Dutch Colonial East Indies Silver MountedTortoiseshell Sirih Casket, Batavia, 19th century the betal nut box's pierced silver mounts unmarked 2.75 x 7.5 x 4.75 in — 7 x 19.1 x 12.1 cm...
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Citrine Mounted Blond TortoiseshellSnuff Box, c.1800 monogrammed on the foil back 'SD" (Sophia Dumergue) diameter 2.8 in — 7.2 cm...
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Stately English Silver-Mounted Tortoiseshelland Bone Double-Compartment Tea Box, third quarter 19th century, the domed lid bordered in polished bone, inlaid in silver wire and centered with a spherical silver finial...
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William IV Silver-Mounted Tortoiseshelland Bone Double-Compartment Tea Box, of sarcophagus form, second quarter 19th century, the interior covers of tortoiseshell and having turned reeded bone grips of button...
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FRENCH BRONZE MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLBOXLouis XVI style bronze and tortoise shell box with shaped sides and hinged top, centered by an oval porcelain Sevres-style plaque painted with a cherub (2 1/2" x 2 1/4"),...
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A REGENCY STYLE SILVERED METAL MOUNTEDTORTOISESHELL BO... TORTOISESHELL BOX, CIRCA 1850, the sarcophagus form tortoiseshell box with stepped beveled sides and hinged top raised on four silvered metal ball feet,...
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A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLGLOVE BOX, PEA... GLOVE BOX, PEARCE & THOMPSON, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, 1896, the rectangular tortoiseshell glove box with hinged domed top with gilt highlighted scroll and shell...
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AN EDWARDIAN SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLBOX, CORNELIU... BOX, CORNELIUS SAUNDERS AND JAMES SHEPHERD, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, 1909, the rectangular tortoiseshell box with hinged domed lid with applied floral, scroll,...
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LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL,PARQUETRY AND E...Louis XVI Ormolu-mounted Tortoiseshell, Parquetry and Ebonized Wood Music Box, circa 1785, the mechanical musical instrument was created to support a clock...
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NEAR PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLTEA CADDIES, ...Near Pair of Silver-Mounted Tortoiseshell Tea Caddies, late 18 th Century , the filigree sterling silver mounts with Sheffield date marks 1795 and 1820. The...
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TWO VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLBOXESBritish, 19th century, silver mounts hallmarked Chester, 1894-1896, by Saunders & Shepherd, comprising: sarcophagus form tea caddy with silver cartouche, escutcheon,...
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An Edwardian silver mounted tortoiseshellinkstand, London 1901, with wire and scroll three-quarter gallery and feet, 27.5cm wide fitted a pair of glass wells with silver mounts and hinged covers, London 1901 and...
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RARE EF CALDWELL TORTOISESHELL ORMOLUHUMIDORBrass ormolu mounted tortoiseshell cigar box, retailed by Edward F. Caldwell & Co., New York, the hinged cover enclosing green-painted metal interior cover over six...
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A Group of Three English Silver-MountedTortoiseshell Snuff Boxes
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
together with a larger tortoiseshell dressing table box; the silver mounts hallmarked for Sterling throughout.
Largest:...
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THREE CONTINENTAL METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLDESK ITEMS DESK ITEMS, including two boxes, notebook and card case, w: 5.75 in. (the largest) (3) Provenance: Estate of Col. Robert E. Bartos and Sharon Bartos, Puerto Rico...
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CONTINENTAL METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLVENEERED BOX VENEERED BOX, with three smaller faux tortoiseshell boxes, h: 4.75 x w: 8.25 in. (the largest) (4) Provenance: Estate of Col. Robert E. Bartos and Sharon Bartos,...
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MAPPIN & WEBB TORTOISESHELL DIMUTIVECOMPOTEEnglish Sterling Silver-Mounted Tortoiseshell Diminutive Compote , marked "MAPPIN & WEBB", h. 3 1/2 in., dia. 4 1/2 in.; together with English tortoiseshell inlaid...
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CHINESE BRASS-MOUNTED IMPLEMENT CASEChineseBrass-Mounted Tortoiseshell and Ivory Implement Case , 19th c., set with pair of bone chopsticks, l. 7 3/4 in, and tortoiseshell and ivory knife with steel blade, l. 9 in...
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BRASS-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SEWING BOXLateGeorgian Brass-Mounted Tortoiseshell Sewing Box , early 19th c., silver cartouche "Mary M. Ricketts", original fitted interior, ball and claw feet, h. 4 1/8 in., w. 8 1/2...
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GEORGE V SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLTEA CADDYGeorge V Silver-Mounted Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy , escutcheon with hallmark of Blackmore & Fletcher, interior with lidded compartment, h. 4 1/4 in., w. 4 3/4 in.,...
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J.C. VICKERY, LONDON INLAID TORTOISESHELLDESK SET Ca 1900 (3)-Piece Desk Set, retailed by J.C. Vickery, Regent Street, London, in silver mounted tortoiseshell with floral design silver and mother-of-pearl decorative...
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A mid 19th Century French gilt metalmounted tortoiseshell etui decorated swags, with strapwork lock and fitted child's gilt metal mounted accessories, 6.5cm wide/see illustration...
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Y A 19TH-CENTURY SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELLBOX unmarked, of rectangular form, hinged lid, with key and chain attached, the top and sides all with silver mounts, well engraved stylised foliage, silver reeded bosses...
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Six Small Victorian Boxes, third andfourth quarter 19th century, including an unusual diminutive nickel silver-mounted tortoiseshell trinket box of sarcophagus form, an oblong nickel silver-mounted blonde tortoiseshell...
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English Wire-Inlaid and Silver-MountedTortoiseshell Double-Compartment Tea Caddy, first quarter 19th century, the interior covers of blond tortoiseshell centered with spherical silver grips, the whole supported...
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Georgian Bone-Edged and Silver-MountedTortoiseshell Double-Compartment Tea Box, first quarter 19th century, the interior covers of blond tortoiseshell with turned and polished bone grips of button form, the whole...
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George V Sterling Silver-Mounted TortoiseshellDresser Box, hallmarked London, 1919-1920, by Collet & Anderson, of plain rectangular form, the tortoiseshell-paneled sides in a silver frame with raised small cabriole legs,...
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Anglo-Indian Sterling Silver-MountedTortoiseshell Jewel Box, of navette form, first quarter 20th century, fitted with a tortoiseshell hasp and having a caparisoned elephant in silver centering the lid, at the...
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LOUIS XV IVORY AND GILT-METAL MOUNTEDTORTOISESHELL MINIATURE COMMODE À PORTES Of serpentine outline and bombé contour the cross-banded quarter-kingwood top with edge carved with ribbon-bound...
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French Silver-Mounted Tortoiseshelland Pique Etui, second quarter 19th century, retains all the original instruments, including a silver lead pencil, a gilt-brass ear pick, bone toothpicks and a blonde horn-mounted...
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FLEMISH BAROQUE MARBLE AND GILT-METALMOUNTED TORTOISESHELL CABINET ON LATER STAND The flat top ebonized cornice above an arrangement of three doors and two drawers with mineral mounts and ebonized wave moldings....
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Edwardian sterling silver mounted tortoiseshellinkstand william comyns & son., london, 1908 With a shaped three-quarter enclosed tortoiseshell gallery outlined in reeded silver, supporting an etched glass inkpot...
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English Silver-Mounted TortoiseshellTea Caddy, 19th century, of rounded rectangular form, the silver-mounted top opening to a single lidded compartment with an ivory pull, h. 3-3/4", w. 4-1/2", d. 3-1/2"....
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A late 19th/ early 20th century Swissgilt metal mounted tortoiseshell singing bird box with inlaid multi star decoration sliding operating lever and hinged rear key compartment (associated key) 4in. Estimate...
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Collection of Four Japanese and EnglishCard Cases, including a Japanese Meiji parcel-gilt tortoiseshell example, fourth quarter 19th century, in "Crane-and-Weeping-Willow" decor, h. 4-1/4", two Victorian "quilted"...
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Fine English Sterling Silver-MountedTortoiseshell Bombe-Form Double-Compartment Tea Box, ca. 1910, the sterling mounts date letter hallmarked for Birmingham, 1910, the interior covers also of tortoiseshell...
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