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Beautiful George II Gold Mounted Etui Made in London, circa 1745
Located in London, GB
An Important & Beautiful George II Gold Mounted Etui Made in London circa 1745.
This exceptional gold box has a slightly tapering rectangular form with a shagreen exterior inset wit...
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English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Two Annamese Covered Boxes with Bird and Plant Motif, 15th century, Le Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Vietnamese covered boxes with representative bird and plant designs. Both are made of cream-colored base and blue designs, typical of Annamese pottery. These shared characteristics h...
Category
Vietnamese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Round Porcelain Box from the Hatcher Collection Decorated with Phoenix
Located in Atlanta, GA
17th century Chinese porcelain blue and white cosmetics box from the Hatcher Collection decorated with a phoenix. The phoenix is painted with its wings outstretched, its tail flutter...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Swedish 18th Century Bentwood Travel Box or Chest
Located in Buisson, FR
Rare and very beautiful Swedish travel box with stunning patina and hand forged iron details. Working lock and key ( bronze key from the 19th century).
Sweden, circa 1750-1800. Weath...
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Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$1,395 Sale Price
47% Off
Cofanetto in lacca povera - periodo XVIII secolo
Located in Fidenza, IT
Cofanetto in lacca povera del XVIII secolo e di origine veneziana.
La lacca povera è un tipo di decorazione tipica del mobile settecentesco veneziano, che si serviva di piccole stamp...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Piccola cassetta in legno dipinta - Puglia XVIII secolo
Located in Fidenza, IT
Piccola cassetta in legno dipinta pugliese del XVIII secolo. Le decorazioni presentano motivi floreali e vegetali stilizzati nei toni del rosso, verde e giallo, tipici dell'arte popo...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fine 17th Century Dutch Colonial Armorial Tortoiseshell
Silver Box, Dated 1691
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A dutch tortoiseshell box with two engraved silver plaques
Amsterdam, 1691, with maker's mark of Steven des Rousseaux (1654-1733)
H. 5 cm
Diam. 12.5 cm
Note:
Steven des ...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
A 16th/17th Century Style French Red Lacquered Small Chest
Located in Sheffield, MA
An Early
Rare French Red Lacquered
Leather Bound Wood Iron Small Chest
Height 15 in. Depth 9 in. Width 13 in. ...
Leather Bound Wood Iron Small Chest
Height 15 in. Depth 9 in. Width 13 in. ...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
18th Century Japanned Chinoiserie Dome-Topped Box, Circa 1715-1725
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Early 18th century George I Japanned Chinoiserie dome-topped box, Circa 1715-1725. England or France.
A rare survivor from the first quarter of the ...
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English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cherry
18th century Dutch-Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Indian Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Masulipatnam or Vizagapatam, 2nd half 18th century
H. 10.8 x W. 47 x D. 34 cm
...
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Indian Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Antique South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Table Snuff Box, 18th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box.
With a pink ground and white enamel latticework decoration thro...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
18th Century Cromwellian Bible Box
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century oak carved bible box. Intricate design, original hardware and still in good condition considering its age.
Category
English Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Oak
Important Renaissance Medical Box Spanish or Italian Workshop, Around 1550
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Renaissance Medical Box. Spanish Or Italian Workshop, Around 1550
Renaissance Medical Casket with stepped lid and vaulted flanked dome. Polychro...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
A Mughal Indian Brass Engraved Betel Pandan Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A MUGHAL INDIAN BRASS ENGRAVED BETEL PANDAN BOX
Northern India.
18th Century.
Length: 4 1/4" in. (10.9 cm.), width: 3 1/4" in., (8.3 cm.), height: 2" in.,...
Category
Indian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
17th century leather studded travellers Chest
Located in London, by appointment only
A large French 16th Century Beech wood & leather chest, with iron flowerhead and domed stud work to front top and sides. Original hasp and lockplate, the interior of the box with lat...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Box Tobacco 17 Century Friesland Baroque Birch Sliding Lid Love Heart Horse Lady
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This romantic and charming box has characteristic carving from the area.
With chip-carved geometric decoration to the sliding lid and sides, carved with a horse, two hearts and a...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch
18th C Pink Battersea-Bilston Mourning Box, Ex-Collection of h.r.h Princess Roya
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Pink Battersea-Bilston Mourning Box, Ex-Collection of H.R.H. Princess Royal Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897–1965)
...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XIV Messenger Box Leather Wrapped Wood - France - 17th 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Rare Louis XIV period messenger box, Late 17th Early 18th century, in wood sheathed in black-tinted leather with a radiant sun motif.
This solar decoration is certainly a reference t...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
$902 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Brass Mounted and Lacquered "Marriage" Dowry Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
Exquisite Indian craftsmanship made of teak with a patinated surface and extraordinary intricate Brass work. Made during the latter part of the Mughal Empire, Southern India circa 1780
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tea Caddy George II Brass Padouk English circa 1760
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Fine example of a George II brass metal mounted padouk tea caddy with finely etched and wrought hardware and vivid grain, color and patina.
...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th Century Bilston Battersea Enamel Muffineer or Sugar Shaker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An antique 18th century Bilston or Battersea enamel muffineer or sugar shaker.
A very rare form!
With a pierced, domed top, raised gold decoration, and cartouches of floral spr...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Antique English Inlaid Mahogany Tea Caddy, circa 1790
Located in Bath, GB
A very handsome George III tea caddy, made from Mahogany and beautifully inlaid with panels and highly decorative foliate marquetry to the front and top. The top has a handsome cast ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
$1,033 Sale Price
20% Off
Bible Box
Located in London, England
Oak bible box with sloped writing lid. Circa 1740.
H 26cm x W 66cm x D 46cm
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
$557
Rare, Antique, French, Chocolate Marble Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant, bow front, lift top, hand carved marble box with two, round compartments. The sinuous base is mirrored in the stepped, overhanging top which is surmounted by a relief carved...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest the it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying cerami...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Dutch Walnut
Iron Polychromed Domed Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th-century Dutch Walnut and Iron Polychrome Domed Table Box
Netherlands, 18th century or older
A 18th-century Dutch walnut and iron polychrome domed table box, likely retaining i...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French Straw Marquetry,
Marqueterie de Paille
Work Box
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful 'as is' late 18th or early 19th century example of 'Marqueterie de Paille', or straw marquetry, work box. The top inlaid with a wonderful cityscape, with early architectu...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
Spanish Alms Box / Wall Decoration in Blue
Yellow Patina, 18th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved wood hand painted donation / offering ALM Box, Spain, 18th century.
Polychromed carved wood church collection offering donation money box as wall decoration.
Wall hanging collection / donation money box. Originally used to collect donations at Christian churches/chapels. Interesting to be used as key box or key cabinet or as wall decoration
Rare find.
Provenance: Private collection.
No key avaliable.
Overall Measures:
46 cm H x 31,5 cm W x 14 cm D
Poor box...
Category
Spanish Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Pine
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Swedish folk art marriage box - Patinated
Located in Malton, GB
This is a stunning example of original 18th century Swedish folk art in the form of a marriage box. The patina and age are stunning and make this a very characterful decorative piece...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
South Staffordshire Bilston Georgian Enamel Tricorn Hat Shaped Patch Box
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and exceptional Georgian English South Staffordshire Bilston enamel patch box ion the form of a tricorn hat and dating from around 1770. The small box has a small round hinged...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Late 18th Century Chinese Export leather covered wood trunk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A late 18th century Chinese export leather covered wood trunk circa 1780. 8.5” H. x 23.5” W. x 16” D.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
$695 Sale Price
34% Off
17th Century Japanese Bento Box for Cherry Blossom Viewing Party
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique Japanese bento box from Edo era which was used for cherry blossom viewing party. It is made with bamboo and painted with ...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
18th Century English Diminutive Mahogany Chest with Satin Wood Banding
Located in Buchanan, MI
18th century English diminutive mahogany chest with satin wood banding. Top opens to an compartment over two drawers. Great color and patina. Can be used as a tabletop decoration...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Dutch Colonial Oak Decorative Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Late 18th Century Dutch Colonial decorative box.
Striking Dutch design from the 1790s.
Made out of Slavonian solid oak with original patinated iron handles and l...
Category
Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
A Rare 18th Century Parquetry Baroque Writing Slope, South German Circa 1760
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The exterior surface decorated with striking geometric panels of contrasting light & dark fruitwood veneers with ebonized mouldings, the slant top opening on later iron hinges to a plain interior housing a small hinged compartment for writing implements...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Antique English Mahogany Georgian Double Tea Caddy attrib Gillows 18th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Superb Example of an English Georgian Period Well figured Mahogany Double Interior Section Tea Caddy of flat rectangular outline, generous proportions and outstanding quality, all ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Charming small Gustavian Shaving Mirror in Mahogany – Sweden, Late 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Gustavian Shaving Mirror in Mahogany – Sweden, Late 18th Century
Charming small shaving mirror in mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), made in Sweden during the late 18th century. Execut...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
A red-lacquered “Armada” wrought-iron money chest with elaborate lock, 17th cent
Located in AMSTELVEEN, NL
A Red-Lacquered “Armada” Wrought-Iron Money Chest with Elaborate Lock, 17th Century
A striking and well-preserved example of a 17th-century “Armada” money chest, crafted in heavy wr...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Iron
Italian Neoclassic Walnut Miniature Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with diamond inlay over three drawers with similar inlay, slight cabriole legs.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
1750 Venezia Italy Lacquered Dark Blue Wooden Box with Golden Decoration
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a refined and exquisite lacquered wooden box, with polychrome and golden decoration on dark blue background. The dark blue color could seems a dark green. On the lid bright red and ivory volutes with lace inserts meticulously painted. Inside an exotic garden are depicting two Oriental human figures dressed in golden clothes. Band decorated with floral and volute motifs. It could be a magnificent jewelry case.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture and decorative objects is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals.
Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps.
The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age.
Referring bibliography:
A similar shaped and lacquered wooden box is presentin the Cà Rezzonico, in Venice and it is featured in
S. Levy Lacche veneziane settecentesche II, Milano 1967, tav. 444.
The piece is in excellent state of maintenance and it is guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original. The wooden dark blue lacquered box...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
A Fine of a 17th Century Painted Armada Chest
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A 17th century painted Armada chest with a finely engraved steel lock plate with Maidens, flowers, and a brass central boss.
The outside is painted with a green background and floral...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Viceregal Chiseled Silver Casket, Decorated with Organic Motifs
Located in Mexico City, MX
This incredible piece is made of silver embossed in the form of floral ornaments.
These pieces belonged to prominent members of the nobility. In addition to their shape and possible...
Category
Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Chinese Mother of Pearl Mounted Box with Four Boxes and Counters, 18th Century
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Chinese mother of pearl mounted games box with four matching interior boxes containing gaming counters and dating from the 18th century. The rectangular shape...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Pre-Columbian Andean Textile Fragment in Sterling Silver
Hardwood Presentation
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pre-Columbian Andean Textile Fragment in Sterling Silver & Hardwood Presentation Box
Textile: Wari or Inca Culture, Andes, Circa 600–1400 CE Box: Mid-20th Century
A refined and hist...
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Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Scatola Italiana XVIII Secolo Laccata in Azzurro con Finta Carta e Fiorellini
Located in Milano, MI
Cofanetto Italiano, scatola con coperchio Laccata con Finta Carta e Fiorellini fine 1700. Realizzata nei toni dell’azzurro e decorata su tutti i lati con fiori e racemi in color ros...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fir
French 18th Century Painted Box
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 18th century painted box. This work comes from Normandy France.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Colonial box in ebony wood
Located in
S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A Dutch colonial box from Batavia in the former Dutch East Indies.
Hand-carved with floral motives in ebony, used for jewelry or letters,
ca. 1800. Origi...
Category
Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony
18th Century Italian Florentine Silver-leaf Polylobed Engraved Box
Located in Milano, MI
Italian antique silvered Florentine box, polylobed box from the end of the 1700s made of bent and curved wood to obtain a four-pointed polylobe. The ori...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Louis XVI Kingwood Small Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
A Louis XVI kingwood small chest with brass mounts. Opens to a metal lined interior and two velvet working lower drawers. Circa 1700, France.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
18th Century Knife Box
Located in Dallas, TX
A Portuguese or Cuban silver mounted mahogany knife box from the 18th century. Box with a worn painted inscription to the backside dated 1786.
Category
Portuguese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$4,500
Early 17th Century Italian Red Silk Casket or Box on Stand
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an early 17th century Italian wooden casket or box, possibly pine, with slightly vaulted lid covered with red silk and adorned with appliqued foliate velvet with em...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
17th/18th Century Italian Venetian Marquetry Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
An important early antique Italian Renaissance table box, handcrafted in Northern Italy in the 17th/18th century, cassone chest form, richly inlaid, the top and front panel with fruitwood banding framing...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Late 18th C. English Carved Wood Document Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English small-sized wooden box, circa 1770-1800. This antique box from England has been lovingly hand-carved with four quartered-wheels at each inner corner of the central panel, ...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Spanish Church Alms Boxes Wall Decoration, 18th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of three carved wood hand painted donation / offering ALM Boxes, Spain, 18th century.
Polychromed wooden Church Collection offering donation money boxes as wall decorations.
Beautiful wall decoration comprised of three wall hanging collection / doation money boxes. Originally used to collect donations at Christian churches/chapels.
Each one has a different design. All three create a colorful set displayed together.
Rare find.
Provenance: Private collection.
On sale as a set.
Measures:
Religious woman: 45 cm H x 26 cm W x 21 cm D
Saints Box: 33 cm H x 37 cm W x 14 cm D
Blue Box:46 cm H x 31,5 cm W x 14 cm D
Poor box...
Category
Spanish Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Pine
Charles II Needlework Casket, Second Half of the 17th Century
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an English needlework casket from the Charles II period (1660-1685), with silk work exterior panels depicting various figures and animals, a top mirrored compartmen...
Category
English Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century English Liquor Bottle Case with Chubb Lock and Handle
By Chubb
Son
Located in Milano, MI
19th century English Oak Liquor Bottle Case with brass Chubb lock and brass handle engraved with Capt. E.J. Ward R. A. relative to Captain Edward Jo...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
William and Mary Kingwood Strong Box or Coffre Fort Converted to a Teacaddy
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with brass strapping and side handles. Lock plate and flap. Fitted sometime in the 19th century as a tea caddy. Labeled Orange Pekoe and Black tea...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
European Chinese Export "Canton enamel" Oval Box, 18th Century
Located in Delft, NL
An European Chinese export "Canton enamel" oval box, 18th century
Qianlong, (1736-1795)
An enamel box with floral decor made for the export for Euro...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
