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1800 Porcelain Bonbonniere of a Painted Bird
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A beautiful 1800 German Meissen Porcelain Bonbonniere snuff box of a painted bird, it has a brass
Category
18th Century German Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Paper Mâché Red Pillbox with Bird Motif
Located in Cookeville, TN
gold foliate and bird motif. Opened on the inside is black lacquer, and the bottom is black lacquer as
Category
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Paper
English, Gilt Bronze Doré, circa 18th Century Jewel Casket
Located in Santa Fe, NM
English, Gilt Bronze Dore, c.18th century Jewel Casket with Motifs of Dragons, Birds, & Lions
Category
18th Century British Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Gilt Metal
Bronze Kirin Incensor Bird Ingot Original Wooden Box, Japan
Located in Monterey, CA
This bronze item is a kirin incensor. On the back of the kirin is a bird and an ingot that
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Bronze
LG Antique Black Forest 17" Plant Box or Jardiniere, Bird Figure
Located in South Coast, CA
Fabulous antique Victorian era Black Forest hand carved 17" plant box or jardiniere with unique
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19th Century Folk Art Antique Bird Boxes
Antique William iv circa 1835 Bird
s-Eye Maple Work / Sewing Box or Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique William IV C1835 bird's-eye maple work / sewing box or table
No loose joints and no
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1830s William IV Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Art Deco French Walnut Double or King Size Bed Inlaid with Love Birds circa 1930
Located in Blackpool, Lancashire
appearance. The body of the birds are in fruit and box woods
The birds feature on the bed head and baseboard
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Chinese Canton Lacquer Export Tea Caddy, Mid-19th Century
Located in Frome, Somerset
A Chinese export lacquer tea caddy
The octagonal box decorated with birds in landscapes,
the
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Art Deco French Mahogany Double Mirrored Wardrobe Inlaid, circa 1930
Located in Blackpool, Lancashire
and an iridescent appearance. The body of the birds are in fruit and box woods
The birds feature on
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Art Nouveau Bedroom Suite, Marquetry Inlaid, circa 1910
Located in London, GB
single person or child. With marquetry inlay in, harewood, bird's-eye maple, box and other fine woods
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Other
Swiss Gold Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning Swiss singing bird box combines exquisite artistry with outstanding mechanical
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Enamel
$14,500
Silver Double Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of the rarest examples of a mechanical bird box ever seen, this extraordinary box features not
Category
19th Century American Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Jeweled Swiss Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jeweled Singing Bird Box
19th-century
This remarkable Swiss singing bird box stands apart from the
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Enamel
German Enamel Singing Bird Box
By Karl Griesbaum, Emil Brenk
Located in New Orleans, LA
The mechanism of this enchanting German singing bird box is attributed to the renowned Karl
Category
Early 20th Century German Other Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Silver Fusée Singing Bird Box by Charles Bruguier
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extremely rare, early Swiss fusée singing bird box by the renowned Charles Bruguier combines
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19th Century Swiss Other Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Gold-Plated Singing Bird Box and Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Combining a diminutive clock and a charming automaton, this Swiss bird box is a mechanical work of
Category
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
19th Century Indian Hand carved Bird Box
Located in London, GB
19th Century Indian Bird Box
A highly decorative example of a late 19th Century hand carved
Category
1890s Indian Victorian Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Karl Griesbaum Singing Bird Box Automaton
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular music box in gilded brass and polychrome enamel. The music box is adorned on the sides
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Early 1900s German Louis XV Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Vermeil
German Sterling Silver Automaton Singing Bird Box with Key
Located in Queens, NY
German sterling silver automaton singing bird box with key,
circa 1920.
Gorgeous double decker
Category
Early 20th Century German Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Travelling Bird Cages / Box
Located in Culver City, CA
Unusual box containing four small travelling birdcages, wonderful form, color, content
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Early 20th Century English Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Bontems Mechanical Singing Birds Cage Automaton Musical Box
By Bontems
Located in Austin, TX
This is a large mechanical singing birds cage automaton by famous French automaton maker Bontems
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Swiss 18K Gold
Enamel Snuff Box, Guidon, Remond, Gide
Co c.1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
-boxes with watches, singing bird-boxes, form watches and musical boxes. Their work was of excellent
Category
Early 1800s Swiss Other Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Mandolin Singing Bird Automaton Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional singing bird cylinder music box is a wonder of Austrian mechanical ingenuity. Not
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19th Century European Other Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
Taxidermy Bird Shadow Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming bird in glassed case with naturalistic setting and painted background.
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Bird Boxes
Japanese Cloisonné Box with Birds and Flowers
Located in Montreal, QC
This box shows well the quality of early 20th century Japanese workmanship. The cover is finely
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Dutch Silver Lapwing Bird Sugar Box, 1920
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
sugar box is embellished with embossed details reproducing the fine definition of the bird's plumage and
Category
1920s Dutch Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Silver
1921 Rene Lalique Mesanges Opalescent Box Jar, Birds
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Rene Lalique "Mésanges" box made in 1921 in molded opalescent glass - design of birds.
Perfect
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
French Silver-Gilt and Enamel Bird Automaton Box, circa 1910
By J. Granvigne
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century rare French solid silver-gilt singing bird automaton box, of rectangular
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Traditional Flower and Birds Design with Silver Applications Box, Olinalá
Located in Mexico City, MX
sides and on it’s
covered with floral elements, plants, and birds. Inside
of the box is painted the
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19th Century Mexican Other Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Black Forest Carved Antique Decorative Box Carved with Birds, Signed
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional quality with carvings of pheasants that adorn the top of
This box make it really
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century French Black Forest Carved Walnut Box with Bird Decor
Located in Dallas, TX
rocky ground and foliage. The front of the box is decorated with birds on branches, music instrument and
Category
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Coalport Porcelain Trinket Box, Japonism, Birds by John Randall, 1865-1870
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and rare trinket box made by Coalport probably between 1865 and 1870. It was
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1860s English Victorian Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Edwardian Box Wood Birdcage of Large Scale with Bamboo Caning
Located in London, GB
An Edwardian box wood birdcage of large scale, with ebonised bamboo caging, with arcaded formation
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Bamboo, Boxwood
1919 René Lalique Box Deux Oiseaux Frosted Glass Sepia Patina, Birds
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Deux Oiseaux" made in frosted glass with sepia patina by Rene Lalique in 1919..
Molded
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1910s French Art Deco Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
1920s Antique Metal Copper Standing Dove Bird Shaped Lidded Box Islamic Art
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1920s Antique metal copper standing dove bird shaped betel box.Large Indo-Persian chiseled copper
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Islamic Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Austrian Essex Crystal
Silver Game Bird Jewellery Box
Located in Newark, England
Fine 19th century Austrian essex crystal game birds silver jewellery. The box of plain form with
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
19th Century French Art Nouveau Period Marquetry Jewelry Box with Bird Motif
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Art Nouveau period jewelry box features a lemonwood lid with
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Mahogany, Sycamore
19th century Biedermeier Walnut Root Slant Top Letter Box Inlaid Bird Motif
Located in Savannah, GA
Large size slant top 19th century Biedermeier veneered walnut root letter box with inlaid bird and
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Painted Wedding Box from Normandy with Birds and Flowers
Located in Dallas, TX
box has a beautiful, original, painted exterior and is decorated with five painted birds, a vase
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Black Forest Wooden Table Box Jewelry Casket with Figural Bird Carving
Located in Forney, TX
carved sculptural bird trio topped decorative table box / jewelry casket. circa 1880s
Hand-crafted in
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Normand Painted Wedding Box with Floral, Leaf
Bird Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
and top handle. The small trunk is decorated with the original hand painted floral, leaf and bird
Category
Late 18th Century French Country Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique German Folk Art Paper Mache Candy Container Ring Box Robin Bird
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German miniature oval paper mache composition candy container, trinket or ring box topped
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
1919 René Lalique Deux Oiseaux Box Frosted Glass Grey Stained Glass, Birds
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
René Lalique "Deux Oiseaux" box made in 1919 in molded frosted glass with grey patina.
Molded
Category
1910s French Art Deco Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
18th Century French Normandy Painted Decorative Box with Bird and Floral Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
decorative, arched box features its original painted finish in a terracotta and yellow palette. The
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Bilston English Enamel Bird Bonbonniere / Patch Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century South Staffordshire Bilston Enamel Bird Patch Box, in the form of a Goldfinch, its
Category
1760s English Georgian Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Laquered Box with Hinged Lid and Lock, Japan, 19th Century, Birds Decor
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is in wood, lacquered in black. With decoration of birds with gold paint.
It has been
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19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Rare French Solid Silver-Gilt and Enamel Bird Automaton Box, circa 1910
By J. Granvigne
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th century rare French solid silver-gilt singing bird automaton box, of rectangular
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Large Antique French Etched Glass and Bronze Footed Bird and Floral Glove Box
Located in Big Flats, NY
A large antique French Victorian glove dresser box offers bronze footed frame with beveled crystal
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19th Century French High Victorian Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Wooden Art Deco Box Bird
s-Eye Maple with Inlay Work, Austria, circa 1920
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Precious wooden Art Deco box in fine bird's-eye maple with inlay work out of Austria, circa 1920
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Birdseye Maple, Maple
18th Century French Hand-Painted Wedding Box with Flowers and Bird from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
box has a colorful exterior with hand-painted flowers, green leaves, and a decorative dove bird on the
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Black Forest Hand-Carved Walnut Rustic Box with Love Birds, Swiss, ca. 1890
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest hand-carved rustic walnut box, naturalistically carved with trailing ivy and strapwork
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Black Forest Carved Walnut Jewelry Box with Bird Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Place your jewelry and small valuable treasures in this beautifully carved decorative box. Carved
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Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Antique Victorian Brass Inlaid Birds Eye Maple Jewlery Casket Glove Box Casket
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine quality well figure birds eye maple brass inlaid lady’s Victorian glove box of traditional
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Swiss Hand-Carved Black Forest Jewel Box with Birds, Circa 1870-1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Swiss Hand-Carved Black Forest Jewel Box with Pair of Pheasant Birds, Circa 1870-1880. A
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Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Kashmiri Assorted Objects
Located in London, GB
Size of inches: H 2.5” x W 7” x D 5” Cream floral bird box
Size of inches: H 1.5” x W 4” x D 5” Small
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Early 1900s Indian Victorian Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Brass
Coin-Operated Singing Bird Cage Automaton
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hand-feathered in brilliant yellow and red is the diminutive mechanical bird inside its gilded cage
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19th Century Unknown Other Antique Bird Boxes
Green Majolica Bird Money Bank, circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica bird money bank, circa 1920.
Category
1920s French French Provincial Antique Bird Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
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An assortment of antique bird boxes is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique bird boxes — often made from wood, metal and hardwood — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique bird boxes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique bird boxes made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Folk Art — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many antique bird boxes are appealing in their simplicity, but Meissen Porcelain, Bilston Battersea and Bontems produced popular antique bird boxes that are worth a look.
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The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,600, while they’re typically $150 on the low end and $48,500 highest priced.
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