Which form is most common?

The tea caddy, by a distance. Around a quarter of the listings on Sellingantiques are caddies, appearing as singles, twins and triples, and in oval, octagonal, hexagonal, bombé and sarcophagus shapes. Writing slopes and writing boxes come second, at roughly one in eight. Knife and cutlery boxes are third.

What does campaign mean on a mahogany box?

It means the box was built to travel with an officer or traveller. Brass binding on the corners and edges, flush handles and sturdy construction are the marks of it. The word appears in a good number of titles, and it overlaps heavily with the writing slopes. Gent's boxes, jewellery boxes, decanter cases and pistol cases turn up in the same group.

Are these boxes usually signed or stamped?

No maker's name recurs across the category. Listings are described by form, shape, timber and decoration rather than by workshop. Where a name does appear it stands alone, on a single piece, rather than pointing to a house style you'd meet again.

How reliable are the dates given in listings?

Only a minority of listings carry a clean year. The rest use period labels, with Georgian much the commonest, then 19th Century and Victorian. Where years are given they spread from 1700 to 1930, and the decade groupings are thin and scattered. A handful of entries carry a period label that doesn't match the title, so the field reads as dealer shorthand.

Do knife boxes come as pairs?

They're the form most often sold that way. Matched Georgian pairs and lidded cutlery urns occupy the very top of the range. Serpentine and bow fronts are usual on them, and silver mounts appear on some. Singles turn up too, and sit lower.

What unusual shapes turn up in this category?

Snuff takes odd forms: carved snuff shoes and high-heeled snuff boots, one measured at 110mm, plus a bellows-shaped snuff box. Beyond those, the samples throw up a funnel-shaped club voting box, a coopered money box, a four-section spice tower, a counter-top needle box for a haberdasher, a running-board tool box for a motor car and a free-standing hotel post box.

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Small mahogany-cased boxes made in Britain from the mid-18th century onwards, built to hold and lock away the things worth locking away: tea, cutlery, candles, writing materials, medicines and jewellery.

A Large Regency Period Military Writing Slope Box.

19th century

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A Large Regency Period Military Writing Slope Box.

From Minerva Antiques Ltd

£490

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19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Chapel Storage Box

From Past to Present

£130

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19th century

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Fine Quality Antique Stationary Box

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£1,125

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19th century

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Early C19th Scottish Mahogany Teapoy

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

£495

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George III Sheraton Octagonal Tea Caddy Box

18th century

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George III Sheraton Octagonal Tea Caddy Box

From A Brookes

£665

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George 3rd Mahogany Knife Box. Complete.

18th century

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George 3rd Mahogany Knife Box. Complete.

From Carse Antiques

£395

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A George III Inlaid Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Knife Box.

18th century

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A George III Inlaid Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Knife Box.

From Gertrude Antiques

£475

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Victorian Mahogany Military Style Writing Slope

19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Military Style Writing Slope

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£475

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19th century

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Antique Burr Maple Tea Caddy

From Pareglio & Ayres Antiques Interiors

£225

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19th century

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Chinese Hongmu Travelling Box

From AJD Antiques

£700

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Snuff takes an odd shape in mahogany: carved snuff shoes and high-heeled snuff boots have passed through, one boot measured at 110mm, plus a bellows-shaped snuff box.

19th century

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An Attractive Victorian Mahogany Teapoy

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

£595

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Antique 5 Drawer Specimen Collector Cabinet, English, Display Storage, Victorian

19th century

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Antique 5 Drawer Specimen Collector Cabinet, English, Display Storage, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£965

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Antique Tea Caddy in Mahogany and Amboyna Veneer

19th century

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Antique Tea Caddy in Mahogany and Amboyna Veneer

From Antique and Unique

£175

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Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Tea Caddy, C1815

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Tea Caddy, C1815

From Curious Antiques

£495

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Brass Mounted Mahogany Hotel or Country House Letterbox

1900 - 1920

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Brass Mounted Mahogany Hotel or Country House Letterbox

From David Griffith Antiques

£975

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A Regency Period Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Writing Slope

19th century

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A Regency Period Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Writing Slope

From John Hubbard Antiques

£775

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Antique Mahogany Boxes

A Large Regency Period Military Writing Slope Box.

Victorian Mahogany Chapel Storage Box

Fine Quality Antique Stationary Box

Early C19th Scottish Mahogany Teapoy

George III Sheraton Octagonal Tea Caddy Box

George 3rd Mahogany Knife Box. Complete.

A George III Inlaid Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Knife Box.

Victorian Mahogany Military Style Writing Slope

Antique Burr Maple Tea Caddy

Chinese Hongmu Travelling Box

An Attractive Victorian Mahogany Teapoy

Antique 5 Drawer Specimen Collector Cabinet, English, Display Storage, Victorian

Antique Tea Caddy in Mahogany and Amboyna Veneer

Regency Mahogany Sarcophagus Tea Caddy, C1815

Brass Mounted Mahogany Hotel or Country House Letterbox

A Regency Period Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Writing Slope

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