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Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Box (1889)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
; an addition to our range of collectable silver vesta boxes and cases.
This exceptional antique
Category
1880s English Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Edwardian 1901 Sterling Silver Pig Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Edwardian vesta case is embellished with details replicating the features of the pig's skin and anatomical
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tan Leather Case, circa 1910
Located in London, GB
, the ink pot and matching vesta case. Circa 1910.
Dimensions: 37.5 cm/14¾ inches (width) x 31.75 cm/12
Category
1910s British Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Brass
GEORG ADAM SCHEID 1905 Austria Mechanical Vesta Wick Case In 900 Sterling Silver
By Georg Adam Scheid
Located in Miami, FL
A mechanical vesta case designed by Georg Adam Scheid.
This is a fabulous mechanical vesta case
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Edwardian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Kellner Brothers Vienna 1885 Austrian Vesta Tinder Box In .800 Silver With Knife
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical vesta case designed by the Kellner Brothers
Beautiful antique fusee vesta tinder case
Category
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
A figured oak and brass late 19th Century smoker
s companion
Located in Reepham, GB
vesta case to the front, and a drawer and faux drawer with hidden escutcheons to the rear, the whole on
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Boar Vesta Box
By James Barclay Hennell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
.
This impressive antique vesta case is embellished with details replicating the features of the boar's
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Travelling Or Carriage Lamp - London 1895
By Thomas Wheeler
Located in London, London
Silver Travelling Lamp, is in the Industrialist style, and features an integral vesta case and strike
Category
1890s English Industrial Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Austro-Hungarian Empire 1880 Budapest Vesta Tinder Box In .900 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Austro-Hungarian mechanical vesta tinder case.
Beautiful antique fusee vesta tinder case
Category
1880s Hungarian Empire Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis Kuppenheim 1900 Germany Neo Classic Vesta Oval Box In .900 Silver Pill Box
By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Miami, FL
are very wanted.
Vesta boxes
Vesta cases are small portable boxes made to contain matches and keep
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$708 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Novelty Smokers Companion Carriage
Located in London, by appointment only
lid encloses two compartments, with a pipe rack and vesta case to the front, and a drawer and faux
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Oak
Antique Travelling German Cocktail Set Germany Circa 1920
Located in London, GB
compartment
and fuselage cigar-case, further fitted with four plain
cvlindrical ashtravs and vesta case with
Category
Early 20th Century German Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Leather
Karl Rössler 1890 Austrian Vesta Tinder Box In .800 Silver 18Kt Gold And Niello
By Karl Rössler 1
Located in Miami, FL
Austro-Hungarian empire mechanical vesta tinder case made by Karl Rössler
Beautiful antique fusee
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Late Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Export Silver Dragon
Waves Vesta or Matchsafe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese silver vesta or matchsafe.
Decorated to both sides with an embossed dragon
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Antique Wang Hing Chinese Export Silver Vesta or Matchsafe
By Wang Hing
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export silver vesta or matchsafe.
By Wang Hing & Co. of Hong Kong
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Antique Silver Vesta Match Strike Case, circa 1920
s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique Silver Plate Vesta and Match Case from the Early 20th Century. This charming case has a
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver Plate
Brass Vesta Match Case in the Shape of a Pig
Located in Delft, NL
A brass vesta match case in the shape of a pig
A small vesta match case in brass. The small pig
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Brass
Set Of Six Victorian Chester Silver Napkin rings
Located in York, GB
, and vesta cases.
Assay Office: While based in Birmingham, much of their work was sent to the Chester
Category
1890s English Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Swiss Black Forest Blacksmiths Anvil Tobacco Jar Compendium with Secret
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
Cigar Cutter & Vesta Case
From our Black Forest collection, we are delighted to offer this very
Category
Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Wood
FRENCH 1920 Art Deco Sterling
18Kt Gold Cigarette Vesta Striker
Located in Miami, FL
pocket box that combine a cigarettes case, a vesta box for matches and a striker lighter. The case was
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
WRIGHT
DAVIES 1900 Guilloche Enameled Carriage Clock In .925 Sterling Silver
By Wright
Davies 1
Located in Miami, FL
, clock cases, vestas amongst many other objects.
Movement: Swiss, mechanical hand wingding and signed
Category
1890s English Gothic Revival Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,998 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Continental Edwardian Novelty Silver Sleeping Pig Vesta Case, 1905
By Marks
Cohen
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A good Edwardian Continental novelty silver vesta case made in the form of a flat sleeping pig
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Victorian Novelty Silver Shot Gun Cartridge Vesta Case
By Brownett
Jones
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A rare Victorian novelty silver Vesta case made in the form of a shotgun cartridge with leather
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Edwardian Silver Vesta Case with Unusual Articulated Mechanism, Asprey, 1907
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A very unusual Edwardian silver Vesta Case of plain rounded rectangular form, the interior fitted
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
English Sterling Silver Vesta Case, Chester Races, Hallmarked:-Sheffield 1898
By William Neale
Son Ltd
Located in York, GB
English sterling silver - VESTA CASE - CHESTER RACES.
A full English hallmarks for Sheffield 1898
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Silver and Enamel Pheasant Vesta Case, Chester, 1913
By John Millward Banks
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A fine quality early 20th century silver and enamel vesta case of flat-top rectangular form with
Category
1910s English Other Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Silver and Enamel Pheasant Vesta Case, Chester, 1913
By John Millward Banks
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A fine quality early 20th century silver and enamel vesta case of flat-top rectangular form with
Category
1910s English Other Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Silver and Enamel Pheasant Vesta Case, Chester, 1913
By John Millward Banks
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A fine quality early 20th century silver and enamel vesta case of flat-top rectangular form with
Category
1910s English Other Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silk
Patriz Huber for Martin Mayer Art Nouveau Green Agate Silver Vesta Case Pendant
Located in Dusseldorf, NRW
Patriz Huber for Martin Mayer Art Nouveau Green Agate Silver Vesta Case Pendant
Silver 800, green
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Agate, Silver
George V Silver Combination Opisometer, Vesta Case and Compass
By J. C. Vickery
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A fine and unusual George V silver Opisometer map measuring tool combined with a Vesta case and a
Category
1910s English Other Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Edwardian Novelty Soccer Football Vesta Case Match Holder, 1907
Located in Perth, AU
Rare sterling silver novelty vesta case with striker used for wax matches in the shape of a
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Baby in Swaddling Clothes Figural Vesta Case, S Mordan, London, 1881
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A rare Victorian novelty silver figural vesta case modelled as a baby in swaddling clothes holding
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Antique Dutch Silver Vesta Case in the Shape of an Officers Boot, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
Antique Dutch silver vesta case in the shape of an officers boot.
Dated circa 1870.
833 standard
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Victorian Novelty Silver Figural Horses Head Vesta Case, H B S, Birmingham, 1884
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A rare Victorian novelty cast silver vesta case made in the form of a horses head with hinged lid
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Victorian Silver and Essex Crystal Dog Kennel Vesta Case
Bull Dog
, London 1881
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A very fine Victorian novelty silver and Essex rock crystal vesta case, modelled as a slatted
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century French Gold and Enamel Vesta Case ‘Sappho’, circa 1900
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A late 19th century French gold and enamel Vesta case of rectangular form with sloping sprung
Category
Late 19th Century European Other Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Victorian Silver
Enamel Golfing Vesta Case by Sampson Mordan
Co London, 1892
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A very fine Victorian silver and enamel Vesta Case of rectangular form with flat hinged lid, the
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
George V Novelty Silver Beaded Golf Ball Vesta Case, Henry William Sparrow, 1920
By William Henry Sparrow
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
An early 20th century novelty silver Vesta case made in the form of a beaded golf ball, the centre
Category
1920s English Other Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Victorian Silver and Enamel Horses Head Vesta Case by George Heath London, 1890
By George Heath
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A good quality Victorian silver and enamel Vesta case of rounded rectangular form with sprung
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Rare Victorian Silver Patent Bi-Valve Vesta Case, by Moritz Wolfsky London, 1889
By Moritz Wolfsky
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
An unusual Victorian patent silver Bi-Valve Vesta case of plain rounded rectangular form, hinged
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
George V Shagreen Mounted Silver Double Table Vesta Case By A W Hardiman 1923
By Arthur William Hardiman
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A good quality early 20th century shagreen mounted silver double Table Vesta Case of "binocular
Category
1920s English George V Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Fabergé Gold Case by Holmström St. Petersburg before 1899
By August Wilhem Holmström, Karl Fabergé
Located in Paris, FR
engraved with a sunburst reeded pattern. The end with a vesta case compartment. Violet and yellow tinder
Category
1890s Russian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Gold
Lady
s Travelling Case
Located in London, GB
, vesta case; atomizer, easel mirror with leather sleeve; wash hand basin; various brushes and hand mirror
Category
19th Century British Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
$12,700 / set
Victorian Novelty Silver Registered Design Shoe Bonbonniere and Seal, 1873
By Edward H. Stockwell
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
design in 1874 for a number of possible uses (see images) including a light box (vesta case), an etui, a
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
19th Century Silver Travel Lamp
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in New York, NY
for stability.
Beneath the doors and heat grill is positioned a vesta case and the underside of the
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver
Fine and Rare Silver Travel Lamp
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in New York, NY
fitting for stability.
Beneath the doors and heat grill is positioned a vesta case and the underside of
Category
19th Century English Antique Vesta Cases
Art Nouveau Charles Murat Vesta Case
Located in Portland, England
floral vesta case.
The vesta is of the highest quality and made by the master silversmith Charles Murat
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gold Vesta Case, Chester, 1905
Located in Toronto, ON
Rare Antique Gold Vesta Case, Chester 1905. Beautifully hammered design with vacant cartouche to
Category
Early 1900s Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Gold
Antique Victorian Yellow Gold Vesta Case
By Deakin
Francis
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English 9 karat yellow gold vesta case; an
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Owl Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta case modelled
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Vesta Case - Antique Edwardian
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive, unusual antique Edwardian English sterling silver vesta case depicting
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Suitcase Vesta Case
By S. Blanckensee
Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta case in
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gold Vesta Case, Chester, 1905
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique gold Vesta case, Chester 1905. Beautifully hammered design with vacant cartouche to front
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Gold
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Vesta Case
By William J. Holmes 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and collectable antique Edwardian English sterling silver vesta case with golfing interest
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Austrian Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Austrian silver and enamel vesta case; an addition to our continental
Category
1910s Austrian Other Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Norwegian Sterling Silver Blue Guilloche Enamel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique sterling silver and guilloche enamel vesta case: part of our enameled silver
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique 1890s Victorian Sterling Silver Compass Vesta Case
By Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders and James Francis Hollings Shepherd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
vesta case; an addition to our boxes and cases collection
This exceptional antique Victorian English
Category
1890s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Vesta Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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Antique Vesta Cases For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique vesta cases for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, silver and sterling silver, all antique vesta cases available were constructed with great care. Antique vesta cases have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique vesta cases made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique vesta cases over the years, but those made by Sampson Mordan
Co., John Millward Banks and Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders and James Francis Hollings Shepherd are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Vesta Cases?
Antique vesta cases can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,150, while the lowest priced sells for $125 and the highest can go for as much as $16,000.
Questions About Antique Vesta Cases
- What is a silver Vesta case?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Vesta cases or vesta boxes are small portable boxes to protect matches and make sure they stay dry, which is why they are also known as match safes. They are named after the Roman goddess of the hearth, Vesta.
- What are Vesta cases used for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022With a name borrowed from the Roman goddess for fire and the hearth, Vesta cases were used to store matches and protect them from getting wet. On 1stDibs, you can find a collection of Vesta cases from some of the world’s top sellers.
- When were Vesta cases invented?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Vesta cases were invented in the early 18th century, shortly after the 1826 advent of the friction “lucifer” matches, which could spontaneously ignite and even explode from friction. Vesta cases were developed to hold the matches to protect them from friction — and the match-holder from danger. Small and compact, these cases typically had a hinged lid and were usually made of gold or silver, and they ranged from very plain to highly ornate. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of vesta cases from top sellers worldwide.
- What is a Victorian vesta case?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A vesta case is a small box that’s designed to hold matches. The name Vesta is taken from the Roman goddess of the hearth. Interestingly, in the 1830s, friction matches became as popular as strike-anywhere matches. However, they were unstable and could combust at any time, so a case to hold and protect the individual matches was necessary. Shop a range of antique and vintage vesta cases on 1stDibs.