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Period: 19th Century
Antique Figured Coromandel Brass Box / Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique brass bound coromandel Victorian Gothic Revival casket by Parkins and Gotto, 24 & 25 Oxford Street, London, circa 1860...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Renaissance Revival Style Bronze Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A renaissance revival style solid bronze box of the highest quality. The deep blue velvet interior has a ring holder. The interior depth is two and a half inches. No key. Austria, ci...
Category
Austrian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
American Victorian Country style Brown Wooden Box
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian Country style wooden box with four brass corners and a carved floral front
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Birdseye Maple Sewing Box
Located in Huntington, NY
Regency birdseye maple sewing box with lions heads handles on each side
lions hairy paw feet with a key.
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Cast Brass Engraved Brazier Box with Pierced Charcoal Tray, North India
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cast Brass Engraved Brazier Box with Pierced Charcoal Tray, North India, Late 19th Century
Dimensions:
Consisting of Two Pieces: the Box and the Removable Tray
Box: 10.5” W to handl...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Silver-gold vinaigrette with engraved lid
friezes, George IV period
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver and gold vinaigrette box with engraving and friezes on the lid from the George IV period. Metal: Silver - Gold. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 15.85 ...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
French Baccarat Crystal Patch Box with Sulfide Cameo of Psyche, 1840-1860
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Baccarat Crystal Patch Box with Sulfide Cameo of Psyche
France, circa 1840–1860
Dimensions: 1.75" diameter × 0.75" high
A rare mid-19th-century F...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century Sewing Box by Maison Aucoc, Paris
By A. Aucoc
Located in Paris, FR
Late 19th century oval sewing box decorated with crowned monogram. The case contains five gold and steel sewing utensils embellished with small flowers. Labeled on the inside: AUCOC A PARIS. Weight: 27.6 g,
circa 1860
Dimension: W 4.5 in, D 2.4in, H .8in.
Dimension: L 11.5cm, P 6cm, H 2cm.
La Maison Aucoc...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Steel
Antique 1829 Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By Thomas Freeman
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George IV English sterling silver vinaigrette; an addition to our silver boxes collection.
This impressive antique G...
Category
English George IV Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Rare Chinese opium smokers kit, including a pillow-box and a pipe.
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare Chinese opium smoker's kit, including a lacquered boiled cardboard pillow-box and a pipe showing signs of intensive use. The pipe fits perfectly inside the box. The curved shape...
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plywood
Rare Antique English Biscuit Box - 28 lb Weight c.1870
By Jonas
George Bowen
Located in Bath, GB
Always highly sought-after, these novelty "weight" biscuit boxes came in two sizes; this one is the smaller box which is the harder to find; it would look perfect next to it's larger...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,316 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box from the Qing Dynasty. Decorated all over beautifully with intricate designs and images of ancient C...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Gold and Black Lacquer Games Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional antique Chinese gold and black lacquer games box raised on four paw feet with a domed lift off cover decorated with figural landscape panels in gilded lacquer colours on a black ground. The cover lifts off to reveal five lidded removable counter boxes...
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Edwards and Roberts Satinwood and Rosewood Box
Located in Solebury, PA
A fine 19th Century Edwards and Roberts dome-shaped satinwood box with a lower drawer is elegantly adorned with vases and floral swags and cross-banded in rosewood. It is beautifully...
Category
Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood, Satinwood
Antique English Coromandel Fitted Traveler
s Box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Coromandel wood fitted traveler's box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860. Made by J.T. Needs, Late Bramah: Purveyor to Her Majesty, Prince Albert & the Royal Family.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Tea Tin
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century chinoiserie tea tin from England.
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
1880s Mother of Pearl Hand Painted Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s Hand painted box with mother of Pearl adornment. Purchased from an East Hampton estate.
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Marvelous 19th Century French Antique Jewelry Box Napoleon III in Burl Wood
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Marvelous Napoleon III 19th century antique Jewelry box in Burl wood from France.
Impressive wood grain with slight curved edge on t...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Burl
English Georgian Tortoise Shell Sewing Box with Silver Winged Paw Feet, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian Tortoise shell hinged sewing box with a gadrooned molded edge lid, fitted tufted interior, and resting on the original silver plate winged paw feet. Early 19th Century
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Early Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Box with Crane Flying Clouds
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine early Meiji period Japanese cloisonne enamel box decorated with a graceful crane in flight among stylized clouds, with a sparrow perched near a flowering tree. The domed lid p...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Copper
19th Century Majolica Trompe L
oeil Chestnut Tureen Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
19th Majolica chestnut tureen signed Sarreguemines.
rare Bag trompe L'oeil.
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Cast Bronze Lidded Box with Medieval Scenes and hardwood liner, Late 19thC
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a cast bronze metal box modelled as a casket with a wood liner and depicting medieval scenes. We date this box to the late 19th Century.
The box is made of a cast metal (b...
Category
English Medieval Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box is formed of brass with a copper interior and...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Great Shape
Color, Antique Tea Caddy inNutwood with Brass Lock and Hinges
Located in Lisse, NL
A very pleasing to the eye, early 1800s triple compartment tea caddy.
This marvellous tea caddy is in very good condition and the patinated nutwood has a truly warm, deep and rich p...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Black Forest Hand-Carved Brown Wooden Trinket Jewellery Box, circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Black Forest Hand-Carved Brown Wooden Trinket Jewellery Box
Continental
Wood, Textile, Metal
c. 1900
Dimensions: H x W x D: 9cm x 15cm x 9.5cm
This hand-carved trinket bo...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass box. This attractive ruby red glass lidded box is raised on its hand blown glass base with rounded c...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Decorative 925 silver glass moss agate trinket box
Located in Long Island City, NY
A decorative glass and moss agate box with a 925 sterling silver frame. Two sides of the box feature panels of moss agate, showcasing a mix of brown, red, and green hues. The lid and...
Category
Unknown Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
$2,700 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Italian Marquetry Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century miniature Italian coffer, or hinged box, made of solid walnut with marquetry inlay of various woods and bookmatched bird's-eye map...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
Large Rare 19th Century Majolica Flowers Box
Located in Austin, TX
Large Rare 19th Century French Majolica Flowers Box .
12 inches Lenght.
Category
French Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Sévres Porcelain box.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and elaborately decorated French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Sévres Porcelain box. This charming oblong oval shaped lidded box is raised by four toupie shaped fe...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Decorative Box - Ormolu Gilt Bronze - French Napoleon III
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined Napoleon III period decorative box, made of ormolu gilt casted bronze. Richly ornate floral motifs. It has an illegible signature. The liner inside has been renewed. Includ...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Palais Royal French Casket Necessaire Vanity Chest 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine and well fitted ebonised Gonçalo Alves Palais Royal travel necessaire / vanity chest, by Maison Smal L. Dujat - Palais Royal 7 (Paris), circa 1850 in date.
This sup...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Black Forest Hanging Wall Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Black Forest small hanging wall box. The entire piece is hand carved to have the appearance of boards with hand carved appearance of gra...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Games Box In Walnut And Boxwood
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Lovely 19th century walnut and boxwood game box.
Very beautiful, unusual box with light wood inlays forming a checkerboard on the top and decorations on the side.
Inside, a backgammo...
Category
French Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Anglo-European Faux Tortoiseshell And Bone Card Case With Geometric Panel C 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
This refined folding card case is of rectilinear form and constructed with an exterior veneered in richly figured tortoiseshell, framed by narrow linear inlays that emphasize its arc...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
Chinese Export 19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Sewing Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese Export 19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquered Sewing Box
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand
This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on four tapered, fluted legs connected by a curving X-form stretcher. In the centre of this stretcher is an ormolu urn decorated with rams heads, four hoof feet and birds on the top. The legs of the table are also ornately decorated with draped garlands and scrolled detailing. The apron is inset with Sèvres style porcelain plaques depicting scenes of cherubs and children in landscapes as well as decorative floral detailing, and is surmounted with laurel leaf mounts.
The casket itself is of oval architectural form, and is set on fourteen small feet. It features further porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, musical instruments and a central oval portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette within a crowned gilt cartouche. Her portrait is flanked by two cherubs and is sat within a decorative royal blue border, matching the turquoise colored borders of the other plaques. The reverse of the casket is similarly decorated and features a painted plaque of her husband King Louis XVI.
The plaques are separated by mounted ormolu columns decorated with crowns and draped laurel leaves, and each column is surmounted by floral crowns. Each curved side of the casket features an ormolu mask of a female figure, and the hinged lid is surmounted by two reclining female figures wearing draped dresses and holding a central crown. The casket opens at the lid to reveal a velvet interior.
There is an inscription below the portrait of Marie Antoinette which spuriously reads ‘This casket formerly property of Marie Antoinette, presented to my beloved wife as souvenir of our European tour / Sept 8th 1886 / Louis L...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box from the Qing dynasty. Colored black and gold all-over beautifully with intricate designs.
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Antique English Sterling Silver Gift Box Commissioned by Kehdive Abbas Hilmi II
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Engish presentation silver box.
In sterling silver with a gilt interior by George Unite & Sons of Chester in 1899.
Commissioned as a gift by Abbas Hilmi II, the last...
Category
British British Colonial Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Black Forest Decanter Set in Carved Box with St Louis Crystal Decanters/Stems
Located in Houston, TX
This cave a liqueur set is truly special because the box is exquisitely
Carved and has the original beveled glass. The decanters and stem
Ware are by St. Louis and the original la...
Category
French Black Forest Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
$4,875 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Pair Of Antique Chinese Cloisonne Quail Boxes, Qing Dynasty, Late 19Th Century
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE CHINESE CLOISONNE TRINKET BOXES
Extremely tactile little boxes in the form of a male and female quail with polychrome enamels.
Very characterful and charming depiction of t...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Antique Powder Flask Made of Horn with Decorations, Germany 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Powder Flask Made of Horn with Decorations, Germany 19th Century
This beautiful powder flask, crafted from natural horn, features numero...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Antler
Antique Black Forest Brienz Hand Carved Trinket Box, Folk Art 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Found in Germany at an estate sale, this hand carved trinket box or catchall is perfect for the collector. Nice antique collectible to display in yo...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Wooden Bucket
Located in New York, NY
Special antique wooden farm bucket. Wooden bucket pail having heavy hand forged iron banding. Two solid wooden handles specifically for titling the bucke...
Category
Chinese Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$1,600
Relief silver pot with geometric figures
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver pot embossed with cylindrical geometric figures, removable lid and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 135.91 grams. D...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
An English Painted Box resembling an early Georgian house, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
A tromp l'oeil painted box in the manner of a georgian house. H. 10inches, W. 8 inches, D. 6.75 inches
Good condition, but lacking lock.
Category
British Georgian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Salt Box Hand-Carved in Cembro Pine Brutalist Style, circa 1950
Located in Labrit, Landes
Saleron is the traditional Queyras salt shaker. This box, made of cembro pine, was crafted in Saint-Véran, Europe's highest village, perched at an altitude of 2042 meters in the Fren...
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
19th Century General Store Counter Tea Bin Dispenser
Located in Forney, TX
A large 19th century rustic Victorian era industrial general store counter tin bin tea / coffee dispenser - mercantile retail display with beautifully aged distressed patina.
Pain...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
French Bronze and Faceted Crystal Box, Empire, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
French bronze and faceted crystal box, Empire, circa 1820.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass mounted glove box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass mounted glove box having a quality burr walnut glove box with original engraved mounts a dome shaped lid opening to reveal a storage c...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Japanese Lacquered Tebako
Box
Located in PARIS, FR
Tebako box with three compartments in golden and nashi-ji lacquer, decorated with golden, red, and kirigane lacquer, golden persimmon tree leaves, among rocks. The compartments are of increasing size from the top. The decoration is in continuity.
Persimmon has been cultivated in southern China for more than 2500 years and is believed to have been introduced to Japan in the 8th century. The veneer is a tree with very hard wood, similar to ebony. According to a legend, one specimen survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, close to the epicenter. It is therefore in Japan a symbol of strength and longevity. It is also the national fruit of the country. It is eaten as a traditional dish during New Year's Day celebrations.
Tebako literally means "portable box...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Southeast Asian Filipino Maranao Silver Inlaid Brass Betel Nut Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality antique silver-inlaid solid brass betel nut box (Lutuan), dating to the second half of the 19th / early 20th century, hand-crafted in Mindanao, Philippines.
Boxes such as this were used to store the areca nut (also known as the betel nut) which would be wrapped in a betel leaf with lime paste and other ingredients, often tobacco, for chewing. Similar to the European tea caddy, these boxes often served as a way to impress while showing off ones wealth.
Betel chewing was prevalent in the southern Philippines as in much of the rest of Southeast Asia. Wealthier Maranao families on Mindanao were able to afford elaborate silver-inlaid brass betel boxes such as this example. Such boxes were used to show off to guests and from which they were offered betel and the other component such as leaves and lime to make up the betel quid.
Rare large size, most extant examples of such boxes tend to measure around 5 inches in length. At slightly more than 7.75 inches the example here is larger than most.
The distinctive decorative box features a very heavy strong-box like rectangular shaped chest form with canted corners, copper handles, and a conforming hinged lid, lifting open to reveal an interior divided into three compartments covered by four hinged lids. Each of these doors is inlaid with silver in stylized orchid flower patterns.
Exceptionally executed throughout, the arabesque silver inlaid exterior is decorated to the top with a large orchid motif within scrolling obid-obid (stylized rope) borders. The front, back and sides are inlaid with sets of stylized tail feathers of the sari-manok bird beneath which are unusual, highly stylized whimsical zoomorphic faces that appear like cat or tiger faces. (Such stylisation is accounted for by Southeast Asian Islamic preferences to avoid the overt and this potentially idolatrous representation of animal and human forms. Designs such as these are drawn from a local design repertoire that has its origins in wood carving.
Although the spread of Islam in the Philippines began in the 14th century, mostly through the influence of Muslim merchants from the western Malay Archipelago, decorative arts in this design remain exceptionally rare. This lutuan represents a fine example of Islamic metalwork from the most eastern outreach of Islamic art and civilisation: Mindanao island being significantly further east than even China – artwork from Islamic Southeast Asia remains chronically under-represented in the world’s major collections of Islamic art.
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, established 1983, Austin, Texas.
References
Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters...
Category
Philippine Islamic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Chinoiserie Decorated Box on Stand
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A lacquered box on stand decorated in the chinoiserie taste, featuring gilt landscape and figural scenes on a deep red ground. The box rests on a fitted base with a single drawer and...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Chinese Export Black Lacquer Game Box
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular hinged shaped top enclosing small trays. Conforming case with gilded feet.
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Unusual Victorian All Sterling Silver Gilt Dresser or Trinkets Jar
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Victorian, beautiful, all sterling silver gilt dresser jar, Dominick and Haff, New York, year dated for 1890. Lovely interlocking script m...
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Napoleon III Period Brass Inlaid Rosewood and Walnut Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very pretty French Napoleon III period brass inlaid rosewood and kingwood lap desk of fine quality. This portable writing desk is centered by a beautifully painted landscape scene....
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Small Majolica Lidded Tureen Mixed Earths , circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica Lidded Tureen Mixed Earths , circa 1890.
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish White Painted Cutlery Tray
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 19th century Swedish wooden cutlery tray with a curved slotted central handle and divider between two compartments, one with a notch for long utensils. Retains old painted finish.
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Spruce
Antique Swedish flour Wooden storage box 1800
s Handmade Folk Craft blue painted
Located in Forest, BE
Swedish antique pine and birch wooden flour box. All made by hand, the lid is perfectly adjusted to the barrel. Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the late 18 century ...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch, Pine
$2,397 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of George III Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair have the typical shape of boxes from this period, with shaped serpentine front, sloped hinged lid, and boxwood and ebony lines. Each cover is inlaid with an oval patera and...
Category
British George III Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
