What woods were vanity boxes made from?

Rosewood leads, appearing in roughly a quarter of titles on Sellingantiques. Coromandel and walnut follow level with each other, and burr walnut makes up most of the walnut figure. Mahogany turns up at the plainer end. Beyond timber, the category also holds leather, crocodile and shagreen cases, lacquer, brass, enamel, porcelain and hardstone boxes.

When were most of these boxes made?

The dated field runs from 1800 to 1930, but only 80 of 249 listings give a clean year. The rest carry Victorian or the looser 19th Century. Where decades are stated they cluster on the middle of the century, the 1860s heaviest of all, then the 1880s and 1870s. Regency and Georgian sit at the early end, the 1910s and 1920s at the late end.

Is a dressing box the same as a vanity box?

In these listings, yes. Dealers use vanity, dressing, jewellery and travelling box for the same kind of fitted case, and dressing appears in a couple of dozen titles with travelling close behind. Dressing case is the older wording for the same object: a portable version of the dressing table, lockable, with pots and bottles inside.

What does fully fitted mean in a title?

It means the interior still holds its original arrangement of pots, bottles and trays, often with a drawer beneath for jewellery. Fitted appears in around a fifth of titles and fully in fewer, so it is a specific claim rather than a default description. Titles naming a bottle count or cut crystal sit high in the range.

Why are sewing and jewellery boxes listed here?

Dealers file the whole family of small fitted domestic boxes under one heading. Jewellery boxes, caskets and trinket boxes make up around a quarter of the category and are growing in live stock. Sewing, work and needlework boxes account for about one in twelve. Glove boxes, shallow and long, most often in burr walnut, appear in the same group.

How often do vanity boxes come up for sale?

Around 27 pieces come to market a year across the category on Sellingantiques, from a pool of ninety-five dealers who have listed one. That means almost every dealer in the category has handled one and very few have handled several. Odd things pass through once and are not seen again: a Kashmiri turban box, a burr yew combination sewing and paint box, a rose quartz and lapis box.

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A lidded wooden case fitted with lift-out trays, glass pots and bottles and often a jewellery drawer beneath, made as a portable version of the dressing table.

Victorian Jewellery / Dressing Case Circa 1875

19th century

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Victorian Jewellery / Dressing Case Circa 1875

From Frank Craig Antiques

£390

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18th century

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Georgian Mahogany Box with Drawer

From Abersoch Antiques

£350

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Victorian Walnut and Parquetry Keepsake Box

19th century

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Victorian Walnut and Parquetry Keepsake Box

From Past to Present

£145

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Fine 19thc Rosewood and Mother of Pearl Jewellery Cabinet

19th century

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Fine 19thc Rosewood and Mother of Pearl Jewellery Cabinet

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£1,950

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19th century

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Satinwood Needlework or Jewellery Box

From Christopher Buck Antiques Ltd.

£950

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19th century

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Victorian Walnut Jewellery Box

From Beechmount Antiques

£625

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A Very Special and Unusual Crocodile Jewellery Case

1900 - 1920

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A Very Special and Unusual Crocodile Jewellery Case

From The Dorking Desk Shop

£590

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19th century

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Regency Rosewood Work Box 1830

From Michael Johnson Antiques

£390

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19th century

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A Superb Amboyna Dressing Box

From W.J. Gravener Antiques Ltd.

£1,500

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19th century

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An Attractive Late 19th Century French Gilded Copper Electro-form Jewellery Casket or Trinket Box

From Donnelly Antiques Ltd

£240

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Three woods carry the category on Sellingantiques: rosewood leads the titles, with coromandel and walnut level behind it, much of that walnut being burr.

A Ladies Victorian Coromandel Travelling Dressing and Jewellery Box with a Fitted Interior.

19th century

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A Ladies Victorian Coromandel Travelling Dressing and Jewellery Box with a Fitted Interior.

From John Hubbard Antiques

£895

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19th century

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A Very Fine 19th Century Brass Bound Ladies Travelling Vanity Case

From Yeats Country Antiques

£2,175

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Victorian Rosewood Travelling Vanity/jewellery Box

19th century

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Victorian Rosewood Travelling Vanity/jewellery Box

From FB Antiques

£1,850

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Regency Rosewood Document or Collector's Box in Beautiful Original Condition.

19th century

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Regency Rosewood Document or Collector's Box in Beautiful Original Condition.

From Robert Bush Antiques

£495

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Late 18th C. Staffordshire Enamel Patch Box, ‘Cheltenham Wells’

18th century

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Late 18th C. Staffordshire Enamel Patch Box, ‘Cheltenham Wells’

From Beech and Springs Antiques

£165

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Van Cleef & Arpels Art Deco Diamond & Rose Gold Box C1930

1920 - 1940

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Van Cleef & Arpels Art Deco Diamond & Rose Gold Box C1930

From Queens Antiques and Collectables

£650

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Antique Vanity Boxes

Victorian Jewellery / Dressing Case Circa 1875

Georgian Mahogany Box with Drawer

Victorian Walnut and Parquetry Keepsake Box

Fine 19thc Rosewood and Mother of Pearl Jewellery Cabinet

Satinwood Needlework or Jewellery Box

Victorian Walnut Jewellery Box

A Very Special and Unusual Crocodile Jewellery Case

Regency Rosewood Work Box 1830

A Superb Amboyna Dressing Box

An Attractive Late 19th Century French Gilded Copper Electro-form Jewellery Casket or Trinket Box

A Ladies Victorian Coromandel Travelling Dressing and Jewellery Box with a Fitted Interior.

A Very Fine 19th Century Brass Bound Ladies Travelling Vanity Case

Victorian Rosewood Travelling Vanity/jewellery Box

Regency Rosewood Document or Collector's Box in Beautiful Original Condition.

Late 18th C. Staffordshire Enamel Patch Box, ‘Cheltenham Wells’

Van Cleef & Arpels Art Deco Diamond & Rose Gold Box C1930

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