By Greg Smith
Let’s face it, we all have more things than we know what to do with. Little jewels, blankets, sweaters, figurines and other small pieces need somewhere to go, so we’ve brought you ten repositories that will do the job in an artful and beautiful way. From Seventeenth Century America to Nineteenth Century China, these boxes, cases and chests are here to hold those valuables you love so much.
JEFF R. BRIDGMAN ANTIQUES
Paint-Decorated Blanket Chest
Paint-decorated blanket chest on high scalloped feet with red sponging and trim on a yellow ground, found in Vestal, New York, circa 1820
Price Upon Request
LELAND LITTLE
Sale Date: September 8-9, 2016
Lot 261
Indo-Portuguese Scribe’s Casket
Seventeenth Century, rosewood veneer, mahogany secondary, ivory inlay, ornately inlaid case, decorated to all sides with trees and birds, with iron handles, fall front lid, opening to reveal inlaid interior with six drawers with repeating inlay to lid.
Estimate: $1/3,000
OLDE HOPE ANTIQUES, INC.
Sterner Family Decorated Blanket Chest
York County, Pennsylvania, circa 1850
Price Upon Request
DUANE MERRILL & COMPANY
Sale Date: September 3, 2016
Lot 5
Eighteenth Century Original Red Paint Blanket Chest
Pine, one drawer lift top blanket chest on boot jack ends
Estimate: $3/600
ROGER D. WINTER
William and Mary Chest
A figured walnut chest. The top cross-banded and oval line inlay in the center. The drawer faces with bookend matched veneers and line inlaid. The sides paneled and set on bun feet. Circa 1690-1700, England.
Price Upon Request
ESTATE OF MIND
Sale Date: September 10, 2016
Lot 289
Nineteenth Century Royal Vienna Hand Painted Enamel Jewelry Box
Estimate: $100/1,000
JOHN ATZBACH ANTIQUES
Russian Silver Gilt, Shaded Cloisonne, and En Plein Enamel Casket
A Russian silver gilt, shaded cloisonne, and en plein enamel casket, 11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917. The body of the flared rectangular box decorated with multi-color scrolling floral, foliate and geometric patterns, the hasp and swing handles similarly decorated. The hinged cover with an en plein plaque depicting “The Unveiling of the Bride,” after the painting by Konstantin Makovsky, within a border of green vines and flowerheads, flanked on either side by stylized panels of scrolling flower and foliate motifs, the interior of the lid with translucent teal enamel over a wavy guilloche engine-turned ground.
Price: $295,000
BRUNK AUCTIONS
Sale Date: September 15-17, 2016
Lot 562
Finely Carved Cinnabar Covered Box
Chinese, probably Nineteenth Century, lid with finely carved figures in elaborate pagoda landscape, sides with decoration depicting scholars in mountain landscapes alternating with precious objects, floral borders, black-lacquered interior.
Estimate: $2,500/3,500
CLIFFORD A. WALLACH TRAMP ART, FOLK ART & AMERICANA
Tramp Art House Shaped Jewelry Box
Fine tramp art house shaped jewelry box on a platform base with a tramp art tower. The house has working shutters, colored glass inserts, a door, a slot for coins and has exquisitely carved details. The house lifts up to expose a velvet lined interior with compartments and a mirror.
Price: $5500
HUTTER WHITE AUCTIONS
Sale Date: September 8, 2016
Lot 39
Vintage Louis Vuitton Suitcase
With two original brass keys with serial numbers, all original interior straps an buckles.
Estimate: $1,500/2,000
