Massachusetts - Boxes

George III mahogany double chamber tea caddy raised on tapered block feet. The front is inlaid with a conch shell in an oval and the top with a six-pointed star with shaded arms radi...

Mid 18th century mahogany strong box with applied brass edges centering a central applique on the lid, a large lock plate (key present) and large carry handles. The two ends fitted w...

Antique a Victorian silver and simulated tortoise shell case, the lid with an applied monogram Marked on exterior Henry William Dee, London, 1863 ...

With rectangular hinged top with brass stringing and central blank inscription plaque.Interior with B&H label and tin lined. Conforming case with brass stringing. Sides with recessed...

Japanese late Meiji period A Large Organizer Red Lacquered Box, decorated with irises and butterflies in gold and black.

Black Forest figural carved wood humidor in the form of a monkey's head with a hinged lid carved as a hat, around the neck is a ruffled collar above a circular base with carved detail.

Red/Black-lacquered Fan-shape Five-case Lunch Box, China, 19th century, with three bamboo splint handles converging to form a broad strap handle over the t...

This is a late 19th to early 20th-century cut crystal and silver-plated vanity or dresser box, characterized by an intricately faceted body and lid. The crystal is expertly cut in a ...

Regency rosewood campaign lap desk. Finely crafted with brass inlay of the finest construction. Fitted interior with red velvet writing surface.

Hand-carved free-standing Japanese Working Man Figurine. Okimono is a Japanese term meaning for display as an art or decorative object. Figure rests on an flat irregular oval base. T...

A fine tea chest or tea caddy in satinwood with crossbanded edges on the lid and all four sides, the lid, front and sides inlaid with ovals of tortoiseshell. The lid, centered with a...

Primitive hand decorated trinket box in the style of the noted Provincetown folk artist Peter Hunt, ca. 1940s. Humorous interior label indicates it is "four of four of a kind" and ...

Chinese, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 19th century. A grouping or instant collection of antique porcelain enameled salt boxes. Each box is decorated with immortal being riding the fabl...

George III mahogany double tea caddy of rectangular form with cut corners and boxwood string inlay. The front and top with large oval inlays of conch shells.

Intriguing tooled leather covered trinket box in Italian Futurist style of rectangular geometric form with two notched corners with tooled linear motif and a polychromed depiction of...

Anglo-Indian penwork decorated veneered sandalwood glove box on turned ball feet the sides and top decorated with scrolling leaf borders and the top with a central leaf-framed cartou...

English, circa 1867. An unusual antique biscuit barrel or humidor. The main body is formed of pressed glass with a greek key border, paneled window and a reeded edge. The glass rest...

Rare early 19th century working automaton sewing box with hidden compartments for necessaries and sewing implements. Original handmade cloc...

This complete dresser set was most likely designed by the iconic Czech Art Deco designer Karl Palda and it consists of a fabulous combination of 6 hand blown and cut crystal dresser items which includes the pieces listed below and pictured. Each piece has canted diamond-shaped corners and the bases are star cut making them even more unusual and special. Large Covered Jar...

With a domed hinged lid and bail handle over a conforming case decorated overall with figures in Renaissance dress. Bun feet. Provenance; David and P...

Pair of interesting and lovely single door walnut cabinets with satinwood decorative inlay, probably Edwardian made in the Sheraton taste. Each has a single pull-out open drawer shelf. Possibly bedside lockers...

With two drawers over two drawers, splayed feet.

A finely carved walnut jewelry or trinket box, mid-19th century, likely of Black Forest or Swiss origin. The serpentine rectangular form exhibits a curvilinear Rococo outline with sc...

Finely made and signed E. Wells Co Patent on hinges. Rectangular hinged top with brass edge and fleur de lis corners and central monogrammed plaque opening to a fitted interior. Conf...

A dwarf cassone with hinged top with chip carved edge over a paneled case with central keyhole, arcaded carved base.

Large Georgian table or master snuff box of cushion form having tortoiseshell veneered front, back and end caps with green stained mulberry burl bottom and lid, the lid with a wood h...

Likely made in the Normandy area of France. Domed hinged top with wrought iron hasp and lock. Conforming case. With original painted surface.

This exquisite vintage Le Tallec porcelain box, dating to circa 1966, features intricate hand-painted enamel decoration and lavish gilt accents. Crafted in the French Limoges traditi...

Japan, 19th/20th century, one red-lacquered with an inner compartment; one black-lacquered with an inner compartment.

English Regency period mahogany collectors chest with ebonized detail. The mahogany case having six drawers with turned pulls, figured mahogany top with molded edge and sitting on a ...

This is the grandfather of Michael Elkan boxes. Retaining it's original surface and the rarely seen or found interior boxes of which this group is intact. All made from the same bloc...

Square form with hinged lid with original brass bail handle. Faux bois decoration. The matt black painted wood base with square section legs and H form stretchers.

Rectangular with six compartments and a handle, square legs with corner spandrels, casters.

Early 19th century sea captain's tea caddy, circa 1830, made of coramandel wood gathered in the Spice Islands China Trade, with sailor's grommet-spliced rope becket handles. The inte...

Rectangular top over three drawers with wood knobs and escutcheon. Bun feet.

Hinged top, decorated overall with incised carving, lock plate and side handles.

Quarter sawn oak slide lid candle box of rectangular form with the back board extending above and pierced for hanging. The nicely figured lid with reeded edges inlaid with a burr wal...

Stained pine with hinged top, decorated with geometric design out of recycled piano keys. The interior with a removable organizing drawer. Illegible names with numbers are faintly wr...

Painted Writing Slope with green interior paint and drawers for storage.

19th Century bentwood box. Round form with red paint.

Large, locking (key included), campaign style humidor in highly figured wood with brass inlaid corner supports and flush mounted handles. The interior fitted with a galvanized metal ...

This is a one-of-a-kind, trinket box from the "Dwelling" series, of torch-cut, welded, textured and enameled steel. Created by American artist, James Bearden, this unique item is a t...

Tony Sarg Folk Art Bridal Box, circa 1920, an oval covered band box made of cardboard-like composition, and adorned with Tony's stylized colonial inspired folk art decorations. While...

A spectacular and fine, painted and stenciled, pine documentbox. The original blue paint having turned a dark green over time with the varnished finish, typical of Boston pieces. Yo...

A truly fine hand-painted porcelain box with a monogram of family characters. 1820's.   

Two Japanese old fashion Kiku - book style lunchbox By Teinen. The oldy memory after WWII in the school time of Japan. A wonderful design of the Bento Box to include the independent rice box...

Salesman size chest with lifting top concealing a compartment. Three working drawers below. Bracket feet.

A truly fine hand-painted porcelain round box with lid in figures of Chinese traditional ladies and men.   

A Fine Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet Mid 18th Century Attributed to Jean-François Oeben The shaped marble top over a shaped cabinet with tulipwood, kingwood & parquetry throughout, with tambour shutters revealing a re-fitted interior with 6 graduating drawers, all over four cariole legs ending in gilt bronze sabots. Height 41 in. Width 38 in. Depth 20 in. Jean-François Oeben, ébéniste du roi in 1754 and maître in circa 1761. Jean-François Oeben was a sub-tenant of charles-joseph boulle (1688–1751) in the galleries of the louvre from 1751, and in 1754 was granted lodgings at the gobelins and then at the arsenal in 1756. he was appointed ebéniste du roi in 1754 and was therefore able to work outside guild restrictions. he was a protégé of the marquise de pompadour, the marquis de marigny and the duc de choiseul. his identifiable works span less than ten years. his earliest pieces are in the louis xv style (e.g. small table, 1756–8; munich, residenzmus.), and he seems even to have completed some pieces started by jean-pierre latz (e.g. pair of corner cupboards...

Antique 19th silver tobacco box, from 1820s.    

Regency period Tunbridge ware work or sewing box having calamander sides with light wood edges, the top with exotic woods inlaid in a tumbling block pattern within a Vandyke frieze b...

Indian teak work or stationary box with brass tack and applique decoration on the top and sides and fitted with brass lift-handles. the interior fitted with lift out trays and open c...

An 19th-century sterling silver snuff trinket box with engine-turned engraving to the hinged lid, brightly gilded interior with the character "10" on both lid and base, excellent co...

Rectangular box with lid opening to game boxes. conforming case. Very good condition for this kind of piece.

Pair Of Japanned Chinoiserie Tea Caddies With Sifter Drawers, Anglo-Indian Or English, Circa 1800–1830 Form and construction, these read as a scarce, matched pair of japanned tea ca...

Indian "Bombay" dresser/jewelry box with a mirror in the lid and raised on a "tray" base with silvered feet. The exterior with exotic wood and sadeli work (micro-mosaic inlay) framin...

An unusual covered decorative box attributed to R&Y Augousti, executed in a bold Art Deco revival and Karl Springer-influenced manner. The box is constructed as a compact architectur...

Art Deco shagreen covered wooden box of dark green color and with a bone lid lift.

A quality work, Antique Large Ginbari Cloisonne Rectangular Lidded Trinket Box, Meiji Period, with the Chrysanthemum Motif. There are Interior wood inlays on both the box and the l...

Rectangular with brass strapping and side handles. Lock plate and flap. Fitted sometime in the 19th century as a tea caddy. Labeled Orange Pekoe and Black tea...