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Place of Origin: British
Inlaid Faux Tortoiseshell And Mother-Of-Pearl Card Case With Floral Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant small folding card case likely English, finely constructed in richly patinated tortoiseshell panels and decorated to the exterior with an inlaid floral spray composed of ...
Category
Late 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Shell
Antique English Georgian Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Faced In Boxwood
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are thrilled to offer this Antique Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea Chest of tapered rectangular shape with silver stringin...
Category
Early 1800s George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Coromandel Fitted Traveling Vanity Dressing Box, circa 1870
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique 19th century English coromandel and rosewood fitted travel vanity or dressing box, circa 1870. This fine box contains the original contents including silverplate lidded cut glass jars, sewing tools...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,795 Sale Price
20% Off
Handsome Victorian Sterling Silver Cigar Box, London 1899
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by Henry Stuart Brown this handsome Victorian antique sterling silver cigar box is of a plain, rectangular form with a ...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Decanter Humidor Games Box Compendium
Located in Northampton, GB
Dating to the late 19th Century Circa 1900
From our Games Boxes collection, we are delighted to offer this Victorian Entertainment Compendium. The Compendiu...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Cedar
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Late 18th century Georgian Period Mahogany Oblong tea caddy having very attractive inlaid decoration to front and hinged top enclosing double lidded interior with original paper foil landing.
This particular caddy is relatively plain and simple in design, but is lifted significantly with the attractive inlaid decoration.
It remains in relatively good condition and had clearly been well loved throughout its life.
Tea was a precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves, but also to enable the owner to lock away those aforementioned valuable tea leaves, keeping them safe from the house staffs potential wandering hands.
This 18th century tea caddy...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts pewter box with an enamel maiden to the lid.
By Liberty
Co.
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. Stamped Tudric 0586. A pewter box with an enamel inset into the lid depicting a Pre-Raphaelite Maiden in electric blue colours. The hinge on the sides of the lid has been removed and shortened all the way around, and it has been made into a push on lid.
Representations of the human figure are quite rare in Liberty Tudric pewter...
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique British Boxes
Materials
Pewter, Enamel
Antique Plaster Pantheon Friezes After John Henning the Elder In A Bespoke Case
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This antique collection of plaster Pantheon friezes after John Henning the Elder in a bespoke case is a true cabinet of curiosities.
The oak box is carved in a Tudor style, with sy...
Category
Early 19th Century Neoclassical Antique British Boxes
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Oak
English Mother of Pearl carved casket box with abalone inlay
Located in Winnetka, IL
English MOP carved casket box with abalone inlay. Velvet lining on 4 bracket feet
Category
Early 20th Century British Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Goldsmith’s Strong Box, English, Heavy Cast Iron Locking Safe, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a superb antique goldsmith’s strong box. An English, cast iron locking safe, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Of substantial weight and presence, this heavy safe embodies the durability and craftsmanship of 19th century security design, offering both practical storage and striking decorative appeal.
Constructed from robust cast iron, ensuring remarkable strength and longevity
Displays a time-worn painted blue finish, contributing to its wonderful aged patina
Substantial lid fitted with a robust, articulated handle for confident operation
Features a working lock mechanism, protected by a rotating lock cover
Painted red interior offers a delightful contrast, beautifully aged with period character
Fitted with a pair of side handles, allowing for careful movement despite its considerable weight
Proves to be delightfully heavy at a weight of 86.6kg (190.92 lb)
Ideal for use as a decorative storage box, strong room piece, or unique coffee table feature
Exudes the industrial elegance and solidity associated with Victorian engineering
A fine example of 19th century craftsmanship, combining form and function with historical allure
A striking Victorian cast iron strong box...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Iron
19th Century English Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Category
19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Asprey London Solid Sterling Silver Cigarette Box Owned By The Mayor of London
By Charles
George Asprey
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Sterling Silver Hallmarked Engine Turned Cigarette Presentation Box With A Textured Border, by Asprey
Co London.
Within an original Asprey
Co fitted case.
Weight of sil...
Category
20th Century Victorian British Boxes
Materials
Silver
$5,413 Sale Price
30% Off
Regency Tortoiseshell Box With Sterling Silver Details
Located in Tampa, FL
A fine Regency period tortoiseshell box, accented with sterling silver and ivory details. This is a very early and elegant example, showcasing the refined craftsmanship and materials...
Category
1810s Antique British Boxes
Materials
Silver
Halcyon Days Heart Shaped Enamel Painted Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming trinket, pill or small jewelry box in the shape of a heart. Text reads I Love You, surrounded by flowers. This piece would certainly be a fantastic addition to an existing c...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Antique Victorian Rosewood Writing Slope With Inlaid Brass
Leather Interior
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant Antique Victorian Rosewood Ladies Writing Slope With Inlaid Brass
Red Leather Interior
With Brass Swing Carry Handles
Finished With A Tooled Red Leather Interior
C...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Staunton Fierce Knight Weighted Club Chess Set 8.5cm Kings Jointed Box, 19th C
By Jaques of London
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality and complete English handmade hardwood "Weighted" Club Chess Set game of 32 pieces, in the Staunton Fierce Knight pattern, all within a jointed wood box ...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Travelling Vanity Case, English, Leather, Silver, Dressing Table Box
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling vanity case. An English, leather and silver dressing table box with fitted interior, dating to the early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Boxes
Materials
Leather
19th Century English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Category
19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
English Campaign Style Rosewood Brass Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved with the name of its owner, Anne Orten. The piece opens to reveal a velvet lined writi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Campaign Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
$700 Sale Price
28% Off
Decorative Wood Carved Tramp Art Keepsake Box or Sailors Valentine with Heart
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A superb Folk Art sailors valentine Tramp Art keepsake box. Wide in form, this beautiful Primitive wood carved box features the letters S and M with a heart between on both sides. Tw...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique British Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Victorian Marquetry Jewelry Box w/ Satinwood
Ebony - U.K. - Circa 1880
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Victorian marquetry jewelry box with satinwood and ebony stringing - fine quality with aged patina - featuring veneered top and sides - diamond shaped satinwood key escutcheo...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Wood, Ebony, Satinwood, Paper
Victorian Coromandel Vanity Box Glyn Cywarch Estate
By James Vickery, Henry Lewis
Located in Northampton, GB
Dating to 1857 hallmarks for James Vickery and makers plaque Henry Lewis
From our Vanity Box collection, we are delighted to offer this exceptional Victorian Coromandel Vanity Box...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Brass
Antique Coromandel and Brass Bound Campaign Humidor
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique Coromandel and Brass Bound Campaign Humidor.
The cigars depicted are for illustrative purposes only.
Category
20th Century Campaign British Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,489 Sale Price
27% Off
19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Decorated Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese for the English market, 19th century.
A fine quality antique Chinese export tea caddy decorated with beautiful gilding surfaces, a hinged lid which opens to reveal a tooled ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique British Boxes
Materials
Pewter
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Table Snuff Box, 18th Century
By Bilston Battersea
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
18th Century George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Georgian Mahogany Pair of Knife Boxes
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality, 18th century, George III Period, Mahogany Pair Of Knife, Or Cutlery, Boxes Of Typical Shape With Serpentine Fronts And Superbly Figured, Inlaid And Crossbanded Sloped Lids, Revealing Later Fabric Lined Interior Compartments.
Cutlery boxes, or as they are now more commonly referred to, Knife boxes, were of course originally made with the purpose of housing the homes most precious and valuable cutlery and enable it to be locked away when not in use. This was very important as generally the cutlery used...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Rosewood Jewellery Work Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Stunning Quality Late Regency Period, 19th Century, Rosewood And Brass Inlaid Work Box, Stationary Box, Or Jewellery Box, Having Exceptional Decoration Throughout With Hinged Lid Enclosing Document Flap And Removable Tray Of Various Compartments Concealing Large Storage Cavity Below, Flanked By Original Brass Handles, Raised On Original Carved, Turned Feet.
Bearing A Makers Label For - "R.Dalton, The Bazaar, Soho Square...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
English Regency Pagoda Form Tea Caddy
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Unusual pagoda form caddy finely figured veneers. Interior lids are original and match the exterior of the caddy, resting on brass ball feet
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Serpentine Form Regency Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Rare serpentine form English Regency tea caddy. The base with sloping sides, the interior with two fitted compartments.
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique English Writing Box by George Betjemann
Sons Veneered in Coromandel
By George Betjemann
Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
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Exotic Coromandel Veneer
From our Writing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this English Writing Box by George Betjemann & Sons.
The Writing box o...
Category
Late 19th Century High Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Rosewood Inlaid Writing Box by Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Heavily Inlaid with Mother of Pearl and Abalone
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this stunning Antique Inlaid Writing Box by Hausburg. The Writing Box of rec...
Category
Mid-19th Century High Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood, Satinwood
Vintage Dunhill Leather and Brass Cigar Humidor, 1960s
By Dunhill, Jacques Adnet
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Jacques Adnet Style - 1960s - Mid-Century
Measures : Ø 17cm H:11cm
Materials : Leather - Brass - Glass
A stylish mid-20th century brass box modeled as a porthole with stitched leath...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Georgian Mahogany 18th Century Tea Caddy, circa 1780
Located in Incline Village, NV
Nice mellow patina on this 18th century English mahogany tea caddy with three interior compartments. Two end sections have incised geometric carved lids. Tapered all around from top ...
Category
1780s Georgian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Wood
Scottish Sewing Set of Tartan Ware, 19th Century
Located in Delft, NL
Scottish sewing set of Tartan ware, 19th century
Set of 4 items of Tartanware, Scottish sewing set, exists of a rectangular box, marked by Stuart
A thread...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Painted Wine Cooler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century English painted box on original four casters. This box was used as a wine cooler.
Category
19th Century Other Antique British Boxes
Materials
Metal
Rare Georgian Engine Turned Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare Engine Turned Design
The Sewing Box of slight sarcophagus shape stood upon four turned ribbed feet. The Sewing Box tapers up to the convex raised lid and features scrolling fl...
Category
Early 19th Century William IV Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Walnut Box with Bakelite Handle, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly iconic Art Deco walnut box with an iconic round shoulder edges and bakelite handle. This box is a great size, larger than normal, making it a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Boxes
Materials
Bakelite, Walnut
A.E. Jones Attribution Arts
Crafts Lidded Box, Circa Early 20th Century
By A.E. Jones
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique copper and silver lidded box with blue/green Ruskin pottery roundel and intricate strap work in a riveted Celtic design. Designed by Annie Stubbs (Anne Grisdale). Lined wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts British Boxes
Materials
Silver, Copper, Other
Antique Travelling Vanity Case, English, Coromandel, Jewellery Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling vanity case. An English, coromandel jewellery box, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Striking...
Category
1850s Early Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Alternating Panels
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this fine Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rect...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Regency English Penwork Cabinet
Located in Northampton, GB
Extremely Rare Regency Antique Penwork Cabinet
A very interesting and rare Antique Regency Penwork Cabinet decorated with numerous scenes of exquisi...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
19th c. Embossed and Gilded Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A 19th century pressed paper lap desk with an embossed and gilded stag decoration to top. Top and bottom open to reveal storage areas along with an area for writing instrument...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Paper
$95 Sale Price
58% Off
Victorian Era Tramp Art Chip Carved Trunk/ Box with Additional Glove Box
Located in Waxahachie, TX
2 handmade boxes included.
Rare 1800s Tramp Art Lion Door knocker Hand Carved Storage Box / Jewelry Box / Crimson Velvet with Brass Hardware
With intricate and elaborate decoration, ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
$360 Sale Price
60% Off
19th Century Treenware Mahogany Lidded Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century turned treen lidded box made from mahogany. This piece was expertly hand turned in England and has a lovely finial over a domed top, which rests on a shapely hand turne...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By John Shaw
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver Nelson vinaigrette made by John Shaw; an addition to our silver boxes collection
This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette has a rounded rectangular form.
The surface of the box is plain and unembellished.
The anterior edge of the hinged silver vinaigrette cover incorporates a plain thumbpiece and allows access to the hinged pierced decorated gilt grille.
The pierced decorated hinged grille incorporates a nautical themed design of the ship 'Victory' illustration, in addition to the wording 'Immortal Nelson'*.
The interior of this Georgian silver vinaigrette...
Category
Early 1800s George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine Georgian Tortoiseshell Cigar Case With Gilt Monogram, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
This refined Continental cigar case is formed in richly mottled tortoiseshell, the exterior modeled with a gently domed, ribbed lid that creates a sculptural play of light across the...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Shell
Regency Leather Bound Writing Slope Sewing Jewellery Box Engraved "K" 1818
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This is a beautifully preserved example of a Regency period writing slope that also functions as a sewing box.
The leather-bound table work box features a stepped square central pan...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Sterling Silver and Erotica Enamel Cigarette Case
By Marks
Cohen
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver and erotica enamel cigarette case; an addition to our diverse range of continental silverware
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver and enamel cigarette case has a plain square form with rounded corners.
The anterior and posterior covers of this antique silver case are plain and unembellished.
This case is fitted with a plain rounded push fit catch, which when released reveals a concealed secondary cover.
This hinged push fit cover is ornamented with an impressive erotica hot enamel scene depicting a female figure, partially undressed and bathing.
This concealed cover opens to allow access to the hinged compartments.
This impressive example of antique silverware retains the original gilt interior.
Such concealed antique cases are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
Condition
This antique cigarette...
Category
1910s Vintage British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Coromandel Writing Box by Fisher
By Joseph Bramah, Fisher Brothers
Located in Northampton, GB
Harlequin Pop Up Secret Compartment
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Coromandel and Satinwood lined Writing Box by Fisher. The Writing Box of re...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
George III Period Scottish Sterling Silver-Mounted Snuff Mull With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
George III Period, sterling silver (unmarked, but tested)-mounted ram's horn snuff mull, Scotland, Ca. 1790-1810. There is a sterling silver disc on the top of the hinged lid that is...
Category
1790s George III Antique British Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Regency Elm Wood And Rosewood Box
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century English Regency box with unusual elm wood veneer. The beautiful grain of the elm wood has a very appealing golden hue, offset by rosew...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Elm, Rosewood
Antique Regency Mahogany
Rosewood Brass Inlaid Campaign Writing Slope Box
Located in King
s Lynn, GB
Here we have an impressive antique Regency (1811-1820) Mahogany & Rosewood Brass inlaid campaign writing slope box with a side drawer and multiple hidden internal compartments and dr...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-Late 18th Century English Cast Brass Tobacco Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-late 18th century cast brass tobacco box, English. Eight sides with conforming cover with bell metal finial.
5 1/8" x 3 5/16" x 4.5" h.
Whitehall Antiques is a family business t...
Category
Mid-18th Century Georgian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Victorian Mappin
Webb Antique Silver Coromandel Vanity / Dressing Box
By James Vickery, Mappin
Webb
Located in Northampton, GB
Antique Vanity Box / Dressing Box with its original leather carry case.
The silver vanity box itself is veneered in exotic coromandel with brass ...
Category
19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality Georgian 18th century mahogany rectangular tea caddy having replacement brass axe drop handle to hinged lid enclosing cavity with attractive inlaid decoration throughout.
Tea was of course a very precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Circa 1850-60 English Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1850-60 Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, English. Featuring Eridge Castle on the lid. Two interior lidded wells for tea. Old label on bottom: Eridge Castle, Sussex. Micro mosaic b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Wood
British Campaign Royalty Leather Traveling Trunk, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
British Campaign water proof leather traveling trunk with leather fitted interior compartment, brass banding mounts, Royal coat of arms brass plate, brass side handles, and retains t...
Category
1820s Campaign Antique British Boxes
A.E. Poston
Co. English Art Deco Pewter Tea Caddy Box
By A.E. Poston
Co. Ltd 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning English Art Deco geometric hand-hammered dinanderie, polished pewter-covered decorative box or tea caddy, was manufactured by A.E. Poston & Company, Birmingham, England...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Boxes
Materials
Metal, Pewter
Antique Campaign Correspondence Box, Anglo Indian, Colonial, Writing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique campaign correspondence box. An Anglo-Indian, teak and bone inlaid colonial writing case with fitted interior, dating to the late...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Boxes
Materials
Teak
Miniature Georgian Chest of Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III mahogany miniature chest of drawers having string inlay and cross banded top, the drawers with original axe-head pulls retaining traces of fire gilding, standing on s...
Category
1780s Georgian Antique British Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
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