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Intricately designed wooden chests and boxes from Asia and Europe, showcasing craftsmanship with silver accents and traditional decorative elements.

Case, coffin cabinet furniture furniture interior design iron oak wood, Light spherical lid diamond shaped bandage attached with nails decorative handles and keyhole with sting stave save theft prevention hinges
Case, coffin cabinet furniture furniture interior design iron oak wood, Light spherical lid diamond shaped bandage attached with nails decorative handles and keyhole with sting stave save theft prevention hinges
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David S De Vault, Child's Settee, c 1941 Child's SetteeSuitcase vintage A Suitcase isolated over a white background vintage Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 8510902really old book isolated on white background.Grunge wallet isolated on white backgroundCosmetic Box with Lid, 1573-1615. Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615). Wood with lacquer; valance: 19.7 x 26.7 x 33.4 cm (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 13 1/8 in.).Piston, KTM 690 SMWooden brown treasure box in chains on a white backgroundStereoscoop, type Stereospect, 1920 - 1925 stereoscope Dresden wood (plant material). glass. metal DresdenPortable Altar and Two Side Panels European 9th-12th century and/or later View more. Portable Altar and Two Side Panels. European. 9th-12th century and/or later. Ivory, shell gold, wood box, stone inset on lid. IvoriesWriting kit, Copper-colored metal inlaid with white metal, Rectangular box with hinged lid, chamfered corners, fittings for missing handles at either end. Inlaid pattern of triangles on top, raised bandings around sides, top and bottom. Interior divided into three compartments; the two smaller compartments covered by hinged lids with raised X” decoration., Philippines, 19th century, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Writing kitWork Box 1800-1850 China. Lacquered wood, gilt metal, ivory, and silk .Box 1775-1820 Attributed to Christian Selzer. Box. American. 1775-1820. Poplar. Made in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United StatesCoin cabinet ca. 1809-19 Designed by Charles Percier French The design, medium, and execution of this extravagant medal cabinet are as impressive and eccentric as the man who probably commissioned it, Napoleon, Emperor of the French (1769-1821), who at the time of its making was a step away from abdication and exile.1 The first significant contemporary reference to it has been published by Antony Griffiths: "The most interesting record, however, is an account submitted in February 1814 by the goldsmith Biennais for 3600 francs, for what is described as the 'médailler du Roi.'" In Biennais's account, Griffiths continues, this medal cabinet for the king is described as "in the form of an Egyptian pedestal, containing 44 mahogany drawers with silver mounts, and meant to serve as a stand for the emperor's old medal cabinet."2Napoleon was interested in medals. While campaigning in Egypt in the 1790s, he found a medal of the Roman general Julius Caesar, and in 1803 when he was considerCover for Lord Chancellor's Burse (Purse), 1700s. England, 18th century. Velvet; silk; overall: 73.5 x 60 x 4 cm (28 15/16 x 23 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.).Box (Italy); wood, tooled leather, gilded brassOscar Bluhme, Hot Coal Carrier, c 1940 Hot Coal CarrierFurniture, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 Stew (doll's stew) In miniature of mahogany, belonging to a bezukewood arm chair; See BK-16030. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands wood (plant material). mahogany (wood) Stew (doll's stew) In miniature of mahogany, belonging to a bezukewood arm chair; See BK-16030. Northern NetherlandsNetherlands wood (plant material). mahogany (wood)Key Hording with a sacrificial block of painted oak, Anonymous, 1671 Iron key horizing with a sacrificial block. Northern Netherlands iron (metal) Iron key horizing with a sacrificial block. Northern Netherlands iron (metal)Calligraphy Box with Bush Clover and Pampas Grass. Kamisaka Sekka (Japan, 1866-1942)Kamisaka Yūkichi (Japan, 1886-1938). circa 1910. Lacquer. Lacquer with maki-e (sprinkled gold), mother-of-pearl inlay, silverOld wooden abacus on white backgroundCoffret. Culture: German. Dimensions: Overall: 3 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (9.8 x 20 x 14 cm). Date: late 15th century.Used to hold jewelry and other personal items, Minnekästchen were frequently exchanged as gifts between lovers or betrothed couples. This example is fancifully decorated on the lid with an elephant bearing a howdah; on the front a maiden and a unicorn flank a founatin, and drolleries with musical instruments decorate the side and back panels. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Close-up of a wooden box with a Buddhist japa mala wrapped in a raffia cloth isolated on a white backgroundMedia storage boxChest wood and gold closed on a white backgroundSeal Box (Yinhe) with Lotus Scrolls and the Eight Buddhist Symbols (Bajixiang)Foot Warmer. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 36.8 cm (11 1/16 x 14 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/2" high; 7 1/2" wide; 5 1/4" deep. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Carl Buergerniss.Sedan-chair from Charles V's time. Madrid, Carruajes Museum. Location: MUSEO DE CARRUAJES. MADRID. SPAIN.Toy shipping crate -Retro radio isolated Retro radio isolated over white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 17616097Roll with lilac satin ribbon with one frayed side, c. 1935 Roll with lilac satin ribbon with one frayed side. Nijmegenfrance textile materials. paper. cardboard Roll with lilac satin ribbon with one frayed side. Nijmegenfrance textile materials. paper. cardboardPlantation Accaribo, Suriname. Three wooden boxes with 120 stereoph photos on glass that give a picture of daily life on plantation Accaribo in Suriname, ca. 1913-1930, a former sugar plantation to the surinamer river. The Brouwers family lived on this plantation. Theodoor Brouwers may be the photographer and photographed the family, plantation, house personnel, family life in Paramaribo and trips. Eight photos has been taken in the Netherlands.Napier's calculating machines, 17th century (after 1617). In a case with doors and thirty drawers are kept the counters of two abacuses, designed by the Scottish mathematician John Napier (1550-1617). The first abacus consists of sixty numbered rods, called "Napier's bones". It was widely spread in Europe, being used as a portable abacus until the 18th century. The second one, called promptuary, is composed of about three hundred numbered and perforated strips for fast multiplications. Verawood with ivory inlay. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.Mbira. Culture: Nigerian. Dimensions: W. 3 1/2 × L. 12 1/4 in. (8.9 × 31.1 cm). Date: late 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.A vintage chalkboard on a white background A vintage chalkboard on a white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/BORISxZERWANNx 9460383An old wooden box chest on a young female hand on a black background. Nice gift concept in gothic vintage style An old wooden box chest on a young female hand on a black background. Nice gift concept in gothic vintage style. Copyright: xZoonar.com/IanxIankovskiix 21591583Souvenir of Warsaw' still bank, late 19th century, 3 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (9.53 x 8.57 x 5.72 cm) (approximate), Lead, Poland, 19th centuryMusical Chime. China. Date: 1756-1766. Dimensions: . Jade with gilt decoration. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Kuei Mao.Old objects loom toolTray ca. 1720 Ogata Kenzan Japanese. Tray 63314Toilet set, c. 1795 Box belonging to the Mirror Standard AK-RAK-2003-8-1. One side is somewhat hollow. Covered with black lacquer with gold decorations. On the lid a monogram ECVB surrounded by a narrow b and with leaf motifs and four small flowers. Around the central medallion a flower band and outside this tire the surface is filled with geometric motifs. Loose flower branches on the sides. Canton whole: Wood (plant material). whole: Lacquer (coating) lacquering Box belonging to the Mirror Standard AK-RAK-2003-8-1. One side is somewhat hollow. Covered with black lacquer with gold decorations. On the lid a monogram ECVB surrounded by a narrow b and with leaf motifs and four small flowers. Around the central medallion a flower band and outside this tire the surface is filled with geometric motifs. Loose flower branches on the sides. Canton whole: Wood (plant material). whole: Lacquer (coating) lacqueringARQUETA DE MARFIL DE FITERO - HISPANOARABE - CALIFAL - REALIZADA EN EL AÑO 966. Author: CULTURA DE HALAF. Location: MUSEO DE NAVARRA. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN.metal worker: Gresnich, Rectangular black tin tray, tray leaf kitchen utensils miniature toy relaxant model metal paint, struck painted tinned tin Oblong rectangular rounded corners outwards standing edge Hanging eye 1868 Sibilla van Embden playing serving kitchenHorae Beatae Mariae Virginis Unknown. Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis, ca. 1425-1460. Manuscript in opaque watercolor and ink with gold, book: 8 × 5 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (20.3 × 14.6 cm). European Art ca. 1425-1460Casket first half 13th century French. Casket 464465 French, Casket, first half 13th century, Copper-gilt, glass cabochons, Overall: 3 1/2 x 8 7/16 x 4 1/2 in. (8.9 x 21.5 x 11.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.500ac)Mussels in a tin with a brown escabeche sauce of vinegar, oil and garlic. Isolated on whiteMallet hammer made of burl wood tools for used by carpenter in workshop on isolated blurred blackgroundOld book isolated on white backgroundHome, shell of building, trap, riskOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA treasure boxKaaba mosque in Mecca isolated islam halal. Vector muslim tourism and religion symbol. Great mosque of Mecca isolated Kaaba buildingModel of A Water Tank, Rijkswerf Hellevoetsluis, 1839 instruction model Model of a cube -shaped watercist, painted black. It is made of riveted plates red buyer. An oval manhole with lid is applied in the top; At one of the corners there is a small round hole so that a long key can be lowered to open a valve in the bottom. A short iron key with which the manhole and the hole can be opened for the long key has been added to the model. Scale 1:20. Hellevoetsluis copper (metal). iron (metal). paint (coating)John Hardman Studio Wages Tray, 1850. Wooden box divided into five rows lengthways, each row containing eight tins painted with a number in red.. Hardman & Co.. Hardman's were originally a metalworking firm, commissioned by Pugin and Barry in 1838 to make the ornamental metalwork needed for the new Houses of Parliament. Soon Pugin encouraged Hardman to also supply the required stained glass, and a stained glass studio was added to his workshop. Hardman's glass-work can be found in churches and other buildings all over Britain and abroad. This wages' tray from the nineteenth century reminds us of the lives of the workers who produced these masterpieces.Red ribbon with yellow side edges and a bow, Arthus Bertrand, in or after c. 1885 ribbon (material) A red ribbon with yellow side edges and with the attachment for the carrying sign executed as a bow. Paris ribbon (material) Netherlands. EthiopiaTraveling set with glass beaker in case 1777-79 Samuel Bardet German Some members of Central and Southeastern European sovereign dynasties never traveled without their cutlery set. This seemed a strange habit to French courtiers, who, during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, shared their knives at table. However, in a time when a little deadly arsenic would go a long way if mixed with ones salt or spices, the Hungarian aristocracy had reason for their precaution; poisonings, especially by arsenic mixed with salt or spices, were not uncommon.Augsburg silversmiths were well-known for such cutlery sets. The beaker included here is engraved with a hunter and a huntress, suggesting that this traveling set was used during the hunting season.LiteratureEuropean Silver, Miniatures and Objects of Vertu. Sale cat., Christies, Geneva, May 10, 1988, p. 35, no. 75.ReferencesHelmut Seling. Die Augsburger Gold- und Silberschmiede, 1529-1868: Meister, Marken, Werke. New ed. Munich, 2007,Card game set. Churfuerstliche Porcellain Fabrique, Meissen (1763/74-1814), manufactureUnpacked cigarette packaging Wawel Duts of paper productsSpice box - MACE Patent Package Co. Patent Package Co.Rolled banknotes in a small wooden boxModel of a Chain Stopper, anonymous, 1833 demonstration model Model of a chain stopper between two decks, consisting of a slide in front of the chain on a bobbin and continuously through the port vault hole, and a heavy devil's claw hanging on a spool on the ship's wall. A wooden chain with counterfeit weight has been added to the model. Scale 1:10 (estimate). model maker: Netherlandsafter design by: France wood (plant material). ropeMarriage of marriage Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg, 1966 with letter and box, Anonymous, 1966 Silver medal in white box with accompanying letter. Netherlands silver (metal). textile materials. cardboard. paper NetherlandsWooden box with paint stamp, Unknown, 1949 Round wooden box with hanging paint stamp with the monogram of the NVV (unclear). Part of the photo album on the occasion of the farewell of Evert Kupers as chairman of the NVV on July 14, 1949 in Amsterdam. wood (plant material). sealing wax modern professional organization, trade union. seal, stamp AmsterdamCollection of casesAntique theater glass with matching leather caseMussels in a tin with a brown escabeche sauce of vinegar, oil and garlic. Isolated on whiteHolzsarg mit Empfangsglocke, 3D-Rendering Wooden coffin with reception bell, 3D rendering isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/natatravelx 22958770box with chinese chopsticks box with chinese chopsticks isolated on white Copyright: xZoonar.com/chrisxwilllemsenx 6669684Nostalgia and memories, a box of old photographs, military medals and papers, all family heirloomsAsprey vanity cases. 1930GeneBoxThe Daisy' still bank, c. 1900, Shimer Toy Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, c. 1899-1915, 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (5.56 x 4.45 x 3.81 cm), Iron, 19th-20th centurychinese attributes Chinese money and others attributes Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 6681954Tri-Signal Telegraph Set , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesA wooden crate more than a century old is shown Aug. 26 , 2022, at the Fort McCoy History Center in the historic Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The crate was donated to Fort McCoy by Alan McCoy of Sparta, Wis., who is the grandson of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy for whom Fort McCoy is named after. The crate, which once carried lard buckets, traces back to the time of Camp Emery Upton and Camp Robinson in Wisconsin around 1910.