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Billiard, Snooker Pool Table Scoring Cabinet
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
This golden oak wall-mounted scoring cabinet with a decorative dentil frieze was probably made by
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1890s High Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Oak

Antique Billiards Snooker Life Pool Scoring Cabinet
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
This beautiful wall-mounted mahogany scoring cabinet was made circa 1880, it features a decorative
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1880s English Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Wood, Mahogany

Burled Walnut Humidor Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Burled walnut brass-mounted locking humidor cabinet, the double doors revealing two stacks of
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19th Century British Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Brass

Mahogany Wall-Mounted Billiards, Snooker Scoring Cabinet, circa 1870
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
A beautifully made mahogany combination scoring cabinet, circa 1870 with facility to score
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1870s British Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Mahogany, Wood

A Mahogany Billiard-Snooker-Pool Scoring cabinet circa 1900
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
A wonderfully crafted Billiard- Snooker-pool scoring cabinet in feathered mahogany probably by
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Early 1900s British Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Slate

Taxidermy Mid-19th Century Victorian Rosewood Cabinet of 32 Exotic Birds
By Henry Ward
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
and mounted in a glazed and sealed rosewood cabinet. We have identified in the following birds in
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1860s English Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Billiards Table Scoring Cabinet
By George Wright of London
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
A beautiful billiards, snooker, or pool scoring cabinet in English oak manufactured by George
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Slate

Late 19th Century Compendium in a Burr Yew Wood Coromandel Box Cabinet
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A Victorian burr yew wood and Coromandel box cabinet compendium of games which includes cribbage
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

1920s Iron Walnut Trestle With Box Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, CA
Whimsical Spanish Revival piece with all the bells and whistles particular to the period. Splayed legs, original polychrome finish and iron trestle. Great original finish on walnut. ...
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Early 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Walnut

Anglo Indian Ivory Large Miniature Bureau Cabinet Vizigapatam
Located in Bantam, CT
short drawers over base cabinet of one long drawer and slanted fall-front enclosing similarly fitted
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18th Century and Earlier Indian Neoclassical Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Ivory

Pair of 19th Century English Cabinet Makers Models
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th Century English Cabinet Makers Models. 7 5/8 " dia x 5" 5.5" dia x 4.25"
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19th Century English Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Wood

Regina Disc Player with Original Disc Storage Cabinet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
tuned "comb" were plucked, creating a lovely and full sound. The cabinet is striped oak, and it features
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19th Century American Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Archival Set of Seven Maps of the World and its Continents in Oak Cabinet
Located in Madison, WI
contained in a wall-mounted, oak storage cabinet. Represented are the United States, South America, Europe
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Early 20th Century Scottish Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Optometrist Eye Chart Light Box Cabinet PSEG Phone Box
Located in East Hampton, NY
Optometrist eye chart cabinet, antique eye chart, light up eye chart, optometrist eye test, PSEG
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Early 20th Century American Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Antique Snooker Ball Cabinet, circa 1910
By Burroughes Watts
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
A mahogany cased triangular snooker ball cabinet with original triangle, manufactured by Burroughes
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Early 20th Century British Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Brass

Victorian Oak Novelty Delivery Van Smoker s Cabinet dated 1897
Located in London, GB
A charming, beautifully made Victorian oak smoking & gaming compendium in the form of a period delivery carriage. With removable brass carriage lamps, spoke wheels and other brass fi...
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19th Century British Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Brass

Late 19th Century English Mahogany Apothecary or Medicine Travel Cabinet
Located in Raalte, NL
Antique late 19th century English mahogany doctors or apothecary travel box or cabinet with various
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Late 19th Century British Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Brass

German Made Knauss Piano with Inlaid Rosewood Cabinet and Candelabra
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
sympathetic to the period the piano was made. The rosewood cabinet has been re French polished with the floral
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1890s German Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

19th c. Miniature French Baroque Style Cabinet as a Jewelry Box
Located in Redding, CA
This Is one beautiful example of a miniature cabinet. All hand carved with exceptional attention
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Oak Wood Cigar Humidor in the form of a Library Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Oak wood cigar humidor in the form of a library cabinet. The box has a arched beveled glass door
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Early 20th Century British Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Brass

Walnut Billiard, Snooker Pool Scoring Cabinet, circa 1860
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
An exquisite Billiard, Snooker, Life Pool scoring cabinet with a carved pediment by Burroughes
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19th Century British Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Walnut

Carved Wall-Mounted Billiard, Snooker, or Pool Scoring Cabinet
By George Wright of London
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
A decorative wall mounted mahogany billiard, snooker, life pool scoring cabinet by George Wright of
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Brass

French Bronze Jewelry Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Super long - eight feet- cabinet of curiosities- vitrine from Paris
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Early 20th Century French Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Bronze

19th Century Medical School Human Skull
Located in North Beninngton, VT
rare item for a cabinet of curiosities.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Okimono of a Skull with a Snake, Hawk and Monkeys, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
flanked by a pair of monkeys. Skulls were often included in cabinets of curiosities as Memento Mori
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19th Century Japanese Antique Curiosity Cabinet

A Bureau Cabinet With Architectural Perspective Marquetry Eighteenth Century
Located in London, GB
perspectival marquetry was bound up with the cabinet of curiosities – some of the earliest extant examples are
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18th Century and Earlier German Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Fantastic Group of Eight Mounted Natural History Specimens, circa 1910-1920
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
) A wonderful way to add instant curiosity to tabletop or cabinet. Measure: The largest 15” wide x
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Early 20th Century Great Britain (UK) Late Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Softwood

Rare Early 19thC English Shell-Work Figure of China Man in the Manner Arcimboldo
By Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
in their cabinets of curiosities. With the availability of these often outstanding and beautiful
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Shell

Antique French Ivory chess set
Located in Summerland, CA
"masterpieces" in Ivory which were collected in Cabinets of Curiosity. Includes
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19th Century French Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Hand-Colored Engraving of Coral by Albertus Seba
By Albertus Seba 1
Located in New York, NY
iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historiam [Cabinet of Natural Curiosities] by
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Paper

18th Century Gilded Lion Paw Fragment
Located in Austin, TX
the old world charm and can not be replicated. Add to a cabinet of curiosities, bookshelves or
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18th Century French Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Lion Paw Fragment
Located in Austin, TX
to a cabinet of curiosities, bookshelves or tablescape.
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Early 18th Century French Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Gold Leaf

Refined Scale Trademan s Model Step Ladder
Located in London, GB
conversation piece to enhance a spare contemporary space or in a selected cabinet of curiosities.
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Late 19th Century European Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Wood

Pair of Grotto Armchairs Circa 1880
By Pauly Co.
Located in London, GB
in Mannerist garden designs of the sixteenth century, around the same time as the cabinet of
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19th Century Italian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Grotto Side Chair Circa 1880
By Pauly Co.
Located in London, GB
same time as the cabinet of curiosities. The two ideas were closely linked, as both juxtaposed the
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19th Century Italian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Grotto Table Circa 1880
By Pauly Co.
Located in London, GB
designs of the sixteenth century, around the same time as the cabinet of curiosities. The two ideas were
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19th Century Italian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Exceptional Office Inkwell, Gilded Bronze Mounted Shell, Germany, 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. Most of them are attired with delicate settings and are reserved for cabinet of curiosities. These
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18th Century German Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Bronze

A Silver Gilt-mounted Shell Salt Marked 1838
By Charles Reily George Storer
Located in London, GB
hybrid quality encapsulated the ethos of the cabinet of curiosities, as this strange and miraculous
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19th Century English Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Grotto Settee Circa 1880
By Pauly Co.
Located in London, GB
the cabinet of curiosities. The two ideas were closely linked, as both juxtaposed the beauty of the
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19th Century Italian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Rare 19th C Shell-Work Folk Art Figure of a Lady
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
in their cabinets of curiosities. With the availability of these often outstanding and beautiful
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1850s United States Minor Outlying Islands Folk Art Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Shell, Silk

Two Early 19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Portrait Busts of Philosophers
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
the mantelpiece or the cabinet of curiosities.
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Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Bronze

A Collection Of Classical Plaster Gems Circa 1820
By Bartolomeo and Pietro Paolétti
Located in London, GB
curiosities, where t hey added a temporal dimension to the cabinets’ encyclopedic desire to map out the world
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19th Century Antique Curiosity Cabinet

17th Century Lapis Lazuli Casket
Located in London, GB
and rare materials), this casket embodies the ethos of the cabinet of curiosities that dominated the
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Victorian circa 1850 Ruby Sapphire Opal Emerald Multi Gemstone 18k Gold Bracelet
Located in Berlin, Berlin
humanity. From the desks of scholars, across the studioli of Italian rulers and royal cabinets of
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18th Century Unknown Early Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Amethyst, Aquamarine, Beryl, Emerald, Garnet, Lapis Lazuli, Morganite, O...

Antique Smokers Cabinet, Apothecary Cabinet, Pipe Cabinet, Scotland 1910 REDUCED
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique smokers cabinet, apothecary cabinet, oak, Edwardian, antique furniture, Scotland, 1910
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1910s Scottish Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Oak

Late 19th Century Black Forest Antler Hanging Cabinet
Located in Vienna, Vienna
The presented late Black Forest Antlers Cabinet is made of oak wood and original antlers. These
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1890s Austrian Black Forest Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Antler, Oak

1925 Dentist Cabinet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
In painted metal with a white marble top. Original cathedral glass doors.
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1920s French Antique Curiosity Cabinet

"The Royal Cabinet of Game" 1800s English Game Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Amazing English game chest from the 1800s, has hand-carved bone chess and checker pieces, leather embossed game board inlaid cribbage board. Everything in the game chest is beautifu...
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Early 20th Century English Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Vintage 1900s Pipe Cabinet and Humidor in Tiger Oak
Located in Raleigh, NC
Vintage 1900s pipe cabinet and humidor in tiger oak that secures a light brass pin under the lid to
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Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Brass

Victor Victrola Model VV-S-215 in Mahogany Cabinet in Working Condition
By Victor Talking Machine Company
Located in Plymouth, MA
Victrola model VV-S-215 in mahogany cabinet circa 1925 in superb working condition by Victor
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Early 20th Century American Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Mahogany

Billiard, Snooker or Pool Scoring Cabinet, Exceptional Walnut Figuring
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
A walnut framed antique billiard - snooker scoring cabinet by E Mawson of Leeds, exceptional timber
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1890s British Victorian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Walnut

Collection of Anglo-Indian Carved Bone Dolls’ House Furniture, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
cabinets of curiosities from the 16th century onwards. Indeed, the first recorded dolls’ house was
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19th Century Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Antique Baroque Coconut Cup with Stones, Micro Mosaics and Gems, circa 1742
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Ornamental engravings, probably made for a secular cabinet of curiosities or cabinet of wonder. Dated
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1740s Austrian Baroque Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Brass

18th Century Italian Reliquaries in White Paint
Located in Hudson, NY
Cabinet of Curiosities: Reliquaries in Fine Antique Condition.
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Wood

Early 20th Century Small Hand-Crafted Porcelain Match Striker in Skull Form
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
gentleman's cabinet curiosities, the strike hails from the continent, likely Germany. In excellent condition
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Early 20th Century German Other Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Porcelain

English Illuminated Heraldic Album, circa 1850
Located in Hudson, NY
Cabinet of curiosities: Ink and watercolor, collage with stationery emblems. Extremely fine
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Paper

Egyptian Style Grand Tour Polychromed Limestone Head
Located in Tetbury, GB
. Would look fantastic in the cabinet of curiosities or as the centre piece on a mantle or side table. A
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19th Century Unknown Egyptian Antique Curiosity Cabinet

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Limestone

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Antique Curiosity Cabinet For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique curiosity cabinet for your home. An antique curiosity cabinet — often made from wood, shell and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique curiosity cabinet — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique curiosity cabinet, designed in the Victorian, Industrial or Baroque style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique curiosity cabinet over the years, but those crafted by Burroughes Watts, George Wright of London and American Cabinet Company are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Curiosity Cabinet?

Prices for an antique curiosity cabinet can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $156 and can go as high as $398,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,323.
Questions About Antique Curiosity Cabinet
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    Yes, curio cabinet is short for curiosity cabinet. This name comes from the fact that the cabinets allow you to view whatever you store inside through glass doors, sparking curiosity. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of curio cabinets from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    For an item to be considered antique, it needs to be 100 years or older. It can be tricky to determine the age of a cabinet on your own. The best way to determine the value and age of your china cabinet is to work with a certified appraiser. You’ll find expertly vetted antique china cabinets and other furniture on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    How much an antique china cabinet is worth depends on the style of the cabinet, age and condition. Any additional features/decorative touches might increase the worth of the cabinet. That is, a cabinet with hand painting or carving will cost more in general. Also, the older the cabinet, the more its value. An antique china cabinet can be purchased for $1500 onwards. Find a collection of antique china cabinets today on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    How much an antique record player cabinet is worth depends on a variety of factors. The age, materials, maker and condition all impact value. If the record player remains inside the cabinet, and whether or not it is operational will also affect the price you can expect to receive for it. Having the cabinet evaluated by a certified appraiser is a simple way to find out how much your piece is worth. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of record players.