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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
Category
Antique 1890s High Victorian Games
Materials
Oak
Goldbugs Photo-Composition by Ludovic Minet, Jan 2016
Located in Paris, FR
Maison Hermes. He is a master of leather sheating and at the moment he is working on the curiosity
Category
2010s French Photography
Materials
Aluminum
Hypnoticbugs by Ludovic Minet, Jan 2016
Located in Paris, FR
curiosity cabinet, and very much inspired by the bugs.
He has also produced some vanity and sculptures with
Category
2010s French Photography
Materials
Aluminum
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
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Games
Materials
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
Category
Antique 19th Century British Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
Miniature French Brittany Bonnetiere Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
detail, this miniature cabinet has all the details of a full size Brittany Bonnetiere Cabinet.
Category
20th Century French Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Antique 1870s British Victorian Games
Materials
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
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Games
Materials
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
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Taxidermy
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
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Games
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. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Tobacco Accessories
Materials
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Indian Neoclassical Models and Miniatures
Materials
Ivory
Art Deco Wooden Hungarian Cabinet Cigarette Case, 1930s
Located in Budapest, HU
Art Deco Wooden Hungarian cabinet cigarette case, 1930s
The wooden Art Deco cabinet cigarette
Category
Vintage 1930s Hungarian Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Walnut
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"
Category
Antique 19th Century English Models and Miniatures
Materials
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
Category
Antique 19th Century American Musical Instruments
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
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Maps
Pair of Teak Altar Cabinets with Silver Mirror Backs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Small glass cabinets made of teak with open carved top pediments. Cabinet has glass on three sides
Category
20th Century Indian Religious Items
Materials
Teak
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
Category
Early 20th Century American Historical Memorabilia
Materials
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
Category
Early 20th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Antique Snooker Ball Cabinet, circa 1910
Located in Chilcompton, Radstock
A mahogany cased triangular snooker ball cabinet with original triangle, probably manufactured by
Category
20th Century English Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
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...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
Masterpiece Tramp Art Radio Cabinet with Carved Eagle in Flight
Located in Manalapan, NJ
A true tramp art masterpiece this tramp art radio cabinet is completely scratch built. Dating to an
Category
Vintage 1930s Musical Instruments
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments
Materials
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
Category
Antique 1890s German Victorian Musical Instruments
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Models and Miniatures
Extensive Specimen Collection of Woods Housed in Perfect Midcentury Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Vaughan antiques of London are very please to offer this exceptional extensive and important collection of wood specimens approx 250 from Australian Canadian and African timber assoc...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Early 20th Century British Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass
Handsome Tramp Art Folk Art Radio Cabinet w Lyre Lightning Bolts
Located in Manalapan, NJ
Rare and unique tramp art radio cabinet. Decorated with a cut-out musical lyre on its front and
Category
Vintage 1930s Musical Instruments
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
Category
Antique 19th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Ship Model Danmark, Denmark Wooden Tall Ship Model in Display Cabinet
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
What. A. Stunner! This item is a must ghave for every collector of nautical items. Or for everyone who loves to have an eyecatcher in the livingroom, office, shop, bar, restaurant or...
Category
1990s British Arts and Crafts Models and Miniatures
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hospital Cabinet
Located in Sint Joris Weert, BE
Vintage medical cabinet or hospital cabinet.
It is made from a steel frame with glass windows
Category
Vintage 1970s Latvian Industrial Cabinets
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Crystal Cabinet of Curiosities Double Old Fashioned Glasses
By Artel
Located in Notting Hill, GB
Czech crystal cabinet of curiosities double old fashioned 300 ml glasses with six different motifs
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Glass
Materials
Crystal
French Bronze Jewelry Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Super long - eight feet- cabinet of curiosities- vitrine from Paris
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Medical School Human Skull
Located in North Beninngton, VT
rare item for a cabinet of curiosities.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Pair of Matched Chinese Lacquer Cabinets of Curiosity
Located in Wilton, CT
Possibly Imperial Collector's Cabinets, Decorated Allover in Red, Black and Gold Lacquers Depicting
Category
Chinese More Furniture and Collectibles
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
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Collectibles and Curiosities
Vintage Steel Medical Cabinet, 1970s
Located in Sint Joris Weert, BE
use as a display cabinet for curiosities or in shops.
Doors can be removed.
Original condition
Category
Vintage 1970s Russian Industrial Vitrines
Materials
Steel
Open Cabinet of Curiosities "The Snail of Time, ” Andrew Sinclair
Located in London, GB
Andrew Sinclair: ‘These were the first museums: the cabinets of curiosities and in them even the
Category
Mid-20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
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
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Cabinets
Group of Four Mounted Tortoise Shells
Located in Glamis, Angus
patina. They are all set upon small wooden plinths for display.
Perfect for the cabinet of curiosities
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Taxidermy
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Fantastic Group of Eight Mounted Natural History Specimens, circa 1910-1920
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
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A wonderful way to add instant curiosity to tabletop or cabinet.
Measure: The largest 15” wide x
Category
Early 20th Century Great Britain (UK) Late Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Softwood
"Arabs on Horses", Britains Ltd. Set #164
By Britains, Ltd.
Located in Quechee, VT
experienced collector, or for the office, den, bookshelves, boyhood dreamers, man-cave or cabinet of
Category
Vintage 1940s British Toys and Dolls
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
Category
Antique Early 1800s English George III Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell
Old Restaurant Sign
Located in WARNETON, FR
cabinet of curiosities.
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood
Trompe L
oeil Four Panel Screen
Located in New Preston, CT
century painting, 'Cabinet of Natural Curiosities.'
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Screens and Room Dividers
Antique French Ivory chess set
Located in Summerland, CA
"masterpieces" in Ivory
which were collected in Cabinets of Curiosity.
Includes
Category
Antique 19th Century French Tableware
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Prints
Materials
Paper
Coco de Mer
Located in New York, NY
Cabinets of Curiosities. Ht. over base 12.5 in.
Category
20th Century Sculptures
$850
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
Category
Antique 18th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Lion Paw Fragment
Located in Austin, TX
to a cabinet of curiosities, bookshelves or tablescape.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Mounted Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Natural Burl Head
Located in New York, NY
artist/naturalist collected it for a cabinet of curiosities.. Burl are growths that occur in nature on
Category
20th Century American Decorative Objects
10K Dangle Butterfly Earrings with Vintage Coral
By HCL METAL WORKS
Located in Gorham, ME
protected by a layer of sheet Mica, for a Cabinet of Curiosities feel.
The Butterfly and Coral dangle
Category
2010s American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Materials
Coral, 10k Gold, 14k Gold
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.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Butterfly Wing and Coral Earrings
By HCL METAL WORKS
Located in Gorham, ME
are framed in a handmade 10KW white gold and protected with a layer sheet Mica for a cabinet of
Category
2010s American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Materials
Coral, 10k Gold, 14k Gold
$900 / item
Doré Letter Opener and 2 Additional Accessories by Ira Von Furstenberg
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Inspired by Peter The Great's Kuntskammer Museum, cabinet curiosities titled
"objects unique" by
Category
Early 2000s Italian Letter Openers
Materials
Quartz, Metal
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Curiosity Cabinets For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of curiosity cabinets available for sale. Each of these unique curiosity cabinets was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and shell. There are 319 antique and vintage curiosity cabinets for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 9 modern editions to choose from as well. There are all kinds of curiosity cabinets available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Curiosity cabinets made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made curiosity cabinets over the years, but those made by Burroughes
Watts, George Wright of London and American Cabinet Company are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Curiosity Cabinets?
Curiosity cabinets can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,429, while the lowest priced sells for $45 and the highest can go for as much as $885,000.
Questions About Curiosity Cabinets
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023Yes, 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.
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