A beautiful mahogany shaped knife box made of solid sides and fitted with slotted board to hold knives. The cyma and creased shaped front supports a non-working brass lock escutcheon and opening handle. The corners are molded. The cover is decorated with a star inside, and attached with brass hinges. The base of the box is also molded. Over all, the design and construction are sumptuous.

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Condition is Good/Very Good...

An antique Japanese Gyosho Bako (street peddler's chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia). All original hand forged iron hardware. Hinged door opens to 5 inner drawers of varying sizes where special wares were stored. 4 upper rings were used in conjunction with rope to provide back pack support. Unusual back handle was used to assist in lifting the Tansu onto ones back.

Age: Edo Period (1750-1800)

Dimensions: 12" Wide by 25 3/4" High by 21 1/2" Deep

Attractive Louis XVI period oak/cherry/pear/maple wood Desk/Secretaire/Chest, center folds down as writing surface, inside has numerous smaller drawers and storage areas; top drawer as well as 3 bottom drawers with locks/keys, size L. 125cm x H. 120cm x D. 60cm, used condition, of Swiss origin and will be shipped from Switzerland.

Fine 18th century English single compartment tea caddy in harewood, having hinged rectangular top with boxwood stringing and bone pull and escutcheon opening to an inner lid. Circa 1780.

A beautiful Eighteenth Century Scottish Settee with original flame stitch upholstered ,finely carved figure walnut, 45” width, 23” depth, 36” height

Chinese ivory toggle finely carved in the shape of a fingered lemon or "Buddha's hand" with foliage and mushroom. H 7cm (2 3/4in). Late 18th century.

Early 18th century large English Gilded on carved Wood over Mantle Mirror, Ca. 1720's, 50" wide, 28" high, large Queen Anne Shell carving on top in the center with three(3) dimentional deep heavy carving on original gilded Wood, continuous design of foliage with flower buds, large leaves and Cartouches between large open spaces between each design, and divided three(3) sections within one heavy carved gold frame...

#573 English octagonal ivory tea caddy with fluted ivory panels with tortoise shell stringing and banding, having a pyramidal lid with silver finial opening to a lidded compartment. Circa 1790. Height, 5”; Length, 4.25”; Depth, 3.25.”

**Regarding the Sale of Items Incorporating Materials from Endangered Species: An export license issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be required for the export of this pre-CITES item from the U.S...

Unusual Late Chippendale Tea Chest with extensive brass decoration, having a stepped, hinged lid opening to a fitted interior and the whole raised on later bracket feet.

English, circa 1790

9.25" x 6" x 6"

France Porcelain Stag circa 1800 measuring 7“ x 7“ wide

Pair of Miniture bronze candlesticks circa 1780s, English measuring 2.3“ x 1.25“

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Rare 18th century fruit wood tea caddy in the form of a large apple, having a circular hinged lid with carved “stem” opening to a tin-lined interior; lock and escutcheon are original, hinge is replaced (repair to lid). Probably Continental, circa 1760-80.

Height: 4.5”
Diameter: 4.5”

Antique Regency Sarcophagus Form Tea Chest in rosewood having a hinged lid inlaid with a classical scene with griffins flanking an urn and opening to a fitted interior with two removable lidded caddies and a later sugar bowl and spoon, and the whole mounted with brass lion and ring handles and feet.

English,Circa 1800

13" x 6.5" x 7.5" tall

Rare 18th century fruit wood apple shaped tea caddy, having a circular hinged lid with carved bone “stem”, opening to a tin-lined interior. Probably Continental, Circa 1760-80.

Height: 4.5"

Southeast Asian Bronze from the 17th or early eighteenth century mounted on a wooden plinth. The head of typical form of a Buddha measuring 2” in height on a wooden plinth. (Quillen)

A rare hand painted Snuffbox (tobacco) English circa 1790 view of Battersea measuring 2 1/2 inches wide, 1.75 inches deep 1.25” high (Quillen estate)

Rare 18th C. Dutch Childs Tea Caddy in dark tortoise shell with ivory banding and feet. Rectangular with a hinged translucent lid opening to a lidded compartment.

4" x 2.75" x3.25" tall

Part of a child's social education was learning about the 'Tea Ceremony'