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Auction House:
Gowans Auctions
Number of lots recorded:67
Lots with images:67
Prices available:67
Category:
Boxes - Writing, Sewing, etc.
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Colonial birdseye huon pine and casuarina writing box ***
*** 19th century writing box constructed from cedar huon pine and blackwood with a later Reconstructed tooled leather interior. Provenance: by descent - Henry Herbert Hill (Officer or Captain of the Whaler Runnymede) Who Received It from His Father Henry… ***
*** Tasmanian huon pine and blackwood parquetry writing box, fitted inside, 37 cm wide, 31 cm deep, 13.5 cm high ***
*** 19th century musk & huon pine writing box ***
*** Small mahogany imitation post box, 42 cm high ***
*** Victorian rosewood writing box Recovered from, the shipwreck 'Dunbar' by W. Wildwater of Manly in 1857, the Dunbar Was Wrecked at Sydney heads with, the loss of Many Lives ***
*** Inlaid Colonial sewing box with assorted timbers including musk tulipwood cedar and pine with fitted inner tray ***
*** Colonial musk inlaid writing compendium with fiddleback blackwood interior, thyra inlaid to top, 22 cm high, 38 cm wide, 30.5 cm deep ***
*** Colonial work box in need of restoration, musk huon pine cedar and casuarina, Makers label R. Dowling O'Briens Bridge V.D.L ***
*** Grand piano lockable jewellery box, 19.5 cm long, 11 cm wide, 12 cm high ***
*** Huon pine lift top work box with carved top ***
*** 19th century lift top box inlaid with Tasmanian timbers including huon pine cedar and musk ***
*** 19th century casuarina lift top writing box fitted with writing slope compartments & drawers & chamfered edging, 47 cm wide, 26.5 cm deep, 24 cm high ***
*** 19th century lift top box with one drawer and ivory handles ***
*** Victorian rosewood writing box with brass inlay ***
*** Early Tasmanian jewellery box C1900 made by Bertram Charles Mitchell, coach builder/ cabinet maker ***
*** Victorian brass bound specimen box / chest with multiple layers of specimen trays 43 cm high, 58.5 cm long, 40 cm deep ***
*** Clarks soft embroidery box ***
*** Huon pine carved box William young Latrobe ***
*** Writing box, cedar musk and huon pine ***
*** 19th century musk and huon pine book box, 12 cm high and 7.5 cm wide ***
*** New Zealand specimen wood box with makers card, William Norrie, card with all timbers listed in office, 10 cm high, 30 cm wide, 19 cm deep ***
*** 19th century writing box inlaid with Australian timbers in compass and geometrical pattern ***
*** J+P Coats mahogany two drawer sewing cotton box ***
*** Papier mache sewing box ***
*** Huon pine and cedar work box fitted with lidded compartments ***
*** Unusual 19th century blackwood and cedar jewellery casket in the form of a family bible ***
*** Victorian mahogany brass bound writing box ***
*** Mahogany cased artists box ***
*** 19th century lift top sewing box inlaid with Australian timbers including cedar, inside has 3 compartments & felt top, 37 cm wide, 28 cm deep, 16.5 cm high ***
*** Mahogany stationery box with Waldens Herbalist advertising ***
*** Inlaid book box ***
*** 19th century cedar and blackwood writing box decorated with fiddleback top ***
*** Victorian mahogany jewellery cabinet, 34 cm high, 30 cm wide, 20 cm deep ***
*** Colonial cedar desk top stationary cabinet ***
*** Rosewood sewing box, fitted ***
*** Victorian rosewood jewellery box ***
*** Copper bound jewellery box in Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood ***
*** Coromandel writing box, fully fitted, Victorian ***
*** 19th century blackwood book box, 11 cm high, 7 cm wide ***
*** 19th century rosewood sarcophagus shaped jewellery box inlaid with mother of pearl with ring handles on bun feet ***
*** Victorian walnut brass bound writing box / slope ***
*** Large Victorian rosewood & brass writing box, 58 x 30 x 25 cm ***
*** Brass bound Victorian rosewood writing slope Inscription inside box ' Presented to Mrs John Filbee on the day of her Marriage by her Sincere friend Mrs Dove' Swansea (TAS) 3 April 1872 with original key ***
*** Georgian rosewood sewing box inlaid with mother of pearl ***
*** Victorian brass bound writing box with original inkwell Etc ***
*** Mid Victorian mahogany jewellery box with original tray & key C1850 ***
*** Mahogany brass bound writing box ***
*** Victorian Chinoiserie lacquered sewing box with gilt decoration ***
*** Oak ballot box with ballot balls ***
*** Miniature birdseye huon pine book box ***
*** English oak jewellery box with sterling panels ***
*** Anglo Indian Regency porcupine quill and penwork house shaped trinket box c1830 (note: drawer does open) ***
*** Georgian inlaid mahogany fitted stationery box ***
*** Australian timber inlaid box kangaroo and emu motif ***
*** Small musk Colonial inlaid box ***
*** Walnut writing compendium with secret drawer ***
*** Inlaid cedar book box ***
*** Victorian rosewood and birdseye maple writing slope ***
*** Writing box ***
*** Tunbridge ware lift top box ***
*** Small cedar musk & huon pine book box, 8 cm ***
*** Figured brass bound lift top Deed box ***
*** Brass bound walnut jewellery box ***
*** Walnut Victorian sewing box inlaid with mother of pearl & abalone shell ***
*** Victorian cedar ballot box ***
*** Victorian Tunbridge ware writing box ***