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Period: Late 19th Century
Pair of 19th Century European Malachite Boxes with Gilt Bronze Lion Mounts
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant pair of 19th-century decorative boxes crafted from richly veined malachite, adorned with finely detailed gilt bronze mounts depicting reclining lions. A beautiful example of ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Tiffany
Co. Chrysanthemum Silver Gilt Box
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Chrysanthemum gilt sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Traditional lobed and ovoid bowl with short and inset neck and splayed volute scroll supports. Cover hinged...
Category
American Japonisme Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chased Bronze Jewellery Box, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chased bronze jewellery box, 19th century
Chased bronze jewellery box, red silk inside, Napoleon III period, 19th century
Measures: H: 7 cm, W: 16 c...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$1,544 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Black Forest Carved Fan Case
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century hand-carved fruitwood fan case from Switzerland. This is a lovely and interesting little piece which would look great on a dresser, or in a bookcase for display. ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique French Belle Epoch Burlwood Revolving Door Decorative Box
Located in Forney, TX
A charming fine quality antique French demilune decorative box from the late 19th century, finished in stunning rich briar elm burlwood, the half-moon shaped bentwood revolving door table or desk box - jewelry casket - trinket keepsake small cabinet - old fashioned cigarette case, features flower...
Category
Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Black Forest Hand-Carved Dog Head Tobacco Jar in the manner of Walter Mader
By Walter Mäder
Located in San Francisco, CA
How can this not make you smile? This well-carved antique Black Forest box of an expressive shaggy dog with glass eyes, forward gaze, open m...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
French Lacquer Glove Box in the Japanese Taste, c. 1880
Located in Kenilworth, IL
French black lacquered papier mache glove box with hinged lid decorated in polychrome with scenes of a Japanese market. Red lacquered interior.
France, circa 1880.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
Antique Storage Box, English, Walnut, Fireside Bin, Military, Seat, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique storage box. An English, solid walnut fireside bin or occasional seat, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Fascina...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Walnut Table Cabinet
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century walnut table cabinet, having a lovely figured top with an inlaid oval panel with shell decoration above two hinged cupboard door...
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Box Sevres Porcelain Romantic Scene
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain romantic scene box
napoleon III style Origin france
hand painted 19th century
circa 1890
with no stamp
perfect condition.
Category
European Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Black and Gold Lacquer Japanese Suzuribako Box
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Japanese black and gold lacquer Suzuribako box with firefly and plum blossom design.
Category
Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Belle Époque Leather Wood Gold Embossed Box Secret Box Book Box Trunk
Located in Munich, DE
This lovely object with its fine patina resembles a little trunk when standing on a table. In an upright position it resembles a book. Therefore, it can be considered a book with sec...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Carbon Fiber
19th Century Majolica Brown Westhead Moore Box
Located in Austin, TX
T.H. brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Staffordshire cobalt Majolica box, England, circa 1880.
Box with figural strap decoration and braided handle to cover.
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Majolica
Late 19th Century Black Lacquer Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A black lacquered box with inlay decorations.
Category
British Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
French Majolica Coin Bank Boar Massier Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Extremely rare French Majolica Coin Bank Boar Massier Circa 1890.
Actually the only boar coin bank known.
Category
French Country Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian Period Sterling Silver Heart-Form Trinkets Box with Hinged Lid
By H. Matthews
Located in New York, NY
Victorian, sterling silver heart-form trinkets box with hinged lid and gilt interior, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1897, H. Matthews - Maker. Lid is designed with a Joshu...
Category
Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Porcelain Box, Potschappel-Dresden, Germany, 19th Century, with Brand Mark
Located in Madrid, ES
Potschappel-Dresden, Germany, 19th century.
With brand on the base.
Rectangular box with a slightly curved lid made of enamelled porcelain with golden metal finishes and hinges that ...
Category
German Neoclassical Revival Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
Height Airs Swiss Cylinder Music Box, circa 1880
Located in Marseille, FR
Napoleon III music box with 8 bee melodies including 4 complications. Ability to play and replay loops melodies. Possibility to add to engage a resonator and or activate small bees t...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box Betjemann
Located in Northampton, GB
Always Free Worldwide Shipping
Outstanding Feathered Walnut Veneer
From our Decanter collection, we are thrilled to offer this rare example Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box attrib...
Category
British High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th C. French Painted Bauche Fireproof Strongbox with Two Letters Combination
By Bauche
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique French safe was crafted circa 1880 in the Champagne-Ardenne region by Bauche, renowned for their patented “Système Incombustible” fireproof designs. Weighing 78 pounds, ...
Category
French Gothic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Napoleon III Game box with Brass and Burl Wood Marquetry
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique game box from the French Napoleon III period. The box is made of various types of wood marquetry inlaid with brass trims. This box s...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
A Spanish studded leather domed trunk, C 1870.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wrapped in a light shade of leather, the metal stud decoration stands out on a trunk raised on gothic arched wooden supports. It will look wonderful on a sofa table as a hiding spot ...
Category
Spanish Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Small 19th century elm decorative table top chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small 19th century eastern elm table top chest circa 1890.
Superb quality Chinese pyramid shaped alter table chest made from elm. Show frame structure with a single shallow drawer ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm
Pair of Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Renaissance Style Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel
19th Century Rosewood Toiletry Box
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Very fine rosewood gentleman's toiletry box, English, ca. 1880
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Hand-Painted Porcelain Lidded Serving Dish, Trinket or Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Japanese hand painted porcelain decorative trinket, pill or jewelry box or serving dish of Meiji period.
The decoration cons...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Indochinese Box in Wood and Mother of Pearl circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice wooden and mother-of-pearl box from the 1900s. The mother-of-pearl inlays form plant motifs (flowers and foliage), incised to give volume to the different parts. It closes with ...
Category
Asian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$270 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Black Forest Alpine Ibex Wood Box, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Rare and unusual Black Forest box in the shape of wood log with a large wood carved Alpine ibex or bouquetin, circa 1890.
The carved bouquetin is 5" height and the box is 8".
Category
French Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Bombay Mughal Style Footed Box With Bone Overlay
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Nice and unusual Indian Mughal style large decorative box, filigree and carved horn.
Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved details throughout with filigree and carved veneered bone plaques with arabesque carving.
Vizagapatam, late 19th century.
History of the Anglo-Indian Boxes
Beginning in the early part of the 18th century, Indian artisans made what came to be known as Anglo-Indian boxes for the English residents living in India, who eventually brought or sent them back to England. At the beginning of the 19th century, India began exporting these boxes commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the 1850s. People valued them so highly that manufacturers of tins copied the designs on them in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Anglo-Indian boxes fall into four groups: Rosewood or ebony boxes inlaid;
sandalwood boxes veneered; sandalwood boxes covered with Sadeli mosaic; and carved boxes often combined with Sadeli mosaic/
The first two categories came from Vizagapatam in East India while the last two came from Bombay in West India.
English traders discovered the rich woods and intricate workmanship of Indian artisans, so colonial government officials began to recognize the work of the Indian artists and craftsmen as a source for satisfying the need for furniture and boxes, which would both serve to enhance English households in India. This gave rise to the cabinetmaking workshops in Vizagapatam between Calcutta and Madras.
Craftsmen made the first boxes to be decorated with Sadeli mosaic of rosewood or ebony, incised to give further definition to the decoration, directly inlaid into the wood. The shape of the early boxes was either sloping at the front with a flatter section at the back, reminiscent of English writing slopes, or rectangular. Artisans inlaid the borders with stylized floral scrolls and the centers with a single floral motif following a circular or oval symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. The edging was ornamental and protective, both helped protect the end grain against the weather.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras
These exotic boxes...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rare Majolica Chesnut Tureen Luneville, circa 1890
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
Rare and colorful Majolica chesnut tureen Luneville, circa 1890.
Category
French Rustic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
C. 1870 English "Trinity House" Sewing Work Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870 "Trinity House" sewing work box, English. Walnut inlaid with exotic woods. From 1850-1880 the men who manned the lighthouses were known for crafting these boxes to while a...
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Japanese Meiji Art Nouveau Silver Box with Iris Flowers
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian Classical sterling silver cann, 1864. Baluster bowl with leaf-capped double-scroll handle and raised and beaded foot. Four scroll frames with leaf and bead surround...
Category
Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century French Hand Made Ceramic Centerpiece with Dolphins on the Top
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare ceramic centerpiece with amazing decorations and dolphins on the top hand made in fine white ceramic. Very good condition without any restorations.
France, circa 1880.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Qing Period Huanghuali Wood and Bronze Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
Chinese Huanghuali wood box decorated with bronze mountings and motifs of bats, fish and moths.
The top features a classic Chinese medallion mounted to the centre of the lid.
In un...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Small Porcelain Hand Painted Box by Limoge
Located in Sofia, BG
Tiny porcelain hand painted box by Limoge decorated with a rose and with small scissors as a clasp.
France, circa 1880.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century and later oak and brass storage box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century and later oak and brass storage box circa 1896.
Good quality storage box by Goodyers of regent street and bond street of london. Original brass embossed brass lid whic...
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Paper Mache Lacquered Trinket or Jewelry Box with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique trinket or jewelry box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1880 and done in the period Vic...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Japonese Lacquered Box with Flower, Late of the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice little black lacquer box from Japan. It is made of black lacquered wood and decorated with flowers and foliage. The inside is covered with red velvet. It is ideal for storing je...
Category
Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
$173 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by William Hutton, London 1899
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by William Hutton
Sons Ltd., this ornate Victorian sterling silver biscuit box is set on an integrated footed tray raised on cast scroll feet, and ...
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
A figured oak and brass late 19th Century smoker
s companion
Located in Reepham, GB
A figured oak smoker’s companion of great character, taking the form of a horse-drawn delivery van, dated 1897, having a hinged lid and stay rail enclosing two storage compartments, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Opaline Enamelled Glass Vanity Box, Late 19th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
French Opaline enamelled glass vanity box, late 19th century. Delicate floral design on black glass with bronze trim.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Opaline Glass
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 with wick, created in Vienna Austria for the Kellner Brothers Co. around the 1880's....
Category
Austrian Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,387 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Victorian Rosewood Lotto Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Victorian Rosewood Lotto Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay C1890
Measures- 3.5"H x 12.75"W x 9.25"D
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Silver Plated Box with Royal Crest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dramatic, richly embellished, silver-plated, hinge-top box featuring the ancient Coat of Arms for the Spanish kingdom of Castile and Leon. The whole atop lion-form feet.
Category
Spanish Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
Early Bohemian Enamel Moser large, metal bound box and lid, 1895
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Fabulous good sized early metal clad box attributed to Moser c 1895 in bright blue coloured glass heavily enamelled with a stylised kite-block pattern in pale greens and orange red and yellow curls -the decoration is on the top of the box and on the shoulders of the base (see pictures). Moser glass boxes...
Category
Czech Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Late 19th Century Tramp Art Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage late 19th century Tramp Art Box inset with mirror and fabric. "Tramp Art" objects began in the 1870s, driven by the abundance of wooden cigar boxes and their availability to ...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Textile, Wood
19th Century French Silvered Bronze Casket with Hunt Animals Signed A. Cain
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a lady's bathroom counter with this exquisite jewelry case box. Crafted in France circa 1880 and oblong in shape, the bronze casket stands on openwork plant form ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Sterling Silver Coin Purse
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver coin purse; an addition to our silver boxes collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver coin purse has a tapering rounded form.
The rounded surface of this antique purse is embellished with textured details reproducing the fine definition of the purse's fabric.
The upper portion of the body is embellished with a sterling silver gilt border, replicating the formation of the rivets and fleur-de-lis design.
This impressive case/purse is fitted via two silver gilt ring loops with the original impressive sterling silver round link chain, incorporating a ring loop attachment to the apex.
The silver case secures with a push fit catch and opens to reveal the original segmented coin purse interior.
This exceptional antique silver coin purse...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small Victorian Pine Stationary Box or Treasure Chest
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Small Victorian pine stationary box or treasure chest
This good quality box has a cleated top, it has been stripped and waxed
A good quality small chest is of very solid construc...
Category
Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
19th Century Dore Bronze Mounted Cut Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This antique crystal box is a true gem. The cut crystal is mesmerizing, due to its hand-chiseled facets that catch the light reflecting it in a t...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Mahogany jewelry box 1880s England
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Antique solid mahogany jewelry box, comes with a
Blue Velvet interior . and a Mirror in the lid of the box .
Ideal for your watches . Good condition .
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century
Sevres
Porcelain Mounted Casket
By Tahan Paris
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century gilded ormolu and Sevres style porcelain mounted casket, the hinged lid opening to a silk lined interior (needing repair) and raised on ormolu melon ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Walnut
Victorian Period Sterling Silver and Peach Enamel, Mounted Crystal Dresser Jar
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver and peach guilloche enamel - mounted dressing table jar, Providence, Rhode Island, Ca. 1895, Foster and Bailey - makers. Sterling silver lid is bord...
Category
American Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Two Tiered Jewelry Casket or Box with Inaid Stones
Porcelain Panels
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique and elaborate wooden jewelry casket or box is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Austria in approximately 1880 in a Gothic Revival style. The box has two tiers ...
Category
Austrian Gothic Revival Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Brass Box Gold-Plated and Micro Mosaic
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass box originally gold-plated with glass stones, made in Italy, circa 1880.
Category
Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Victorian Sterling Silver Cockerel Sugar Box (1882)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large and rare antique sterling silver cockerel sugar box; part of our continental ornamental silverware ...
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rustic Adirondack Style Hinged Wooden Box
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Adirondack style burled wooden hinged box.
Category
American Rustic Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl
19C English Tunbridgeware Tabletop Stationary Box, Micro Mosaic
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning little 19th century tabletop stationary box made of micro-mosaic.
Made in Britain, circa 1870, in Tunbridge Wells, hence these type of works are called Tunbridgeware!
...
Category
English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Ebony, Walnut, Burl
19th Century Royal Worcester Biscuit Box with Under Tray
Located in High Point, NC
A gorgeous Victorian Royal Worcester melon shaped biscuit box featuring a gorgeous floral design embellished with gilt detailing. The rim of the jar is embellished with bats wing flu...
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Coromandel Writing Slope
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century coromandel writing slope, fabulous quality with brass corners and a central brass diamond with a nice jasperware plaque, there is ...
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
