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
