Charmant étui à message en os entièrement sculpté en bas relief de motifs amoureux. On y retrouve des oiseaux dont un couple se bécotant au milieu de rinceaux végétaux, un panier fleuri, une musette o[...]
Rare box fixed under glass with motifs of a Medici and a bird cage with a dove, motifs in fine pearls, mother-of-pearl and gold thread, border in colored cardboard and decorated with braid. LOUIS XVI [...]
Round box in gold and enamel. The removable lid is decorated with a polychrome enamel medallion enhanced with gold flakes representing Cupid holding a torch in his hands, symbol of Hymen. It is placed[...]
Very beautiful ribbon box with domed lid, in painted and varnished cardboard, with application of flowers using the Arte Povera technique. We can also note a subtle decoration of embossed gold paper f[...]
Old carved corrozo nut box. Very beautiful decoration of doves and foliage. Openwork lid. French work dating from the end of the 18th century. 5cm in diameter Good condition
Magnificent large box with an exceptional miniature painted by Pierre-Noël Violet, dating from the reign of Louis XVI.
The box is round, in grooved green Martin varnish applied with white lines.
T[...]
This box is from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century, its convex lid offers a charming bucolic scene of a young couple feeding a dog in a style commonly called "Arte Povera", the side[...]
Candy box-snuff box in green composition lined with brown tortoiseshell.
Lid decorated with white metal inlays, adorned with a round miniature under curved glass representing an old man kneeling [...]
Superb and moving romantic box dating from the 18th century.
The box is round, in brown tortoiseshell. It is rimmed in gold at its base, on the lid and at the opening.
The lid is decorated with [...]
Navy tea box, English, with cut sides, Georgian period, late 18th century. Marquetry of Rion rosewood, lemon tree, rosewood, mahogany. A solid mahogany interior compression cover with a small ivory gr[...]
Exceptional “Buffon” box dating from the end of the 18th century, attributed to Jean-Jacques Hettlinger.
The box is round, made of wood burl. The frame is highlighted with brown tortoiseshell fille[...]
Round box decorated with fine rose gold interlacing on a cream-colored composition background (pillared fish scales, binder and pigments). Frame decorated with a braid frieze in 750 yellow and green g[...]
Large round amboyna box rimmed with brown tortoiseshell. The lid is decorated with a miniature on ivory representing a dryad (protective nymph of trees and forests) dressed in ancient style in a blue [...]
Very beautiful and rare pill box in solid silver, hallmarks to be defined. Model from the 18th century. Very beautiful work of goldsmith. In very good shape ! Opening via hinged lid. Very pretty patin[...]
Paper mache glasses case covered with Galuchat Dating from the end of the 18th century - Early 19th century Inside is a pair of period glasses in horn and metal (one lens is missing)
Rare Lombard box in marquetry from the Louis XVI period. Last quarter 18th century. Italy, Lombardy. The top has a decoration called “the noble savages” made in marquetry of native and exotic woods. T[...]
Oval hinged box in beveled rock crystal, bordered on the lid with a gold setting enameled with 2 friezes of fine stems unfolding in a spiral and carrying foliage alternating with pearls themselves ena[...]
Hinged oval-shaped snuffbox chiseled on all sides with parallel lines decorated with small pellets and delimited by a richly worked cord; all surrounding on the upper part of the box a central motif r[...]
Rectangular brown tortoiseshell kit. The lid is finely decorated with geometric friezes in two-tone gold (rose gold and green). These geometric patterns were set into the tortoiseshell. The center of [...]
Very beautiful box from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century.
The box is round, in brown tortoiseshell. It is rimmed in gold at the opening, on the lid and the base.
A gold pellet [...]
Set of two 18th century tortoiseshell boxes. Silver decoration (inlays) on the lids Gallant scene and bird (phoenix?)
To restore: Missing inlays, significant gaps, and restoration (see photos)
Diame[...]
Enamelled metal sewing case, painted with a pretty flower decoration. It contains its original metal elements: Scissors, needle case, awl, lace puller and file. There is also a needle probably brought[...]
Pretty round box in composite material, probably lacquered horn powder. The interior is lined with tortoiseshell and the lid is decorated with a miniature on ivory representing a young woman with a ba[...]
Round box from the 18th century in lacquered material lined with tortoiseshell presenting in the center of the lid a composition in metal or metallic paper depicting an altar of love with doves and ot[...]
Magnificent round box in painted wood, 18th century. The cover features a character setting in the foreground and a house in the background. Execution of great finesse, and in perfect condition.
Small circular ivory box from the end of the 18th century with a miniature representing a quality lady dressed in antique style and carrying a ribboned staff. She is seated in front of a sheep at the [...]
Rare 18th century oak box covered with paintings on parchment. Painted on five sides with flowers and garlands of foliage, framing verses from the Bible and religious scenes, the interior is padded wi[...]
Rectangular snuffbox with cut sides. The colored gold snuff box has an exceptional guilloché decoration in diamond-shaped crosses reminiscent of basketry work. This elegant work is framed by a stylize[...]
Small straw marquetry box in imitation of a book, opening onto a mirror and a watercolor engraving representing a rider and a man on foot pointing to a musician putti.
“I am yours, a long time ago, d[...]
Snuffbox decorated with a Miniature "Portrait of an elegant woman" It is made of tortoiseshell rimmed with 18 cts GOLD (small missing on the underside) The lid is decorated with a painted oval miniatu[...]
Wax Holder Case Stamp In Silver With The Coat Of Arms Of The Bois Du Tilleul Family 18th Century Azure, with gold chevron, acc. in chief of two silver stars, and a gold stag slaughter in point. slight[...]
Wax seal case in gold colors. It presents a decoration of flutes with patterns of ears of wheat. It is decorated with garlands of laurel leaves in green gold. The independent cap uses the same decorat[...]
Boîte à mouches XVlllème, époque Louis XVI en nacre et argent.
Elle est décorée toutes faces d'incrustations d'argent sur fond de nacre: églse, oiseau, feuillage , fleurs et divers autres motifs déc[...]
Very beautiful 18th century box decorated with gold.
The box is round, in composition decorated with a half of gold discs.
The large rims of the lid and the base of the box are in solid gold.
A r[...]
Petit écrin nécessaire de voyage en nacre avec monture en argent. Les plaques en nacre sont gravées d'une scène représentant une jeune fille avec le Dieu de l'amour cupidon.Sur une face de l'écrin il [...]
Old fly or snuff box dating from the second part of the 18th century. English work from Bilston or Battersea. Enamelled decoration of painted flowers on trellis. 6.5cm in length and 3.2cm in height. I[...]
Rectangular gold tablet case with hinged lid. On each of these faces, two miniatures fixed under glass in an oval shape represent a return from fishing in an idyllic atmosphere. Above, on the lid, the[...]
Box in tortoiseshell and gold with miniature "portrait of a man" on ivory 18th century Our round box, is in black tortoiseshell inlaid with a Greek decoration in gold, the lid presents a miniature pai[...]
Round ivory box, the lid decorated with a miniature representing a young woman in an interior, wearing a flowered headdress and standing near a steaming cup. Curved glass lid, tortoiseshell interior. [...]
Very rare 18th century box in enamel painted on copper. It is decorated with a grisaille landscape and under the cover a polychrome religious scene. Good general condition, an original cooking crack i[...]
Magnificent German enamel snuff box from the 18th century in gilded metal, finely painted with allegorical scenes with 'putti' representing the four seasons. Notably, the second scene is located on th[...]
Fly or powder box in tortoiseshell or blond crone stitched with gold, decorated with stars. 18th century or early 19th century. Condition of use, traces and some starbursts. Approximately 6cm in diame[...]
Miniature painted decorations on all sides.
Old restoration on the edge of the lid.
Some paint touch-ups and varnish restored by us.
Very good condition.
Diameter 7.2cm height 2.5cm
Weigh[...]
Fly box in brown horn or tortoiseshell, decorated with a miniature under glass, painted on ivory, with pastoral attributes, shepherdess' staff and hat, Antique column with bird. And the caption “At th[...]
Fly box in tortoiseshell or horn stitched with gold and/or gilded metal in imitation of gold. End of the 18th century. Decorated with a profile of Joan of Arc inside. Used condition, chips and losses.[...]
18th Century Tortoise Shell Fly Box / Snuff Box Old tortoise shell powder box.
Central medallion containing a composition with a dog.
French work from the end of the 18th century.
The box measu[...]
Large round box from the Louis XVI period. It has a decoration on all sides in Martin varnish. The cover shows seven putti playing with doves, a nest in their arms, a quiver on the ground. The back is[...]
Louis XVI period box composed of fine floral marquetry on a rosewood background framed with boxwood and amaranth fillets. Louis XVI period stamped Jean Francois Oeben
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