A Georgian oak mule chest, the interior with candle box and two small drawers, the front with four panels and two half drawers, raised on stile feet. Good patina. 144 x 52 x 88 cm.
John Wilson Carey stunning Queensland specimen wood writing box with fitted interior, handsomely inlaid with starburst top in tulip wood, water gum, scrub ebony, breadfruit tree, forest oak, deep yellow wood, pale yellow wood, cypress pine, scented
A superb quality writing box compendium, coromandel with brass fittings, interior sumptuously fitted in oak with original gilt embossed calendar and details, fitted with original Braman English lock, mid 19th century, 28 cm high, 42.5 cm wide, 23 cm deep
A timber bible box, 18th century oak (with stained pine replacement top, 20th century), the bible box in oak except the hinged top, with carved front panel, metal lock, plain sides, height 22 cm, length 60 cm, width 46 cm
English oak brass bound campaign writing box, made for Larcom and Veysey Portsmouth by John Weiss and Sons London with studded brass bounding, dove tail joins and removable internal tray
A carved oak storage box or bible box; 17th century and later, the moulded and incised rising top above a relief carved front with a stylised scrolling tendril design. Height 25 cm, width 62 cm, depth 39 cm. Provenance: Elizabethan village, Armadale WA.…
Victorian oak writing compendium with hinged lid, stationary compartments and 3 small drawers internally and fold down black leather writing surface, within brass carrying handles (small chips around the base)
An impressive 'Advance Australia' oak glory box, profusely carved with kookaburras, snakes, kangaroo and emu flanking a monogrammed crest 'J.M.', the interior handsomely adorned with carved bird and swag emblazoned 'With best Wishes', circa 1880, 95 cm…
An Australian specimen wood box and a novelty money box in the form of a top hat, the box with a star and geometric pattern in huon pine, casuarina, cedar and blackwood, the hat in Australian oak, early 20th century. (2), height of the box 13 cm, width 29…
A fine English writing box, oak with brass mounts, interior sumptuously fitted in coromandel and purple velvet with gilded ink pots, circa 1860, 11.5 cm high, 35.5 cm wide, 25.5 cm deep
A rare French 17th century tooled leather document box, Louis XIV C. 1680. In good condition, in oak with embossed leather covering, decorated with gilt details of repeating foliate patterns. Original cast iron fittings, with key, one hook damaged. The…
An English oak candle box early 19th century, of plank construction with a sliding lid 12.5 cm high, 13.5 cm wide, 32.5 cm long. Provenance: The John Hurlston Collection.
Antique oak stationary box, with fitted letter compartment, pen rest, ink well and 2 drawers with brass fittings, width 28 cm x depth 21 cm x height 25 cm
English 17th century oak bible box and cover, of long rectangular form, with sloping sides with carved frieze work in the form of entwined circles, length 98 cm
Four antique wooden treen kitchenalia objects, a salt box, butter mould, two, other boxes, in mixed timbers including oak, elm, 19th century, a half barrel shaped hinged salt box, a press out butter mould with thistle, and crimped edge decoration, a ring…
Georgian oak bible box on stand, the fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior, the front engraved 'R B 1661' with symbolic strapwork, on stand with turned legs joined by stretchers, height 100 width 82 cm, depth 47 cm
Antique English oak desk top stationery cabinet, circa 1880, with two doors opening to reveal a fitted interior divided into sections. With a calendar display in the top complete with original month, date and day cards, width 33 cm, depth 26 cm, height 31…
A Tasmanian timber jewel box, huon pine, fiddleback blackwood, beefwood, she oak and burr totara (New Zealand), circa 1900, with accompanying letter and Albert fob chain, high, 18 cm wide, 18 cm deep
Australian timber sewing box, musk, burr myrtle, silky oak, casuarina, blackwood, cedar and Tasmanian oak, fitted with lift out compartment tray, 19th century, 11 cm high, 30 cm wide, 26 cm deep
A late Victorian, oak stationery box, with brass mounts. Late 19th century, with fold down front door, interior stationery and letter compartments and upper drawer. Height 25.5 cm. Width 31.5 cm. Depth 22.5 cm
An Australian timber games box, silky oak, cedar, pine and blackwood, monogrammed 'P.D.W' on the drawer front, circa 1900. 8 cm high, 39 cm wide, 12.5 cm deep
An oak Arts & Crafts writing box, later 19th century, the box with a curved front with a full length drawer which, when opened, mechanically activates the rolled lid to open revealing a partitioned section, the drawer also with partitions and a small…
A oak horsehoe-shaped box, 19th century, the brass top engraved with a mounted huntsman accompanied by his hound with a brass horseshoe border, a single drawer to the front, 22 cm long
A late 17th century carved oak bible box, the sloping hinged top enclosing three pigeon holes, the front carved with foliage, 79 cm wide, x 48 cm deep, 31 cm high
A rare Victorian oak letter post box, c.1871 -1880, with makers stamp by Halstaff & Hannaford 228 Regent St London. Domed crystal top with John Wilder (1801-1892), armorial coat of arms. The central box has a lockable letter chamber with lower stamp…