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  • Rare Mid 19th Century Carved Ebony Workbox
    Located in London, by appointment only
    A rare mid 19th century carved ebony workbox, profusely carved with foliage and floral details on all sides, the lid opening to an inlaid bone elephant fitted interior with a removab...
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  • Carved Ceylonese Ebony Box
    Located in London, by appointment only
    A charming mid 19th century carved ebony box with intertwined foliate ornament on all sides on a punched ground, opening to a void interior, the sides and lid with inlaid bone dots a...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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  • 19th Century Novelty Smokers Companion Carriage
    Located in London, by appointment only
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    Antique 19th Century English Victorian Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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  • 19th Century Burnished Agate and Gold Plated Metal Casket
    Located in London, by appointment only
    A fine 19th-century polished agate and gilt copper mounted box, all six sides with beveled panels of polished agate set within a tooled and gilt metal frame, the front detailed with ...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes

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  • 19th Century Carved Mahogany George II Stool
    Located in London, by appointment only
    Nicholas Wells antiques is pleased to present for sale a 19th century stool with bold carved details and ornament around the apron consisting of acanthu...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century English George II Stools

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    Mahogany

  • 19th Century Grand Tour Carved Marble & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella
    Located in London, by appointment only
    Sculpted from one of the rarest and most visually stunning coloured and figured of stones. Exceptionally Rare 19th Century Carved Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella. This magnificent marble masterpiece is a work of art, a variation on the ancient sculpture of a Roman Galley...
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    Antique 19th Century European Grand Tour Mounted Objects

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    A rare and exceptional early 19th century yellow Japanned, chinoisery decorated workbox, the hinged top beatifully decorated with an oriental 'Tuhau' or dignitary seated at a temple ...
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  • Early 19th Century English Regency Painted Rosewood Workbox, Circa 1790
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    Early 19th century Regency hand-painted rosewood workbox with brass inlay, Circa 1790.
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  • 19th Century Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Desk Companion Tray
    Located in Dallas, TX
    Another stunning 19th century Anglo-Ceylonese piece. Made circa 1880 in Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) of Coromandel wood and specimen woods. This is a simply gorgeous and quality item!! Tray made of various compartments with various high quality specimen wood lids, all edged and banded in chevrons of bone, silver or pewter and ebony. The tray itself is made of expensive coromandel wood. There are two open sections on either side of the tray which have bone and hand-painted lac ends. The main tray sits onto a base made of coromandel wood with green baize lining. This tray could have a number of practical uses, for keeping stationary, watches, jewelry, or thinking outside of the box, holding you remote controls and candy!! We have a matching box also in our Inventory and for auction. ANGLO-INDIAN AND CEYLONESE BOXES: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins. Anglo-indian Boxes normally consist of 3 main types:- (1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th Centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...
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  • French Carved Snuff Box, Mid-19th Century
    Located in Spencertown, NY
    The elaborately carved snuff box with a scene of two mermaids on the cover and deeply carved shell on the reverse.
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  • Ceylonese 'Sri Lankan' Ebony Writing Slope
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Very fine early 19th century carved ebony writing slope, the exterior richly carved with foliate decoration, the interior profusely inlaid with bone dots forming floral geometric pat...
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  • 19th Century Anglo Ceylonese Porcupine Quill Box with Interior Divided Tray
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