Greenwich - Boxes

Very fine and unusual George III tea caddy in sun faded mahogany with rosewood, kingwood and holly inlay, the lid with fan inlays flanking central patera, the front and sides with ha...

Very fine early 19th century Tunbridgeware architectural model of a chapel which also serves as a jewelry chest and dressing mirror, the diamond tiled roof in ebony and sycamore, the front with micro-mosaic rose window over Gothic inlaid door with mother of pearl and mixed woods, the door opening to reveal four kingwood drawers with bone knobs, the reverse having identical door revealing a the original beveled mercury glass dressing mirror, the whole expertly worked to an exacting standard. Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different colored woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion. There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery in Tunbridge Wells.[1 While Tunbridge ware boxes...

Very fine carved walnut architectural model of a Greco-Roman temple, with hinged lid and column fronted doors, circa 1840, each row of columns either hinged or removable, possibly ma...

Unusual early 19th century welsh tea caddy of sarcophagus form, the canted top with ebony faceted boss, the front having double pinwheel inlay, the top and inner lids inlaid with dia...

Good mid-19th century porcupine quill decorated writing slope, having bands of striated quills between bone inlaid ebony stiles, the interior finely inlaid with penwork decorated bon...

Good mid-19th century porcupine quill decorated box, having bands of striated quills between bone inlaid ebony stiles, the interior with lift out tray with nine compartments having f...

Good mid-19th century porcupine quill decorated box, having bands of striated quills between bone inlaid ebony stiles, the interior with inlaid panel to lid, the whole with good pati...

Very fine George II metal mounted padouk tea caddy with finely etched and wrought hardware and vivid grain, the interior with three compartments, the whole with pleasing color and pa...

Very fine English neoclassical carved mahogany urn in Adam style, the lid with urn finial and waterleaf carving, the body with ring turning and bea...

This decorative storage box with a black and white inlay design is sure to pop. At first glance it looks three dimensional but upon closer inspec...

Very fine 18th century Welsh miniature coffer on stand or "coffor bach," a form of vernacular furniture unique to Wales, the ogee molded top retai...

Fine 17th century Italian walnut and ebony cabinet with etched bone decoration, the sides with geometric marquetry and with bone sting inlay and etched centre panel, the six drawers ...