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Phoenix and Plum Writing Box
Located in New York, NY
This fine suzuribako writing box is decorated with numerous poetic allusions to the act of writing
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Writing Box
Materials
Lacquer
Brass Bound Writing Box on Stand
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A lovely mid-19th century English Macassar wood and brass writing box fitted with its original fold
Category
1860s English Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Edwards Kingwood Writing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Kingwood writing box with brass stringing, escutcheon, carrying handles and a secret compartment
Category
19th Century Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Anglo-Indian Ebony
Ivory Writing Box
Located in Richmond, CA
An Anglo-Indian ebony writing slope or travel desk from Ceylon. Ivory inlay throughout. Various
Category
19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Ebony, Ivory
Japanese Rimpa Style Suzuribako (Writing) Box
By Ogata Korin
Located in New York, NY
with fundame edges.
A matching larger document box also available.
The interior of a matching
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Writing Box
Materials
Lacquer
English Mahogany Tooled Leather Writing Box
Located in Lake Forest, IL
Fine Writing Box, Tooled Leather, Mahogany Lined with Ormolu Ink Well, topped with Red Jade
Category
19th Century British Antique Writing Box
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Burr Yew Writing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique burr yew writing box with campaign style brass corner straps and flush fitting carry
Category
19th Century British Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
An 18th Century English Portable Writing Box
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century English mahogany and burr yew wood portable writing box
with brass carrying
Category
18th Century and Earlier British George III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Kashmiri Polychrome Writing Box, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Fine Kashmiri Polychrome Lacquered Fitted Writing Compendium / Box with Exterior and Interior
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Papier Mâché
Antique Oak Hausburg Writing Box, 19th Century
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique brass bound writing box veneered in stunning pollard oak, with double strung brass, flush
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Writing Box on Stand
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An elegant mid-19th century English brass bound mahogany writing box or lap desk on later custom
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Writing Box
Mid-19th Century English Writing Box on Stand
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An elegant mid-19th century English brass bound mahogany writing box or lap desk on later custom
Category
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI side table with writing box draw.
Located in New Orleans, LA
writing box with leather top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Box
Materials
Marble, Brass
William IV Amboyna Writing Box with Calamander Crossbanding
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The writing box has calamander crossbanding, brass edging, escutcheons and flush carry handles. The
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Writing Box
18th to 19th Century French Alpes Writing Box
Located in Paris, FR
Wrinting box decorated and sculptured by rosettes and hearts. Cembro Pine.
French Alpes, 18th to
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Late 18th Century French Antique Writing Box
Materials
Pine
Japanese Writing Box
Suzuribako
with a Peacock, Meji Period
Located in Milano, IT
Antique writing box decorated with a majestic peacock leading on a pine tree branch. The peacock’s
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
Bone writing box
Located in New York, NY
A bone covered lap desk with velvet lining
Category
19th Century English Antique Writing Box
Materials
Bone, Wood, Velvet
$4,500
Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Writing Box, England, c. 1850
Located in New York, NY
Fine Rosewood Box / Writing Compendium with Fitted Interior and Inlaid Brass Borders, Recessed
Category
19th Century English Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Burl Walnut
Brass Writing Box Table, England, Dated 1888
Located in New York, NY
Burl Walnut and Brass Bound Writing Box with Brass Label on Top Inscribed, "To John G. Jones, on
Category
19th Century British Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
Splendid Writing Box Napoleon III of Three Materials, circa 1870
Located in Grenoble, FR
Writing veneer ebony and Boulle style marquetry box. The inlays are made with three materials. A
Category
19th Century French Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Papier Mache Writing Box Jennens and Bettridge
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Papier Mache Writing Box by Jennens
Bettridge with beautiful mother-of-pearl inlays depicting
Category
19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Brass Bound David Edwards Writing Box with Secret Compartment
By David Edwards
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Writing Box made by David Edwards who was awarded two royal warrants from King George IV
Category
19th Century British George IV Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
English Georgian Mahogany Military Brass Bound Writing Box on Bespoke Stand
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian mahogany military brass bound writing box on custom made stand. This fine writing
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Anglo-Indian or British Colonial Teakwood Writing Box
Located in Singapore, SG
A beautiful British Colonial teakwood writing box with a brass lock, hinges and carrying handles
Category
Early 19th Century Indian British Colonial Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut Campaign Box, B1441
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1870, Antique Furniture
Category
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
French Directoire Double Opening Brass Inlaid Writing Box Now on Bespoke Stand
Located in Wells, ME
French Directoire period double opening mahogany writing box now on bespoke mahogany stand. This
Category
Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Coromandel Satinwood Brass Edged Leather Writing Box by Lund 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique coromandel and satinwood lined writing box by Lund of London, with brass edging and double
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
19th Meiji Japanese Lacquered Suzuribako with Bush Warbler, Writing Box
Located in Paris, FR
Suzuribako (writing box), the lid decorated at the outside with a decoration of a bush warbler
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Writing Box
Materials
Silver
Antique Campaign Box, Stationery Box, Victorian Writing Box, Oak Desk, B1703
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique campaign box, stationery box, Victorian writing box, oak desk, tiger oak, Scotland 1890
Category
1890s Scottish Antique Writing Box
Materials
Oak
Antique Mahogany Writing Box has secret compartments Early 19th Century
By David Edwards
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Writing box by David Edwards.
Brass-bound and veneered in flame mahogany with kingwood
Category
19th Century British George IV Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Anglo-Indian Tortoiseshell Writing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
base of the box has another drawer to hold more stationery.
This fabulous Anglo-Indian writing
Category
18th Century Antique Writing Box
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Antique Papier-Mâché Writing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Beautiful papier mâché writing slope with stunning floral paintings on the top and sides.
The
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19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Writing Box
A handsome burl writing box on custom stand from England c.1850
Located in Houston, TX
A handsome burl walnut writing box with brass detailing from England c.1850 now mounted on a custom
Category
19th Century English Antique Writing Box
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Antique Calamander Writing Box with Mother-of-Pearl, Abalone and Brass Inlays
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique writing box veneered in beautiful figured calamander with ornate, delicate engraved mother
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1880 B1082
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Writing Slope, Writing Box, Antique Lap Desk, Walnut, Scotland 1880, Antique Furniture
Category
1880s Scottish Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
Antique George Betjemann Coromandel Satinwood Silver Writing Box, 19th Century
By George Betjemann
Sons, Toulmin
Gale
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
An unusual and rare design Writing Box by renowned cabinetmakers G.Betjemann & Sons, retailed by
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Brass Bound Writing Box with TOP SECRET compartments
Document drawer.
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique brass bound Writing Box veneered in mahogany with brass stringing, escutcheon and ornate
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
19thc. Suzuribako Japanese Lacquer Writing Box
Located in Paris, FR
.
Comes with a vintage kiri box made in palauwnia
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Writing Box
Edo Japanese Lacquered Suzuribako
Writing Box
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional suzuribako in hira maki-e, taka maki-e and hedatsu gold, silver and red lacquer of a bubbling waterfall amidst a pine forest.
The interior of the lid features five crane...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Coromandel Mother of Pearl Abalone Brass Writing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
.
This writing box comes with a fully working lock and tasselled key.
We attribute this box to John
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Writing Box on Stand
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An early 19th century English mahogany brass bound lap desk opening to reveal red leather writing
Category
Early 19th Century European Campaign Antique Writing Box
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Quarter Sawn Oak Stationery Travel / Writing Box
Located in Vancouver, BC
Very nice Victorian oak stationery box with fall front writing desk, fitted interior, leather fold
Category
19th Century Scottish Antique Writing Box
Materials
Oak
Asprey Coromandel Brass Mother-of-Pearl and Abalone Writing Box, 19th Century
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Asprey Coromandel writing box with beautiful mother-of-pearl, brass and abalone floral inlays. The
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
English Mahogany Writing Box on Stand Circa 1840
Located in Hinsdale, IL
English mahogany writing slope, circa 1840, on later stand with tapered legs; with felt lined
Category
1840s English Georgian Antique Writing Box
Coromandel Writing Slope
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Writing Box, veneered in stunning Coromandel with brass reinforced corners for extra
Category
19th Century British Antique Writing Box
$1,085
Rare English Enamel Writing Slope/ Box, Landscapes and Scrollwork, circa 1780
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Geelong, Victoria
English enamel writing box, modelled after a writing slope, with hinged flap and inset sander and
Category
1780s English Rococo Antique Writing Box
Materials
Enamel
Meiji Japanese Black and Gold Lacquered Suzuribako
Writing Box
Located in Paris, FR
Very small suzuribako in black lacquer with hira maki-e gold lacquer decor of a flowering branch of prunus overflown by a bird. The sides decorated with flowering branches.
The nash...
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Writing Slope on Stand
Located in Southampton, NY
Writing Box is inlaid with Satinwood and Ebony with Brushed Brass Trim. Opens to Writing Slope with
Category
19th Century English Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
$2,200
Georgian Mahogany Military Captains Campaign Writing Box Early 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Georgian military Campaign box in solid mahogany with screwed brass strapping and flush-fitting
Category
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Japan, Gold Lacquer Writing Box "Suzuribako, " Edo Period "19th Century"
Located in Paris, FR
The rounded rectangular box designed with a river going through a rocky landscape among pines and
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Writing Box
Materials
Lacquer
Early Victorian Writing Slope in Rosewood
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn2813, fine quality, early Victorian, brass bound, writing box in rosewood, having hinged lid
Category
19th Century Antique Writing Box
Materials
Rosewood
Victorian Walnut Writing Slope
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4239 Victorian, brass bound writing box in walnut, having figured walnut hinged lid enclosing
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
Antique Asian Lacquer Calligraphy Writing Box Signed with Carved Ink Stones
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Asian, lacquered and signed wood writing or calligraphy box with carved and signed ink
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Writing Box
Materials
Stone
18th Century Black and Gold Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako or Writing Box
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful suzuribako in black lacquer with gold decoration. The cover depicts a scene from the 'Tale of Genji' book and shows three young women in a house situated in a flowery garde...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Writing Box
Materials
Lacquer
Fine Victorian Walnut and Brass Writing Slope
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn3250 exceptional Victorian, figured walnut writing box with brass bound edges and carrying
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Wood and Silver Plate Writing Box with a Pair of Inkwells
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a handsome Victorian box with silver plate accents. There are two inkwells, a pen holder
Category
1910s Antique Writing Box
Materials
Silver Plate
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Find many varieties of an authentic antique writing box available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, every antique writing box was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the antique writing box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique writing box made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — is very popular. A well-made antique writing box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by David Edwards, Asprey International Limited and Drew
Sons are consistently popular.
How Much is a Antique Writing Box?
The average selling price for an antique writing box at 1stDibs is $1,699, while they’re typically $265 on the low end and $29,938 for the highest priced.
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