Catalog: Antiques: Furnishings (142)

Pair of miniature three drawer chests, in mahogany, circa 1860, probably desk top boxes. Dimensions :12 "x 12"x 9"deep

Unusual Late Victorian Tea Chest in the form of a Sideboard, in mahogany with cross-hatched inlaid panels and carved bandings and skirt, the shaped top opening to two lidded tea caddies and a sugarbowl.

English, circa 1870.

22" x 8" x 6.5" tall

Antique Regency Penwork Decorated Tea Caddy of sarcophagus form having a stepped lid opening to two lidded compartments and Chinoiserie penwork decoration. English, circa 1815.

8" x 4.5" x 5.25" (losses to the decoration)

Antique Chinese Export Rouge Lacquer Tea Caddy with faux painted brass banding; rectangular with brass carrying handles and gilt decoration, the hinged lid opening to a large pewter removable box with hinged lid and engraved decoration of figures in a landscape. Circa 1870. (rubbing to painted banding)

11.5" x 7.75" x 5.5" tall

Tiny Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, probably a childs caddy, rectangular with canted corners, pyramidal lid opening to an interior lined with "tea paper" and the whole raised on ivory squashed ball feet. (with key)

English, circa 1815

3.5" x 5.25" x 4.2"tall

Antique English Bagatelle Box in Mahogany with original wooden insert and later ball and cues, now mounted on a metal stand.

Circa 1840

Bagatelle was a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which was to get a number of balls past wooden pins into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties were incurred if the pegs are knocked over.

36" x 17.75" x 18.5" tall (closed)

Rare Chester County Pennsylvania Spice Chest in walnut having a moulded cornice above a raised panel door opening to an arrangement of ten small drawers (one replaced) and raised on straight bracket feet. Secondary woods include: poplar, oak, walnut and beech. There is a faint inscription on one of the bottom drawers. Pennsylvania, circa 1760-80.

Spice boxes or chests were a status symbol in colonial America. Only a household that was well furnished and fairly prosperous had a spice box...

Antique Italian Carved and Gilt Wood Mirror having openwork foliate decoration. Minor distress to the Plate. Circa 1860

Mirror: 18 ½” x 14 ½”
Frame: 28” x23”

Charming American Miniature Blanket Chest in chestnut, having a hinged moulded edge top opening to a well, a single lower drawer and raised on straight bracket feet. Note the fine dovetail work on the sides.

American 1780-1800.

Many miniatures are labeled as "salesman's samples" but many were the work of apprentices to show their skills to the master craftsman.

12.5 x 7" x 8.5" tall
(one back foot ended out)

Fine George III Oval Brass Bound Peat Bucket with mahogany staves and brass banding, liner and loop handle. English, Circa 1780. 13" x 10" x 12.5" (not including handle)

Antique Chinese Painted and Inlaid Wood Tea Shipping Containers, having sliding lids and fronts decorated with figures in gardens and inlaid mother of pearl. (minor losses) Largest: 12" x 12" x 11.75"

Rare George II Writing Stand in mahogany, having a rectangular adjustable top with strut supports and a removable book rest, a fitted side drawer with two glass inkwells, two swing out candle-slides, and an adjustable height cannon-form standard supported by cabriole legs ending in pad feet and brass castors.

English, Circa 1740.

Height when closed: 36-3/4 in (93.3 cm); Width: 22 in (55.9 cm); Depth: 17 in (43.2 cm)
(ink stains on top) ...

Antique American Federal Octagonal Tea Caddy, in mahogany the hinged top with satinwood stringing and banding opens to an interior well with a “floating” lid. Circa 1800.

See #10802 for another caddy by the same unknown maker

Height: 5”
Width: 6.5”

Small Antique Domed Top Penwork Sewing Box, having a hooped handle above a domed lid decorated with a scene of abby ruins, canted sides, and a front panel with scrolled, foliate decoration. Circa 1800, probably English. (overall scratches)

4" tall without the handle, 6 1/4" with it up, 5 3/8 " deep and 5 1/2 "wide not including the handle

Exceptional English Burled Walnut Sewing Box with extensive inlay having hinged top opening to a paper lined well and a single fitted drawer below.

12" x 9" x 6.5"

Rather whimsical Georgian III Tea Caddy in the form of two conjoined single caddies, rectangular, with hinged lid opening to two lidded compartments and the whole raised on ball form feet. Only the right hand escutcheon has a working lock.

English, circa 1790.

8' x 4.5" x 5.5" tall

Exceptional Arts & Crafts painted leather necessaire with tooled, painted and gilt decoration of birds and blossoms, opening to an interior complete with almost all of its original fittings including bottles and trays with fire gilt lids, brushes, combs, buttonhook, etc. French, c. 1870-1880.

Height: 8”
Length: 11.25”
Width: 12.5”

George II Tea Caddy with Hidden Drawer; rectangular with stepped hinged top surmounted by a brass carrying handle, brass escutcheon and sliding side panel revealing a hidden drawer (slight warp to lid). Circa 1740.

One of the rarest of this form of tea caddy, the concealed drawer would have held your silver teaspoons.

Height: 6”
Length: 9”
Depth: 6”

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