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.

Antique Loose Tea Caddy, English, Dual Compartment Beverage Case, Regency, 1820

19th century

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Antique Loose Tea Caddy, English, Dual Compartment Beverage Case, Regency, 1820

From London Fine Antiques

£895

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Tea Caddy Sarcophagus Form C.1880

19th century

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Antique Victorian Mahogany Tea Caddy Sarcophagus Form C.1880

From MebleinUK

£239

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19th century

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Sheraton Ex Decanter 1880

From Michael Johnson Antiques

£300

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An Exceptional and Beautiful Bombé Mahogany and Ebony Georgian Tea Caddy Circa 1820.

19th century

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An Exceptional and Beautiful Bombé Mahogany and Ebony Georgian Tea Caddy Circa 1820.

From Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

£2,250

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Extraordinary Polished Wood Apothecary’s Display Box

19th century

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Extraordinary Polished Wood Apothecary’s Display Box

From David Griffith Antiques

£325

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Antique George III Quality Mahogany Tea Caddy

19th century

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Antique George III Quality Mahogany Tea Caddy

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£485

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18th century

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18th Century George III Period Mahogany Knife Box

From Anthony Short Antiques

£1,400

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18th century

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Decorative Inlaid Georgian Box 1800

From Michael Johnson Antiques

£490

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Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Storage Box

19th century

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Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Storage Box

From London City Antiques

£885

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Stunning Early Victorian Mahogany Brassed Writing Slope.

19th century

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Stunning Early Victorian Mahogany Brassed Writing Slope.

From The Dorking Desk Shop

£495

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The largest things filed as mahogany boxes on Sellingantiques don't travel at all - teapoys, cellarets, wine coolers and box ottomans, alongside stamp boxes a few inches across.

Antique Quality Regency Figured Mahogany Tea Caddy

19th century

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Antique Quality Regency Figured Mahogany Tea Caddy

From London City Antiques

£1,185

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19th century

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19th Century Mahogany and Ebony Inlaid Tea Caddy

From Walton House Antiques

£825

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19th century

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Early 19th Century Mahogany Teapoy

From Martlesham Antiques

£1,450

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Victorian Brass Bound Mahogany Writing Box

19th century

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Victorian Brass Bound Mahogany Writing Box

From Affordable Old Furniture

£250

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18th century

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Pair of George III Mahogany Knife Boxes

From Thakeham Furniture

£2,500

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18th century

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Large Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy

From S and S Timms Antiques Ltd

£795

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Antique Mahogany Boxes

Antique Loose Tea Caddy, English, Dual Compartment Beverage Case, Regency, 1820

Antique Victorian Mahogany Tea Caddy Sarcophagus Form C.1880

Sheraton Ex Decanter 1880

An Exceptional and Beautiful Bombé Mahogany and Ebony Georgian Tea Caddy Circa 1820.

Extraordinary Polished Wood Apothecary’s Display Box

Antique George III Quality Mahogany Tea Caddy

18th Century George III Period Mahogany Knife Box

Decorative Inlaid Georgian Box 1800

Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Storage Box

Stunning Early Victorian Mahogany Brassed Writing Slope.

Antique Quality Regency Figured Mahogany Tea Caddy

19th Century Mahogany and Ebony Inlaid Tea Caddy

Early 19th Century Mahogany Teapoy

Victorian Brass Bound Mahogany Writing Box

Pair of George III Mahogany Knife Boxes

Large Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy

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