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English Cut Brass and Tortoiseshell Letter Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English cut brass and tortoiseshell letter box in the Napoleon III taste, the curved front
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass
Boulle Napoleon III Decorative Box
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Chorzów, PL
French antique Boulle tortoise shell inlay box for jewelry, gloves or other precious details.
Very
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19th c. English Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy with Ivory Bun Feet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19th c. English Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy with Ivory Bun Feet and Red Velvet Interior.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Ivory
French Napoleon III "Boulle" Marquetry, Nacre and Gilded Brass Gloves Box
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice French Napoleon III "Boulle" marquetry, tortoise shell, nacre and gilded brass decorative
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
English Tortoiseshell Shaped Snuff Box with Yellow Metal Inlay
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare English tortoiseshell shaped snuff box with yellow metal inlay.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19th Century French Napoleon III Black Lacquer Box with Bronze Inlay
Located in Fayetteville, AR
, tortoise shell, and a central bronze cartouche. Fine lines of bronze inlay form a border around the top
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Bronze
Highly Important Silver
Viennese Enamel Mounted Repousse Shell Casket Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
case pieces by its extensive use of tortoise shell, silver-plated repousse and silver alloy mounts that
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Renaissance Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Enamel, Metal, Silver
19th Century Tortoise Shell Grain and Greek Key Tea Caddy, Boule, Georgian
Located in Manhasset, NY
19th Century tortoise shell grain and greek key tea caddy. Boule, Georgian.
A stunning Georgian
Category
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Wood
Cigar Box Gilded Bronze Tahan Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry
By Tahan Paris
Located in Marseille, FR
Gilt bronze cigar box stamped A. Tahan à Paris, circa Napoleon III decorated with Boulle marquetry.
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Gloves Box Gilded Bronze Tahan Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry
By Tahan Paris
Located in Marseille, FR
Gilt bronze gloves box stamped A. Tahan à Paris, circa Napoleon III decorated with Boulle marquetry
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique French Boulle Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique 19th century French boulle marquetry box.
The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Silver Card Case Trinket and Snuff Box Regency Grand Tour 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Ladies Well Figure Tortoise Shell Silver Framed Hinged Lid Card Case of
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Silver
A Charles II Tortoiseshell Pique Squeezie Spice Box made circa 1680
Located in London, GB
This very rare box was made most probably in London circa 1680 and is oval in form with silver
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
French Napoleon III "Boulle" Marquetry, Nacre and Gilded Brass Gloves Box
Located in LEGNY, FR
gloves box.
Restored by a cabinetmaker.
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass
English Regency Inlaid Shell Double Tea Caddy, 19th Century
Located in Bradenton, FL
sarcophagus form tortoise shell tea caddy, raised on applied brass feet, decoration featuring mother of pearl
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique French Boulle Box with Game Elements
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique French Boulle marquetry box with game elements inside, cards and bone game chips.
The
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass
Important Silver
Viennese Enamel Mounted Tortoiseshell Jewelry Cabinet Box
Located in Queens, NY
tortoise shell, silver-plated repousse and sterling silver mounts that frame all of the enamel, repousse
Category
19th Century Austrian Renaissance Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel
English Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother-of-Pearl Hinged Glove Box, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency hinged tortoiseshell and pie shaped mother-of-pearl glove box, with brass oval
Category
1840s English William IV Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Bronze Tortoiseshell Jewel Gloves Box, France
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Gorgeous jewel or decorative box, used as a glove box by that time. Made in Boulle Marquetry style
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Jewelry Gloves Box, France, 1875
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
style in blackened wood with brass marquetry, copper, mother of pearl and tortoise shell and a lovely
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Bronze, Brass, Copper
Napoleon III Boulle Marquetry Jewelry Box, France 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful Napoleon III Jewelry box in blackened wood veneer and Boulle style marquetry with inlays
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Boulle Marquetry Jewelry Box, France, 1865
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV style jewelry or decorative box in Boulle Marquetry style in red tortoiseshell mother of
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Bronze, Brass, Copper
Antique Georgian Red Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy in Oval Form, circa 1800
Located in London, GB
The shell has a beautiful mellow patina and the silver binding to both the lid and body on both
Category
19th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique English Blonde Tortoiseshell Hinged Card Holder
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Antique English blonde tortoiseshell card holder with locking hinge.
Please view all photographs for damage.
Category
19th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19th Century Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Silverplated Faux Tortoiseshell Ladys Toiletries Vanity Grooming Set 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality example of a Lady’s silver plated and Faux Tortoiseshell Grooming box
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Silver Plate
Tortoiseshell case
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Continental tortoiseshell case. Mid 19th Century
of upright rectangular form with sloped cover, decorated with foliate piqué work
of upright rectangular form with sloped cover, decorated with foliate piqué work
Category
19th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Napoleon III Boulle Cave à Liqueurs
Located in Montreal, QC
Tortoiseshell and bronze marquetry serpentine front on ebonized wood cellaret, opens top and sides to reveal a gilt bronze rack holding four decanters and ten(of original 16) footed...
Category
19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Bronze
Tortoiseshell and Silver Cigar Box Pearce and Thompson, Birmingham, 1897
By Pearce
Thompson
Located in London, GB
A great looking cigar box mounted in silver with scroll decoration on the exterior of the box. The
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell Snuff Box with Micomosaic and Gold, Early 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular snuff box in brown tortoiseshell and gold. The interior of the box is entirely lined
Category
1820s Italian Restauration Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Stone, Gold
Casket, Tortoiseshell, Wood, Metal, Italy, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
high demand for marine turtle shell furniture is explained by the scarcity of material, which was
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Metal
Ivory-inlaid tortoiseshell tea caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English ivory-inlaid tortoiseshell tea caddy, circa 1850.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Ivory
Tortoiseshell tea caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine English silver-mounted ivory-inlaid tortoiseshell box, circa 1850 now with a lined interior.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Silver
$4,800
Gilt Bronze and Tortoiseshell Chest, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Late 18th century chest
Wood, gold bronze and hawksbill.
Chest made at the end of the 18th century, with a wooden structure composed of a prismatic base and a vaulted cover, articu...
Category
Late 18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Bronze, Other
George III tortoiseshell tea caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
A George III ivory and silver-inlaid tortoiseshell tea caddy, circa 1820.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell tea caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual English tortoiseshell tea caddy with embossed sunburst design. Circa 1825.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Silver
$5,850
Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Regency silver and ivory-inlaid tortoiseshell tea caddy, labeled F. Hausburg, Liverpool, early 19th century
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Silver
19th century English TortoiseshellTea Caddy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A tortoiseshell tea caddy of pagoda form with stering silver stringing and key hole. The hinged cover reveals two lided compartments with ivory handles on bun feet.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Sterling Silver
Colonial Chest in Ebony, Tortoiseshell and Bone Wood, Mexico End 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Colonial chest in ebony, tortoiseshell and bone wood.
Mexico, 18th century.
Front with a drawer.
Measures: 13 x 22 x 14cm.
good condition.
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Late 17th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Wood, Ebony
18th Century Antwerp Casket
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell and rosewood casket, Flemish, probably Antwerp, circa 1740, the top inlaid with diamond pattern, over zig zag over other geometric designs, the in...
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18th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Ivory, Ebony, Rosewood
19th C. Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A tortoiseshell tea caddy of pagoda form with mother of pearl inlay and sterling silver stringing. The hinged cover reveals two compartments. The piece stands on bun feet.
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19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with Bone Feet and Interior
Located in Richmond, VA
Great 19th century English tortoise shell tea caddy with bone feet and interior.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine early 19th century tortoiseshell and Silver mounted caddy, it even retains the original engraved mixing bowl.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
$3,520
Mid-19th Century Wooden Coffer Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Paris, FR
, tortoiseshell, and brass. The lid and the main face of the box are richly decorated with gilded rinceau, flowers
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Brass
English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English tortoiseshell, ivory banded and metal strung tea caddy.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Ivory
English pagoda top tortoiseshell tea caddy.
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English silver strung pagoda top tortoiseshell tea caddy, with serpentine front and conforming case enclosing two lidded compartments on ball feet. Circa 1840.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Ivory
English House Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare tortoiseshell tea caddy in the shape of a house, inlaid with etched bone. The top is hollow, interlined with velvet. Double tea compartments are covered with tortoiseshell lid...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Bone
Rare Georgian Red Tortoiseshell
Silver Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
” describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells
Category
18th Century British Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Silver
19th Century English Regency Tea Caddy
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a classic English Regency tea caddy, veneered with tortoise-shell, the front with canted
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Exceptional Late 18th Century English Tea Caddy in Tortoiseshell
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional quality late 18th century English octagonal tea caddy in tortoise shell with a
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
English Regency Period Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
English Regency Period tortoiseshell tea caddy, having a stepped lid with canted corners, exuberant floral design mother-of-pearl marquetry inlaid lid and front panels, set on wooden...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19th Century English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Regency Period Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy with Bun Feet and Two (2) Compartments, England 19th Century
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19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Regency Pressed Tortoiseshell Gothic Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
A wonderful rare tea caddy with pressed gothic arches to all four sides, with pagoda top and vacant silver initial plaque. Stands on four silver plated ball feet.
This exquisite g...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19th Century Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century boulle tea caddy.
Category
19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Bronze
Fine Quality Regency Pagoda Form Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good English pagoda form tortoiseshell tea caddy, the pressed shell dome centered with a silver
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Regency period Tortoiseshell tea caddy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare and impressive Regency period Gothic influenced Tortoiseshell tea caddy, having wonderful embossed decoration to all four side and a pagoda style lid, opening to reveal two li...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Regency Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A rare late Regency period blonde tortoiseshell tea caddy
having pagoda top and silver strung decoration enclosing
tortoiseshell lidded interior with original paper foil lining.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Box
Materials
Tortoise Shell
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Antique Tortoise Shell Box For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique tortoise shell box you’re looking for. An antique tortoise shell box — often made from bone, tortoise shell and metal — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the antique tortoise shell box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique tortoise shell box, those designed in Regency, Georgian and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. A well-made antique tortoise shell box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Reverenda Fabrica Sancti Petri, Giacomo Raffaelli and Mappin
Webb are consistently popular.
How Much is a Antique Tortoise Shell Box?
The average selling price for an antique tortoise shell box at 1stDibs is $3,498, while they’re typically $300 on the low end and $75,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Boxes for You
From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.
The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.
Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.
Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.
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