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Swedish Lime Stone Butterbox circa 1830
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Butterbox made of Öland Limestone circa 1830
The carvings on this butter box are extrodinarie, with its patina and wear.
The lid resembles a beautiful turtleshell.
Unlike the turtle in J.-K. Huysmans' beautiful novel À rebours...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Limestone
Late 19th Century Silver Deer Box from India
Located in Marseille, FR
Late 19th century silver deer box from India.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Britannia Standard Silver
Antique Limoges Royal Blue Ormolu Mounted Casket Box 19h Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Limoges ormolu mounted rectangular bombe' shaped table casket, circa 1870 in date and bearing the Limoges marks on the underside.
The Royal Blue c...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
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
English Other Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Small Antique Seamstress' Button Box, Japanese, Brass, Decorative, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique seamstress' button box. A Japanese, brass decorative tin, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Delicately crafted box with wonderful colour and ...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Music Box with Exposed Controls playing 6 tune probably by Lecoultre
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful, early and rare music box probably made by Lecoultre in the early 19th century. This early music box plays 6 melodies on a 25.5cm cylinder. At the beginning of the 19th cen...
Category
Swiss Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
Danish 1840s Mahogany Box with Ash Shell Marquetry, Banding and Lateral Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Danish mahogany box from circa 1840 with ash marquetry and banding. This exquisite Danish mahogany box from circa 1840 features intricate ash marquetry and banding that enhances it...
Category
Danish Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ash, Mahogany
Handmade Wooden Box with Inner Tray and Secret Drawer c.1880-1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A late 19th/early 20th century handmade wooden box with inner removable tray and secret drawer. Solidly constructed with dovetail joints.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MA...
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American Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes, circa 1880, comprising five shaved splint bentwood pantry boxes with straight overlaps fastened via wooden pegs, in late...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Silver Artist’s Paint Box by Harry Atkin Sheffield 1892
Located in London, GB
A stunning Antique Silver Artist’s paint box by Harry Atkin, Date Sheffield 1892.
A Rare Miniature travelling paint box in excellent condition. The silver on both the outside and the interior is in superb condition.
Upon opening, the front cascades down to reveal two wells for water and perhaps mixing colours.
The interior is well protected thanks to the interior gilding. The lid engraved “Lettice’s Paint Box”. Lettice is a traditional, English girl’s name most commonly found in the upper classes.
The actual paints are not original but the current set of paints are a later acceptable replacement. The miniature brush was with it but not original and doubt it ever had one.
Dimensions;
W 5” x D 3 1/4” H 1 1/4"
About the maker;
Atkin Brothers business traces his origin to Thomas Law...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
French 19th Century Folk Art Leather Box
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered Folk Art box made out of wood and covered with leather. Working lock and key.
France, circa 1850
Weathered, small losses.
Category
French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th century Swedish painted pine tool box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Swedish painted pine tool box circa 1890.
Rustic made tool box in it's original blue paint. Pine box with painted metalwork on the corners. Metal latch which allows ...
Category
Swedish Rustic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Paint
English brass wick trimmer, c. 1810
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English cast brass wick trimmer raised on short posts at the finger loops and wax pick. There are two scroll embellishments below the finger rings and a double raised ridge design at...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tunbridge Ware Box with Perspective Cubes c1840
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware box with perspective cubes
Date : c1840
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells or Tonbridge, Kent
Decoration : Perspective cube work set within a band of...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Russian Niello Cigarette Case
Located in Firenze, IT
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A 19th century Russian rectangular Niello box, Moscow, 1865 with rounded corners and gilt interior, decoration at the centre of belt shape with a monogram inside a cartouche: HS Maker's mark and standard Russian silver mark...
Category
Russian Edwardian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century English Sarcophagus Form Jewelry Trinket Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elegant in its simplicity, this Victorian era jewelry/trinket box rests on four bun feet opens to reveal a spacious felt-lined casing. Great for storing jewelry, silver tableware, ba...
Category
Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Early Tunbridge Ware Glove Box with Brighton Pavilion c1815
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Early Tunbridge ware glove box with Brighton Pavilion print
Date : c1815
Period : Regency
Origin : Probably Tonbridge or Tunbridge Wells, Kent – possibly Brighton
Decor...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tunbridge Ware Box – Swing Handled George Wise Label c1815
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : George Wise Tunbridge ware box with swing handle and image of Dandelion Tower near Margate
Date : c1815
Period : Regency
Origin : Tonbridge, Kent
Decoration : Central trans...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Travelling Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope Edmund Nye c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Travelling Tunbridge ware writing slope Edmund Nye c1860
Date : c1860
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central floral mosaic within keyline...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tunbridge Ware Handkerchief Box George Wise Jnr c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware handkerchief box by George Wise c1860
Date : c1860
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tonbridge, Kent ( then Tunbridge)
Decoration : Central floral mosaic within key...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tunbridge Ware Glove Box by George Wise Jr. c1865
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware glove box by George Wise Junior
Date : c1865
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tonbridge, Kent ( spelled Tunbridge prior to 1870)
Decoration : Central floral mo...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Country House Parlour Game Case, English, Oak, Organiser Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique country house parlour game case. An English, oak organiser box, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fascinating proportion to this pleasingly craft...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box having a quality antique mahogany storage box with red interior.
D. 1860
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
c. 1850 Chinese Export Rose Medallion Covered Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese Export rose medallion covered circular box, circa 1850. In the form of a garden seat. Decorated with interior scenes of ladies, the sides with alternating scenes. Provenance:...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Grand Tour Silver Box, likely made in Germany
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th century Grand Tour silver box, likely made in Germany. With faux Paris, 1784 hallmarks. Decorated with a 17th century gentleman in rococo cartouche. 3.55 troy oz.
3 3/8" x 2.75"...
Category
German Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large Antique Campaign Burr Walnut Writing Box. English C.1860
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful burr walnut writing box or slope
Fabulous colour and figure in the wood
Fine brass hardware
Expertly restored
Working secret drawers
Replaced leather
No Key
Category
English Campaign Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Crystal Casket with Key Att. to Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A large antique casket made of cut faceted crystal and attributed to Baccarat. A hinged box. mounted in Gilt Metal ornamented with acanthus leaves, resting on four paw feet. Baccarat...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure Group by Gyokuseki (玉石) , Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure Group depicts a man holding a large cudgel and twining around a big bell, Signed by Gyokuseki (玉石) on the bottom from the Meiji Period.
A truly hand-carved ivory figure with fine craftsmanship in a detailed carving
This item is 1" wide x1" deep x 1.5" high in dimension, from the 19th century.
This item is in excellent condition with no damages.
Shipping Note: USA only, no International shipping
The Essence of Netsuke:
Like all art objects of great worth, netsuke distills the essence of a specific time and place. Worn as part of a traditional Japanese man’s ensemble from the 17th century onwards, the netsuke’s purpose was hyper-specific, and its functional simplicity lent artists unlimited freedom to constantly redefine what it could be.
Formally, netsukes have few requirements: they must be small, they must have holes through which to pass a single cord, and they must have no protuberances that could damage one’s kimono. Everything else is left to the carver’s imagination. As such netsuke differs in style, subject, and material as widely as the personalities of their makers, and they are consequently supremely collectible.
Netsuke emerged as a practical solution to dressing in 17th-century Japan. ‘Men’s kimonos didn’t have sewn-up sleeves — they were completely open, front and back, and that meant that the sleeves couldn’t be used as a pocket, as they could in women’s kimonos,’ Goodall explains. To carry things such as tobacco, medicine, or other necessities, men hung stylish inro and other vessels from cords looped under and behind the wide sashes that held their kimonos in place. At the other end of those cords, men fastened small, ornamental objects as counterweights; those objects evolved into netsuke.
The netsuke’s origins are still ‘theoretical’, Goodall says. ‘It’s thought that, with increasing imports from China in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the toggles that were used on Chinese clothing...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
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 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel
Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquered Storage Box
Located in Tampa, FL
An early 19th century Chinese chinoiserie lacquered storage box. Black lacquer gold.
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Elegant Box in Birch with Brass details. Karl Johan, Sweden, early 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Box in Birch with Brass details. Period design, Karl Johan from early 19th Century in Sweden. Beautiful inside in decorated paper.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Swedish Karl Johan Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Polished Cast Iron Safe with Key and Two-Letter Combination
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your jewelry and important documents locked up in this elegant, antique safe from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. Crafted circa 1880, and built in cast iron, this travel...
Category
French Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century Walnut and Hand Forged Iron Storage Box
Located in Burton, TX
This unique Late 19th Century Storage Box was handcrafted from old growth walnut and hand forged iron in the late 1800's. The piece features iron bound edges, two side handles, one f...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Antique 19th Enamel Box Hand Painted Pink with Flowers
By Castel Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Antique 19th Jewellery Antique 19th Jewellery Hand Painted pink Porcelain Box with flowers aprox 1880
Perfect gift for decoration or keeping perso...
Category
French Romantic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Antique William IV Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette (1835)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English sterling silver gilt castle top vinaigrette depicting Dryburgh Abbey; an addition to our collectable box collection.
This excepti...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Wood And Vellum Document Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A 19th century Chinese wood and vellum document box hand painted court scene. No lock but all the hardware is bronze. The interior is four and a half i...
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure by Matsuyoshi松吉 Meiji Period
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure depicts a man holding a large hammer, Signed by Matsuyoshi 松吉 on the bottom from the Meiji period.
A truly hand-carved ivory figure with fine craftsmanship in a detailed carving
This item is 1.5" wide x1" deep x 1.5" high in dimension, from the 19th century.
This item is in excellent condition with no damages.
Shipping Note: USA only, no International shipping
The Essence of Netsuke:
Like all art objects of great worth, netsuke distills the essence of a specific time and place. Worn as part of a traditional Japanese man’s ensemble from the 17th century onwards, the netsuke’s purpose was hyper-specific, and its functional simplicity lent artists unlimited freedom to constantly redefine what it could be.
Formally, netsukes have few requirements: they must be small, they must have holes through which to pass a single cord, and they must have no protuberances that could damage one’s kimono. Everything else is left to the carver’s imagination. As such netsuke differs in style, subject, and material as widely as the personalities of their makers, and they are consequently supremely collectible.
Netsuke emerged as a practical solution to dressing in 17th-century Japan. ‘Men’s kimonos didn’t have sewn-up sleeves — they were completely open, front and back, and that meant that the sleeves couldn’t be used as a pocket, as they could in women’s kimonos,’ Goodall explains. To carry things such as tobacco, medicine, or other necessities, men hung stylish inro and other vessels from cords looped under and behind the wide sashes that held their kimonos in place. At the other end of those cords, men fastened small, ornamental objects as counterweights; those objects evolved into netsuke.
The netsuke’s origins are still ‘theoretical’, Goodall says. ‘It’s thought that, with increasing imports from China in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the toggles that were used on Chinese...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Large antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique Victorian quality burr walnut and brass bound writing box, Quality burr walnut writing box with brass bounds and corners, opening up to reveal a writing slope with orig...
Category
Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure Group"The Turtleman" Signed , Edo
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure Group depicts a man carrying a title shell, signed on the bottom from the Edo Period.
A truly hand-carved ivory figure with fine craftsmanship in a detailed carving
This item is 1.25" wide x1.125" deep x 1.5" high in dimension, from the 19th century.
This item is in excellent condition with no damages.
Shipping Note: USA only, no International shipping
The Essence of Netsuke:
Like all art objects of great worth, netsuke distills the essence of a specific time and place. Worn as part of a traditional Japanese man’s ensemble from the 17th century onwards, the netsuke’s purpose was hyper-specific, and its functional simplicity lent artists unlimited freedom to constantly redefine what it could be.
Formally, netsukes have few requirements: they must be small, they must have holes through which to pass a single cord, and they must have no protuberances that could damage one’s kimono. Everything else is left to the carver’s imagination. As such netsuke differs in style, subject, and material as widely as the personalities of their makers, and they are consequently supremely collectible.
Netsuke emerged as a practical solution to dressing in 17th-century Japan. ‘Men’s kimonos didn’t have sewn-up sleeves — they were completely open, front and back, and that meant that the sleeves couldn’t be used as a pocket, as they could in women’s kimonos,’ Goodall explains. To carry things such as tobacco, medicine, or other necessities, men hung stylish inro and other vessels from cords looped under and behind the wide sashes that held their kimonos in place. At the other end of those cords, men fastened small, ornamental objects as counterweights; those objects evolved into netsuke.
The netsuke’s origins are still ‘theoretical’, Goodall says. ‘It’s thought that, with increasing imports from China in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the toggles that were used on Chinese...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
19th Century French Baccarat Crystal Box
Located in Tampa, FL
An oval Baccarat style crystal box, no key. French, late 19 century.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Antique Hand Painted Box in Pink enamel with Promenade Scene
By Castel Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Antique 19th hand painted pink porcelain box with promenade scene
Perfect gift for decoration or keeping personal and valuable items
PRADERA is ...
Category
French Romantic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Correspondence Box, Ceylon, Ebony, Campaign, Writing Slope, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's correspondence box. A Ceylonese ebony campaign writing slope, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 18...
Category
Sri Lankan Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
19th Century Lacquered Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice Papier mache box. There are lots of compartments and drawers.
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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
British Folk Art Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early Heavily Embossed Brass Box This is a large and heavy chest
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Early Heavily Embossed Brass Box
This is a large and heavy chest is made in Brass with a wooden lining, the beaten brass is embossed with decorativ...
Category
Gothic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Papier Mache Inlay & Gold Leaf Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite Papier Mâché box, circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral motifs and embellished decoration.
The Engli...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Gilt Bronze and Crystal Dresser Casket / Box
Located in New York, NY
Lovely antique (late 19th century) molded crystal and gilt bronze dresser box measuring 5 1/2 by 3 1/2 by 4 3/4 inches and in very good condition.
Category
Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique English Victorian Leather and Sterling Silver Table Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Victorian English table box.
In brown leather with a wood lined interior.
With applied triangular sterling silver mounts to the corners.
The mounts marked for the J...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Silver and Enamel Two-Tiered Freedom Casket, Dated 1899
Located in New York, NY
The freedom box is marked on the side in enamel stating "This casket - to contain the diploma of the honorary freedom of the city of Exeter - was presented...
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure "Sumo" Signed, Meiji Period
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Decorated Figure "Sumo", depicting a strongman holding a big rope and pulling something, signed on the bottom from the Meiji period.
This it...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Antique Hand Painted Box in Pink enamel with Flowers
By Castel Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Antique 19th jewellery hand painted porcelain box with flowers
aprox 1880 hand painted in yellow porcelaine
Perfect gift for decoration ...
Category
French Romantic Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood Boulle box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A highly detailed and most elegant French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood Boulle Marquetry cabinet/trunk. This impressive rectangular trunk is raised ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
19th Century Victorian Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A Victorian dresser box. Beautiful decoration.
Category
British Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Chinese 19th Century Red Lacquered Treasure Chest Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese red lacquered treasure chest box from the 19th century, with brass hardware. Born in China during the 19th century, this elegant treasure chest features a red lacquered sur...
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Export Black Leather Box On Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular box with brass tacks and hinged lid set in a brass base.
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Signed Mid-19th c. Wooden Lock Box c.1863
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A mid 19th century handmade wooden lock box with original key and pull out inner compartment. Signed inside "this Box was maid by J. W. Harrison 1863 / Second lock / on the Le...
Category
American Industrial Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
French Antique Bronze and Cut Glass Pink Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Plainview, NY
A beautiful antique 19th century French Louis XV bronze and cut glass jewelry box. The bronze inlay features four wingless putti in each corner and
a women (man) face sculpted in th...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Persian Wooden Box
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century Persian wooden box
A large Persian wooden box and marquetry called "Khatam Kari" with mosaic decoration of stars and geometric patterns, Middle East origin, early-19th century. This box is in overall good condition considering its age and use, it still has its original silk insert fabric firmly attached which is rare. Khatam kari is a fine and meticulous marquetry work, the oldest examples of which date back to the Safavid era: khatam was then so appreciated by the court that certain princes learned the technique as well as music, painting, or calligraphy. The “Khatam-kari” is therefore the “work of inlays”. This technique consists of making patterns, most often star shapes, by inlaying fine wooden sticks (ebony, Teak, jujube, orange tree, rose), brass (for the golden parts), and camel bone (white parts). The decorated objects are legion: boxes, chess or backgammon games, frames, pipes, desks, or even musical instruments. The khatam can also be associated with the famous Persian miniatures, thus realizing works of art. Coming from techniques imported from China and magnified by Persian know-how, this craft has existed for over 700 years.
Size in inches: H 5” x W 15” x D 9.5”
Age: 1830 - 1850
Origin: Persia
Material: Mixed material
Completely solid in structure and form, aged naturally across all the surfaces. This box does not have a key and therefore cannot be locked, it has had old repairs in blue ink as shown. With one replacement leg...
Category
Unknown Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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