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Small carved wooden owl sewing needle holder case. Light colored Back Forest owl with glass eyes. c. 1930.
Size: 2 1/2" H |
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Carved wood heart shaped box; a valentine or snuff box. English c. 1860.
Size: 3 1/2" L |
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CO-0233 |
Round snuff box with Greek key carved decorations. English c. 1850.
Size: 3 3/4" D |
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CO-0272 |
This exquisite round trick snuff box is decorated with geometrical relief designs & double casing for hidden snuff boxes. English c. 1860.
Size: 1" H x 3 1/4" D |
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CO-0273 |
Gently push on the center circle on this trick snuff box to release the outer ring to reveal the box within. English, Mid-19th Century.
Size: 3/4" H x 2 3/4" D |
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CO-0280 |
A box in a shape of a miniature slant-front desk. English c. 1860.
Size: 6" H |
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CO-0422 |
Elegant carved oversized Victorian Shoe Bank on a base with colored-stain & shapely base. English c. 1880.
Size: 6" H x 8" L x 4" D |
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Heart shaped "love token box" inlaid & carved with symbols and inscribed inside "To Her I love" English c. 1840.
Size: 1 1/2" H x 3 1/2" L x 3" W |
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Wonderful English letter box in burled wood with an ivory plaque that reads, "General Post" and a glass front window. c. 1870.
Size: 5 1/4" H x 9" L x 5 1/4" D |
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CO-0657 |
Trick / puzzle / magic faux chest-of-draws bank box. The top draw with a hole when inserting a coin and shutting it, the bottom of the draw opens and the coin drops into the box (coin disappears-magic). Also, top of the chest comes off to allow access to your treasure. English c. 1850.
Size: 5 1/2" H x 3 1/2" W x 4" D |
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Elegant & alluring with gilt rolled paper early tea caddy with ivory escutcheon & knob. English c. 1790.
Size: 5" H x 7" L x 4" D |
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CO-0724 |
Large early 19th C. frog snuff box.
Size: 1 1/2" H x 5" L |
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HORN & brass book shaped snuff box with inked engraved decorations heart, stars & geometrics. English c. 1830.
Size: 3/4" H x 3 3/8" L x 2" W |
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CO-0741 |
Carved wood little box shaped as an elephant with ivory tusks & glass eyes. English c. 1880.
Size: 2" H x 3 1/2" L x 1 1/2" D |
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CO-0747 |
Double-sided silver plated early snuff box with pleasing repousse on both sides and double hinged covers (repair to hinge). Dutch c. 1800.
Size: 3/4" H x 2 1/2" W x 1 3/4" D |
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Copper heart shaped box / love token. English c. 1860.
Size: 1" h x 3" L x 2 3/4" D |
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CO-0774 |
Three-in-one trick box. Faux stack of three boxes (which is one really) probably an apprentice piece. It has a miniature (written in the round) Lords Prayer underneath top lid. c. 1910.
Size: 3" H |
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CO-0781 |
Copper heart-shaped snuff box love token. Early 1900's.
Size: 3/4" H x 2" L x 2 1/8" D |
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CO-0807 |
Spruce Gum box decorated on both sides with hearts. One side is inscribed with an anchor & cross penetrating a heart while the other has an inscribed 5-point star encompassed by a circle. American, Late 19th Century.
Size: 5" H x 3 1/4" L x 1 1/2" D |
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CO-0823 |
Inlaid Cherry Dresser Box ~ inlaid spandrels and striped edge centering an inlaid mahogany and tiger maple compass star & inlaid base with pinwheel & shaped apron (filled separation of wood on lid). American c. 1800.
Size: 7" H x 15" W x 15" D |
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Pewter heart-shaped box "love token" marking underneath. American, Late 19th Century.
Size: 3/4" H x 2 1/8" W x 2 1/2" D |
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Unique and rare shoe-shaped snuff box featuring detailed foot and toenails. The toenails and heel bottom are adorned with a horn veneer. English c. 1840.
Size: 3" H x 4 1/2" L |
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CO-0828 |
Interesting decorated bone lid (with heart & potted tree) on this stylized carved shoe Dominoes.
Size: 3/4" H x 5" L |
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Painted cast iron box in the shape of a tortoise. American c. 1870.
Size: 3 1/2" H x 13 1/2" L x 10 1/2" D |
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Small carved wooden box shaped as a faux leather bag with handle and a blue lining inside. English, Late 19th Century.
Size: 3 1/2" H x 3/4" W |
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FA-0462 |
Nice Norwegian painted rosemaling bend box. Scandinavian c. 1880.
Size: 5 3/4" H x 7 1/4" L x 3 3/4" W |
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Superb trick book box with "stinging" snake inside and carved & painted birds & carved heart on the slider. American, 19th Century.
Size: 4 1/2" H x 3 3/4" W x 1" D |
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Miniature folksy matchstick constructed seachest. American.
Size: 6 1/2" H x 14" W x 8" D |
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FA-0510 |
Unusual trick lock box with arm & hand-form clasp, sliding lid heavily carved with a wreath, a hand, & hot air balloon-very special. American, 19th Century.
Size: 3 1/2" H x 8 1/2" L x 3 1/2" D |
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Delicately painted & decorated footed box with painted initials. Found in Maine. American c. 1830.
Size: 5" H x 9 3/4" W |
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FA-0552 |
Rare icosahedron shaped tea caddy. Carved & painted surface simulating leather. English, Early 19th Century.
Size: 4 1/2" H x 6" D |
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Carved pig snuff box. French, Late 19th Century.
Size: 2" H x 4" L |
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FA-0556 |
Indulgence ~ "The Long Nose / Long Fingers Snuffer" ~ Superb painting on this early 19th Century round Papier-Mâché snuff box. English c. 1830
Size: 1 1/2" H x 4 1/4" D |
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FA-0563 |
Copper / Bronze heart box "love token". Early 1900's.
Size: 2 3/4" H x 2 9/16"W x 1 5/16"D |
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Carved small heart shaped box with painted heart, velvet lining, clasp & hinge. American, Late 19th Century.
Size: 2 1/4" H x 1 5/8" W x 1" D |
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19th Century small heart shaped box with inlaid geometrical figures.
Size: 2 1/2" H x 2" W x 1" D |
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Intricate wood (burl?) on this heart-shaped box with lid & inlay band around the bottom. c. 1870.
Size: 3 1/4" H x 2 3/4" W x 1 3/4" D |
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Diminutive heart box with lid.
Size: 2" H x 1 3/4" W x 5/16" D |
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Heart shaped box with lid & key and red velvet lining inside ~ etched heart encompassing each key hole opening. American c. 1870.
Size: 4 1/2" H x 4" W x 2 1/2" H |
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Overhang lid wooden heart shaped box / love token. American c. 1880.
Size: 3 7/8" H x 3 1/8" W x 1 1/2" D |
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Interesting textured lid on this heart shaped box. American c. 1900.
Size: 4" H x 3 1/2" W x 2 1/2" D |
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Great surface on this naïve wooden Heart shaped box with wire-pin hinges. American c. 1860.
Sizes: 4 1/2" H x 4 1/2" W x 1 1/2" D |
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Heart-shaped box with lid on hinges with top & bottom overhang edges. American c. 1890.
Size: 4 3/4" H x 4" W x 1 1/2" D |
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Good inlaid document box shaped as a book with trick locking / opening. American c. 1870.
Size: 8 3/4" H x 6 1/8" L x 2 1/4" D |
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FA-0621 |
Heart shaped box with mixed woods & tortoise shell veneer top. American c.1860.
Size: 1 ¾” H x 1 ¾” W x 1” D |
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"Scholar's Companion" painted tole pencil box dated 4-7-1874. American.
Size: 7”H x 3 ½” W x 1 ¼" D |
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FA-0624 |
Red painted tole book-shaped box (art/sewing) ~ “Noon Day Exercises.” American c. 1880.
Size: 7 1/2" H x 5" W x 2 1/8" D |
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Elongated footed heart-shaped lined box / love token. American, 19th Century.
Size: 3 1/4" H x 7" L x 5 1/8" D |
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FA-0655 |
19th C. Miniature painted chest with nice shaped skirt apron & accents.
Size: 9" H x 6" D x 8" W |
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FA-0671 |
Striking black & gold painted document box ~ decorated & painted on all sides (including the back). American c. 1870
Size: 6 1/4" H x 17" L x 7" D |
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Masonic / Fraternal Order carved book shape box with relief carved compass gilt decoration & pull-out drawer. American c. 1900.
Size: 8" H x 1 1/2" D x 5 1/4" W |
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FA-0707 |
Fabulous folky jewelry box with pleasing geometric inlay, relief-carved floral panels, bands of barber pole type surrounds, fitted with velvet interior & mirror.
Size: 7 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W x 8 1/2" D |
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FA-0708 |
Elaborate inland box with compass rose, fans, geometrics and banded diamonds. American, 19th Century.
Size: 4" H x 10 1/4" W x 61/4" D |
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FA-0709 |
THE IMPATIENT VIRGINS ~ a book shape inlaid & painted wooden box with a single draw. American, Early 1930.
Size: 2" H x 7 1/2" W x 10" L |
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Charming vintage lacquer box with a cat face on top. The interior has six compartments. The box closes securely with a snap closing.
Size: 5 1/8" x 4" x 1" |
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FA-0732 |
Antique snuff box shaped as a hand with Piqué work decorations on one finger (ring) & on the cuff. Open at the bottom.
Size: 3" H |
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FA-0733 |
19th C. carved frog snuff box with glass eyes & mother-of-pearl plaque.
Size: 1" H x 3" L x 2" W |
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FA-0734 |
"LOVE TRUE" carved with pique work miniature faux bellows snuff box / love token. c. 1860.
Size: 1" H x 4" L x 2" W |
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FA-0737 |
A hinged box carved with petals shaped rose on a bed of leaves. c. 1900.
Size: 4 1/2" H x 5" D |
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Large wooden heart shaped dresser box with great old surface. American, 19th Century.
Size: 3 1/4" H x 7" W x 7 3/4" D |
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FA-0759 |
Hinged top silver metal realistic crab form box. Mid-Century.
Size: 2" H x 4 1/2" L x 3" W |
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FA-0745 |
Carved hard wood (possibly boxwood or walnut) satchel-form purse. Suberbly carved in faux leather with stitching, buckles & straps with small metal chain, opening to a blue silk-lined interior with multiple sections. Early 1900's.
Size: 2 1/2" H x 3 1/4" W |
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Naive folky inlaid wood heart shaped box. American, Early 1900.
Size: 1 1/4" H x 3 1/4" W x 5" L |
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FA-0764 |
Small maritime themed book shape vesta. Celluloid cast in relief, one side a sailor waving farewell, the other side depicting a battleship & the spine incised with a symbol of Faith, Hope, and Charity. English c. 1900.
Size: 2" H x 1 1/2" W x 1/2" D |
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FA-0768 |
Two-piece 19th C. carved in fruit wood PIG tobacco box / string dispenser. Head separated & tilted in the photo.
Size: 6 3/4" H x 3 1/2" W x 4 1/2" D |
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FA-0781 |
Superb 19th c. American spruce gum box shaped like a book, featuring a rugged surface, intricate relief carvings, and sap/gum decorations with hearts and geometric patterns.
Size: 2" H x 6 3/4" W x 5" D |
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FA-0790 |
American Tramp Art hinged-lid dresser box c. 1900 with pleasing variety of geometrical stack levels of decorations built with C. Ed. Kennedy, Port Royal, PA wooden cigar boxes & original natural surface.
Size: 4" H x 8 1/2" W x 6 1/4" D. |
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Superb yet simple 19th c. magic / trick opening sailor's keepsake box with inlaid star & diamond decorations.
Size: 4 3/4" H x 71/4" W x 5 1/4" D |
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Gracefully painted vanity box with a central heart flanked by flowers & compartment interior & mirror. American, Early 1900's.
Size: 4" H x 13 1/2" W 9 1/4" D |
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Unusual "love token" 19th c. carved small heart shaped box with "pillow" like sides & center inlay heart. American.
Size: 1/2" H x 1" w x 2 1/4" L |
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Nicely fashioned Mahogany Heart shaped Box. American.
Size: 1 1/4" H x 2 1/4" W x 3" L |
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FA-0804 |
Carved "Love Token" shaped as a curved heart shaped box. American, Early 1900's.
Size: 1 1/2" H x 3" L |
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Punctiliously carved heart-shaped box in Birdseye maple. Dated underneath the lid ~ 2/14/22 American "love token".
Size: 1 1/4" H x 3" L x 3" D |
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Mahogany heart shaped box "love token" with mother of pearl heart inlay. American, 19th Century.
Size: 3/4" H x 1 1/2" L x 1 1/4" W |
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FA-0811 |
Unusual finely crafted light-colored wood (probably sycamore) HEART SHAPED box love token decorated with scattered brass piqué & a darker wood patch. American, 19th Century.
Size: 1 1/2" H x 2 1/2" L x 2" W |
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Elegantly carved and constructed heart-shaped box, featuring an inlaid two-tone compass rose star. American, 19th Century.
Size: 2 1/2" H x 4 1/2" L x 3 1/2" W |
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Unusual carved hardwood & painted colorful rooster tobacco box with large crown comb. c.1900.
Size: 13" H |
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Delicately carved & executed convex heart shaped box one end with painted design and the end with assorted inlay including heart. American, 19th Century.
Size: 1" H x 3" L x 2 1/4" W |
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FA-0821 |
Charming 19th c. carved & painted dollhouse box with a back opening.
Size: 12" H x 13" W x 5" D |
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Small turned heart-shaped "love token" box. American c. 1900.
Size: 3/4" H x 1 1/2" W |
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FA-0873 |
Superb 19th c. geometrical carving on this two-tone small carved box. Possibly Scandinavian or American.
Size: 1" H x 3" W x 2 1/2" D |
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FA-0881 |
LOVE THE GIVER. Carved Spruce Gum Box with relief carving, four attached hearts like a flower surrounded by other geomatical decorations. The spine carved with "Love the Giver". Sliding lid with star. Carved by John Currier, Lincoln, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Signed and dated 1894 on the inside bottom lid with an old clipping from the Ossipee Newspaper with John Currier's Funeral Notice.
Size: 4 1/2" H x 3 1/4" W x 1 1/2" D |
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FA-0882 |
A Folk Art Love Token / pin cushion portraying a wooden wheelbarrow with carved arrow-pierced-heart on top and curved velvet backside with WIFE spelled out in pin heads. On the underside, handwritten dedication, to EMR from MHR 1912. American.
Size: 8” L x 4” H x 3 3/8” W |
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FA-0883 |
Intricate 19th c. inlaid timeworn alluring document box with sunburst star on top lid; geometric & stumbling block designs.
Size: 5" H x 10 3/4" W x 7 1/2" D |
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19th c. Multi-layered inlaid "love token" heart shape box.
Size: 1" H x 2 1/2" L x 2" D |
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FA-0864 |
Small wooden bank trick box with end grain construction with paint & inlay decorations in the shape of a 1930's radio. American.
Size: 4 1/2" H x 2 3/4" W x 2" D |
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FA-0889 |
19th c. amusing carved dog box with bone in its mouth and glass eyes (bulldog / boxer type).
Size: 3 1/2" H x 2 1/2" W.
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FO-0458 |
Miniature funky chest-of-draws with shaped backsplash and applied geometric decorations. American c. 1900.
Size: 11 1/2" H x 10" W x 5 1/2" D |
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GT-0114 |
Wooden magician's box for magic tricks. English, Late 19th Century.
Size: 4 1/2" H x 4" D x 7 3/4" L |
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PO-0117 |
Rare confectionary / biscuit tin shaped as a faux writing box by Steward & Young. English c. 1910.
Size: 4" H x 9 1/4" L x 5 1/4" D |
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Carved Scrimshaw HORN snuff box with pin prick decorations. Dated 1804. On top of lid the initial letters JR. On the front fishes & birds and on the other side running stag & owl on one end side.
Size: 2"H x 2 3/4" L x 1 1/4"D |
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