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19th Century French Inlaid Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th c. French Finely Inlaid Box with Bird and Butterfly Motif in Walnut, Satinwood and
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19th Century French Antique Bird Boxes

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Satinwood, Fruitwood

Extremely Rare George IV Pointer and Game Bird Vinaigrette
Located in London, GB
palely gilded and the cover, unusually, displays a raised scene of a pointer chasing after a game bird
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1820s English Antique Bird Boxes

19th Century French Folk Art Weddingbox from Normandy with a Bird
Located in Buisson, FR
Painted wooden weddingbox with its original decor, the beautiful folk-art bird. Normandy, France
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood

19th Century French Folk Art Weddingbox with a Bird from Normandy
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful painted wooden weddingbox with its original painted decor of a bird, flowers and wrought
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood

Gorgeous Automate of Singing Bird or Songbird Made of Brass, Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
We're presenting here a very rare Automate of Singing Bird / Songbird, made in Vienna (circa 1915
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1910s Austrian Antique Bird Boxes

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Brass

Antique Taxidermy Tropical Bird Diorama
Located in San Francisco, CA
Highly unusual heart-shaped glass dome diorama containing one parrot and four hummingbirds.
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19th Century Antique Bird Boxes

Antique Victorian Silver Heart Box, London 1893, William Comyns
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique Victorian silver heart box, London 1893, William Comyns. The box repoussé with birds
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19th Century English Antique Bird Boxes

Antique Japanese Hand Painted Lacquered Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique Ebonised storage chest Beautifully hand-painted box with stylised birds, flowers and fish
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood

18th Century French Normandy Painted Wedding Trunk with Bird and Swag Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
decorative, bombe box with metal side handles and front hardware, features its original hand painted finish
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Late 18th Century French Antique Bird Boxes

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Pine

19th Century Persian Papier Mache Hand Painted Trinket Box
Located in London, GB
waters in a boat. Ornately hand painted detail of animal, beasts and birds cover this artistic box with
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1880s Indian Early Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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Paper

Antique German Papier Mâché Easter Egg Candy Container Rooster Chick Bird Farm
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German papier mâché Easter egg candy container, featuring a cartoon lithograph landscape of a rooster watching over chicks hatching from Easter eggs, a family of bluebirds in...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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Paper

Mid Victorian Amboyana Ladies Jewellery Box and Writing Slope c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Decoration : Bird eye maple box with amboyana edging inset with abalone and shell designs and vacant brass
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1860s British Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood

Large Maple, Art Nouveau Marquetry Box in the Style of Gallé
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This large bird's-eye maple Art Nouveau box in the style of Gallé features an inlaid flora and
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Bird Boxes

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Birdseye Maple, Mahogany, Rosewood

19th Century Italian Jewelry Box
Located in Casteren, NL
Beautiful Italian jewelry box made of bird's-eye maple inlayed with mother of pearl. Original key
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Bird Boxes

French Copper Repousse Box with Lid, Cherubs and Floral Motif, circa 1900
Located in Fayetteville, AR
flanked by cherubs and birds. The box rests on finial feet and is marked Made in France on the bottom. The
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Early 1900s French Antique Bird Boxes

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Copper

Antique Silver Enamel Box Hand Painted Courting Miniature Bird Cage Dog Lamb
Located in New York, NY
A stunning antique Victorian box decorated with Royal Blue Enamel with gold flecking throughout
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19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

19th Century Large Black Forest Jewelry Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century large and wonderfully hand-carved Black Forest jewelry box with two birds and a nest
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19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Bird Boxes

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Fruitwood

Antique Austrian Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case circa 1900 Capercaille Bird
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous Austrian silver and enamel cigarette case decorated with a wonderful image in rich enamelled colours showing a Capercaille on a branch. This image is created with a strong...
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Early 1900s Russian Antique Bird Boxes

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Enamel

German .935 Purity Silver Enamel Snuff Box
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
A beautiful German silver and enamel snuff box depicting three birds on branches. The box is
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1920s German Art Deco Antique Bird Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Swiss 18-Karat Gold Enamel Snuff Box, Remond, Lamy Cie, circa 1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 19th century exceptional Swiss 18-karat gold & enamel snuff box, of rectangular form
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19th Century Swiss Antique Bird Boxes

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Gold, Enamel

Swiss 18 Karat Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, Guidon, Remond and Gide, circa 1790
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
, the company "Rémond Lamy Co" produces brilliant boxes singing bird embellished with pearls that were
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18th Century Swiss Antique Bird Boxes

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Gold, Enamel

Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bird Cage Music Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
A mechanical bird sings in its gilded cage in this exceptionally rare French automaton. Combining
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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Brass

Hintha Bird-Shaped Betel Box on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Please contact dealer for full product description.
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19th Century Burmese Antique Bird Boxes

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Gold Leaf

Antique Bird’S-Eye Giltwood Shadow Box Frame, circa 1850
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique shadow box frame offers birdseye maple and giltwood construction, circa 1850 Measures
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Mid-19th Century Antique Bird Boxes

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Birdseye Maple, Giltwood

Japan Antique Waves and Birds Serving Plates Mint, Signed and Boxed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Mint, signed and boxed A Japanese antique collection of five (5) attractive ceramic -Waves &
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Bird Boxes

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Ceramic

19th Century Papier Mache Kashmiri Collection
Located in London, GB
of inches: H 6.5” x W 4.5” x D 1.5” Cream painted bird box Size of inches: H 4.5” x W 3” x D 3.5
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19th Century Indian Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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Paper

Blaise Bontems, an Extremely Fine Rare Automaton Double Singing Bird Music Box
By Bontems
Located in Queens, NY
Blaise Bontems, an extremely fine and rare automaton double singing bird music box, in the form of
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19th Century French Antique Bird Boxes

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Porcelain

Victorian Etruscan Micro Mosaic Bird Locket and Woven Chain in Original Box
Located in Narberth, PA
a pair of birds at the center of an elaborate border. The delicate mosaic tiles have been
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1880s Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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18k Gold

Birds Nest by Gorham Sterling Silver Ice Cream Spoon Set Fitted Original Box
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
BIRDS NEST BY GORHAM Sterling Silver SET OF SIX ICE CREAM SPOONS 5 7/8" IN ORIGINAL FITTED BOX
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1860s Antique Bird Boxes

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Sterling Silver

American oval shadow feather collage of birds
Located in New York, NY
• A pair of American oval shadow feather collage of birds against boxes with trompe l’oeil painted
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19th Century American Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood

Roycroft Arts Crafts Hammered Copper Bird-Of-Paradise Ashtray
By Roycroft
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hand hammered copper ashtray and match box holder with bird-of
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Bird Boxes

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Copper

Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Cockerel Sugar Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
fine definition of the bird's plumage and anatomical features. This impressive antique silver box
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Early 1900s British Antique Bird Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Antique 0.19 Carat Diamond and Ruby 18k Yellow Gold Bird Brooch
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
gold and 18 karat white gold set bird brooch - boxed; part of our diverse antique jewellery and
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1920s Unknown Antique Bird Boxes

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Diamond, Ruby, White Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique Chinese Lacquer Fitted Games Box, circa 1830
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
standing raised on four birds claw feet. The box is exceptionally detailed with a central figural scene
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Bird Boxes

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Lacquer

Late 19th Century Japanese Kamakura Carved Lacquer Wood Box
By The Lacquer Company
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Japanese Kamakura carved lacquer & wood box. A bird perches in a flowering tree
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood, Lacquer

Antique English Sterling Silver Travel Soap Box by William Comyns, 1889
By William Comyns
Located in Bath, GB
vacant cartouche to either side including a bird in flight and a sitting bird. The box clips together
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1880s English Late Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Royal Stamp Box, White Porcelain, Gilt, Cherubs, Royal Worcester, Edwardian 1902
By Royal Worcester
Located in London, GB
with very vivid designs full of flowers, birds and fruits. This stamp box is potted in very fine and
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Bird Boxes

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Porcelain

Antique Swiss 12 Air Four Visible Bells Rosewood Musical Box, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Swiss 12 air cylinder music box with four bells in view and a 9"
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Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Bird Boxes

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Rosewood

Pair of Chinoiserie Decalcomania Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Featuring a fanciful arrangement of Chinese court figures, floral blossoms and birds and
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Mid-18th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Bird Boxes

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Glass

Pair of oval taxidermy collage
Located in New York, NY
• A pair of American oval shadow feather collage of birds against boxes with trompe l’oeil painted
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19th Century American Antique Bird Boxes

Strasbourg Faience Bird Box
By Strasbourg Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
Strasbourg faience bird box with yellow and red singing bird in landscape on a hinged lid with
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Late 19th Century French Antique Bird Boxes

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Faience

Early 20th Century German Silver Grisebaum Singing Bird Box
By Karl Grisebaum
Located in Montreal, QC
Early 20th century German silver singing bird box by Karl Grisebaum, of typical form. The
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1920s German Baroque Antique Bird Boxes

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Silver

Antique Gilt Metal Singing Bird Box, by Raymy
Located in London, GB
A fine antique gilt metal singing bird box, by Raymy, Circa 1910, Raymy's reprise of the
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1910s Swiss Antique Bird Boxes

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Bronze

Vintage Silver and Full Cream Guilloche Enamel Singing Bird Box
Located in London, GB
A luxurious vintage silver and full cream guilloche enamel singing bird box. Retailed by Nissel
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1920s French Antique Bird Boxes

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Enamel, Silver

Japanese Black and Gold Lacquered Meiji bird Box, decorative old box
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Late 19th century black lacquer box with gold and red relief decoration of birds near a tree. The
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Bird Boxes

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Lacquer

Art Deco bird s eye maple box around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco bird's eye maple box around 1920s With shellac polished
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Bird Boxes

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Birdseye Maple

Vintage Limoges France Jewelry Box with Bird Scene
By Limoges
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
Vintage Limoges France Jewelry Box, Pill Box with Bird Scene Type Trinket Box Brand Limoges
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Late 19th Century French Antique Bird Boxes

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Enamel, Gold Leaf

Antique Kashmiri Papier Mache Lacquer Gilt Bird Motif Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Kashmiri, early 20th century. An antique black lacquer box with heavy gilt floral decoration and
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Early 20th Century Indian Kashan Antique Bird Boxes

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Paper

Handpicked Collection of Late 19th Century Papier Mache Kashmiri Objects
Located in London, GB
9” x D 2” Pen Box Size of inches: H 2” x W 7” x D 4.5” Pretty Bird Box Size of inches: H 6.5” x W
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Early 1900s Indian Victorian Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood, Paper

Biedermeier Box, Birds Eye Maple, Oak, Ebony, Germany circa 1850
Located in Regensburg, DE
Biedermeier Box, Birds Eye Maple, Oak, Ebony, Germany circa 1850. Birdseye maple on the top. Oak on
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Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Bird Boxes

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Brass

Small Early 19th Century Antler Bird Snuff or Pill Box, France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small antique French box as a Bird in Antler and with Brass Hardware, Circa 1810-1850's This
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Early 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Bird Boxes

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Brass

Chinese Silver Filagree Gold Washed Enamel Bird Motif Coral Pagoda Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Silver Filagree Gold Washed and Enamel Bird Motif and Coral Pagoda Box China, circa 1900s
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Bird Boxes

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Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver

Late 19th Century French Hand Carved Black Forest Box with Birds
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This French hand carved Black Forest box from the late 19th century features very detailed carvings
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Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Bird Boxes

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Walnut

Early 20th Century Handmade Khmer Bird Silver Box by Cambodian Artisans
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage handmade Khmer bird silver box. It was used during wedding ceremonies as a box for
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Early 20th Century Cambodian Mid-Century Modern Antique Bird Boxes

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Silver

18th Century French Normand Painted Wedding Box with Bird and Floral Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
colorful box with arched top, is embellished with the original iron lock plate and top handle; the cabinet
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Late 18th Century French Country Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood, Paint

18th Century French Normand Painted Wedding Box with Bird and Floral Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
colorful, arched box is decorated with multiple hand painted birds, flowers and leaves scattered on all
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Late 18th Century French Country Antique Bird Boxes

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Wood, Paint

18th Century French Hand-painted Wooden Wedding Box from Normandy with Birds
Located in Dallas, TX
, with vintage brass hardware and handles. Beautiful colors with flowers vase flanked by doves birds on
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Late 18th Century French Antique Bird Boxes

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Antique Bird Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs

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.

How Much are Antique Bird Boxes?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,600, while they’re typically $150 on the low end and $48,500 highest priced.
Questions About Antique Bird Boxes
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