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Decorative Chests and Boxes

A variety of intricate chests and boxes, featuring distinctive designs, craftsmanship, and materials, reflecting historical styles from different cultures.

Elongated box of ebony with ornaments of silver, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 Kist, elongated, from ebony with silver ornaments. Key is missing. Netherlands (possibly) ebony (wood). silver (metal) Kist, elongated, from ebony with silver ornaments. Key is missing. Netherlands (possibly) ebony (wood). silver (metal)
Elongated box of ebony with ornaments of silver, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 Kist, elongated, from ebony with silver ornaments. Key is missing. Netherlands (possibly) ebony (wood). silver (metal) Kist, elongated, from ebony with silver ornaments. Key is missing. Netherlands (possibly) ebony (wood). silver (metal)
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House Shrine, 18th-19th century, 38 1/2 x 37 7/16 x 20 5/8in. (97.8 x 95.1 x 52.4cm), Wood, lacquer, paint, metal, China, 18th-19th century, The family shrine (kan) was an important piece of furniture in a traditional Chinese household. Usually displayed on an altar table against the rear wall of the main reception hall, the shrine itself was often made in the form of a traditional three bay hall complete with hinged doors, tile roof, and decorative brackets. Placed inside the shrine were the spirit tablets of the ancestors. It was believed that the souls of the ancestors resided in the tablets bearing their name and that they had the power to influence the fortune of their living descendants. Ancestral spirits were appraised of all important family events like betrothals, marriages, and the births of sons. Accurately depicting the details of traditional post-and-beam architecture, this domestic shrine probably comes from Shanxi province.Vintage metal box Isolated metal box with painting of a mountain winter scene Copyright: xZoonar.com/YannxPoirierx 12727486Old german matchbox, circa 1942, Czechowice, Poland. Isolated on white background. Sicherheits Zuendhoelzer impraegniert Zuendholzfabrik in Tschechowitz - Safety matches impregnated in a match factory in Czechowice Poland's national ship from war Utrecht under command of the Capitein J. P. van Braam. Watercolor of a three-master for anchor for coast, stevens to the left, three red-white-blue flags. In gold plated table behind glass. List above decorated with extensive getting trophy, flag with "Victoria", right flag with climbing lion with sword and arrows beam in polychromia. Inscription on oval shield m.b.: Slands Ship / from War Utrecht / Under Command / van den Captn / Commandeur / J. P. van Braam.Tea caddy - Coronation - George VI, Queen Elizabeth and H.R.H. Elizabeth and MargaretFlower Holder 1825-1850 Staffordshire. Glazed earthenware with polychrome enamel decoration . Staffordshire Potteries