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Oak Chests

Antique Boxes — Mon, 07 May 2018 08:21:57 +0000

Price guide to antique oak chests. Oak was a popular wood in chest making and furniture making for centuries, probably due to it’s hardness and strength.

A 17th and later century oak planked chest The hinged lid with moulded edge above a carved frieze, 97cm wide, 35cm deep, 45cm high (38in wide, 13 1/2in deep, 17 1/2in high). Sold for £125 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2018

AN ELIZABETHAN OAK FOUR-PANEL CHEST WITH LEAF AND ZIG-ZAG PATTERN LATE 16TH CENTURY 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 60 in. (152 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep. Sold for GBP 1,625 at Christies in 2017

Jacobean Carved Oak Paneled Chest Height 26 1/2 inches, width 48 1/2 inches, depth 20 1/2 inches. Sold for $250 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2018

An Elizabethan oak chest with plank lid and arcaded frieze above four foliate-filled lozenge panels flanked by stop-fluted uprights, on stiles with guilloche decoration, 164cm wide, 60cm deep, 77cm high. Sold for £400 at The Pedestal in 2018

Very Large Scandinavian Oak Domed Blanket Chest Hand crafted, with a slightly domed top, this enormous antique, Scandinavian trunk features chip carving in rosette designs on the front panel and further chip carving on the moulded base. It has huge, hand forged iron, twisted side bails. Dated 1755 DIMENSIONS Width 72 Depth 27 Height 27 in. Sold for $300 at Bruhn’s Auction Gallery in 2018

A Charles II oak mule chest, circa 1680 the hinged top enclosing a lidded till and fitted compartments and two panelled apron drawers 78cm. high, 139.5cm. wide, 61cm. deep; 2ft. 6 3/4 in., 4ft. 7in., 2ft. Sold for 3,000 GBP at Sothebys in 2018

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Silver Tea Caddies

Antique Boxes — Sun, 06 May 2018 18:17:36 +0000

Price guide to silver tea caddies. Silver tea caddies were popular during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Few 17th century tea caddies are found today. The majority of silver tea caddies tended to have a rectangular form although some had elliptical and octagonal shapes especially by the late 1700’s.

A George III silver tea caddy by Henry Chawner, London 1789 Of plain oval form, with double reeded bands to body, engraved with crest and foliate initials, with ivory finial, key lacking, height 14.5cm, weight 12oz Sold for £750 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2018

A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER TEA-CADDIES MARK OF EDWARD GIBBON, LONDON, 1724 Each tapering oblong with canted corners and spreading base, the sliding cover with domed pull-off cover, later engraved on each side with a differing coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on sliding cover 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high 14 oz. 9 dwt. (449 gr.). Sold for GBP1,500 at Christies in 2018

George III Sterling Silver Tea Caddy John Lawford & William Vincent, London, 1763 Of drum form, engraved as a tea crate with Chinese characters, with lead liner, the hinged cover with blossom finial. Height 5 inches (12.6 cm.), approximately 18 ounces, all in. Good condition overall; clearly hallmarked; lead liner is not removable and hence inlcuded in the weight; retains original key . Sold for $7,500 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2018

A Continental Silver Tea Caddy. Repousse decorated silver tea caddy with Continental courting and village scenes throughout Height: 5.5″ 6.25 ozt. Sold for $250 at Susanin’s Auctions in 2018

American silver tea caddy, Bigelow, Kennard & Co., Boston, circa 1870 rectangular with cut corners, each side with bright-cut geometric paneling enclosing a reserve, the front with monogram CG, the sides with chinoiserie scenes, the first of a figure with parasol, the second of a seated couple, the back unengraved, hinged cover marked on base length 4 7/8 in.

12.5 cm 16 oz 15 dwt 522.5 g. Sold for 1,500 USD at Sotheby’s in 2018

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Walnut Valuables Boxes / Coffers

Antique Boxes — Thu, 03 May 2018 07:18:22 +0000

Price guide to antique walnut valuables boxes / coffers. A coffer or valuables box is a strongbox or small chest for holding valuables. Walnut valuable boxes / coffers are recognisable range from a light golden brown and light grey brown. Burr walnut is recognisabe by the knotty whorls in the grain.

A large mid-18th century walnut and iron bound coffer

With a hinged top above on an undulating plinth base an iron carrying handles, 181cm wide x 72.5cm deep x 87.5cm high, (71in wide x 28.5in deep x 34in high)

Sold for £1,912.50 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2021

A GEORGE II WALNUT COFFER
CIRCA 1730
Cross-banded and feather-banded overall, with quarter-veneered hinged domed top and brass side carrying-handles, on high square feet
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 45 in. (114.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep.

Sold for GBP 6,875 at Christie’s in 2020

Gothic Style Walnut Coffer
Height 21 1/2 inches, width 37 1/2 inches, depth 19 1/4 inches.

Sold for $252 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2021

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CARVED WALNUT TABLETOP COFFER

hinged lid, front and sides with deep, scrolling foliate carving; side compartment to interior; paw feet; 14”h; 21”w; 13.5”dOld M.F.A. (Museum Fine Arts, Boston) label on reverse.

Sold for US$900 at CRN Auctions, Inc. in 2022

An ‘alla certosina’ cut-steel mounted bone inlaid walnut coffer, probably Spanish, 17th century and later

profusely inlaid with geometric patterns, the top with later leaf carved border, on a later moulded plinth raised on trestle supports with unusual terminals carved with dogs heads

51.5cm. high, 86.5cm. wide, 60cm. deep; 1ft. 8¼in., 2ft. 10in., 1ft. 11½in.

Sold for 20,160 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2021

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Blue Pantry Box with Bale Handle

Antique Boxes — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:57:59 +0000

Blue Pantry Box with Bale Handle

Pantry box in old blue paint with bale handle, mid 19th century – marked in script under lid “Granulated Sugar”. 10.25″D x 5.75″H. Some use wear to paint, but overall good condition.

Sold for $375 at Hyde Park Country Auctions

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Welsh Borders Meal Chest 16th century

Antique Boxes — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 13:17:14 +0000

Welsh Borders Meal Chest 16th century

A 16th century boarded oak clamp-front meal chest or ark, Welsh Borders, circa 1550. Having a typical dome-lid constructed using three overlapping boards wedged and tenoned into the upright and extended shaped-ends, with historic iron pivotal side hinges, the side boards clamped and tenoned between broad stiles that all terminate with a characteristic concave-shaped internal edge, 146cm wide x 61cm deep x 84cm high, (57in wide x 24in deep x 33in high)

An ark was typically used for the storage of grain, such as meal, corn and flour. Traditionally it is thought the lid was not fixed in place and once removed the dished underside allowed use as a trough for kneading dough.

Sold for £6,875 at Bonhams

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Toy Boats Storage Case Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A.

Antique Boxes — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:00:17 +0000

Toy Boats Storage Case Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A.

Wooden storage case for toy boats, Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A. 1871-1957 decorated with nineteen water colour drawings approx. 320 x 810 x 1210mm., boarded pine linen chest, hinged with lid, nineteen ink and watercolour drawings by Jack B. Yeats pasted onto inside of lid (largest watercolour 225 by 290mm.) , cast-iron carrying handles on two sides, seven slats of wood at base, lock.

John “Jack” Butler Yeats (29 August 1871 – 28 March 1957) was an Irish artist and Olympic medalist. W. B. Yeats was his brother.

Butler’s early style was that of an illustrator; he only began to work regularly in oils in 1906. His early pictures are simple lyrical depictions of landscapes and figures, predominantly from the west of Ireland—especially of his boyhood home of Sligo. Yeats’s work contains elements of Romanticism.

Yeats was born in London, England. He was the youngest son of Irish portraitist John Butler Yeats and the brother of W. B. Yeats, who received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature. He grew up in Sligo with his maternal grandparents, before returning to his parents’ home in London in 1887. Early in his career he worked as an illustrator for magazines like the Boy’s Own Paper and Judy, drew comic strips, including the Sherlock Holmes parody “Chubb-Lock Homes” for Comic Cuts, and wrote articles for Punch under the pseudonym “W. Bird”. In 1894 he married Mary Cottenham, also a native of England and two years his senior, and resided in Wicklow according to the Census of Ireland, 1911. Reference: Wikipedia

This large toy boats storage case includes 19 ink and watercolour drawings by Yeats pasted onto the inside of the lid. They date from 1912 to 1913. Titles include ‘Old Style in the Gara Valley’, ‘Theodore of the Gulf’ (with added embellishments laid down), ‘The Count with the New Tobacco Box Tomb June 21st 1913’ and ‘The Theo in the Sargasso Sea July 29th 1912’. Subjects are both toy boats and the characters relating to the Theodore ballads.

It appears that these drawings have been pasted on top of earlier decorations (the reverse of which can be seen through a large split in the lid). A couple of lines from A Little Fleetsuggests that the earlier decorations included illustrations from that volume. Given the size of the box together with the subject of the illustrations, it seems entirely likely that this was originally used by Jack B. Yeats to store his toy boats.

Sold for 15,000 GBP at Sotheby’s

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