-1830
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique George III mahogany with inlay cutlery or knife boxes, circa 1820-1830.
Category
English George III Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Rare pair of Japanese Nagasaki Export Lacquered Wood Knife Boxes
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare pair of Japanese Nagasaki Export lacquered wood knife boxes with mother-of-pearl inlay of flowers and birds, now converted to letter boxes...
Category
Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pair of George 111 Inlaid Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Montreal, QC
This fine pair of Classic proportions have many marks of quality. The timber used on the sloped fronts has been carefully selected with figured grain conforming to the shape of the h...
Category
British George III Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 18th-Early 19th Century Georgian Inlaid Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Richmond, VA
Pair of late 18th-early 19th century Georgian inlaid mahogany knife boxes. Great color and patina. Serpentine form.
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century George III Pair of Mahogany Knife Urns
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th Century George III pair of mahogany knife urns. Of square form with carved blind fretwork design. The domed and finialled tops lift to reveal fitt...
Category
Irish Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
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