How many drawers do these cabinets usually have?

Counts in the archive run from five to seventy-two, and twelve and twenty drawer cabinets recur more than any others. The title almost always leads with the number, so it is the first thing you read. Six- and eight-drawer table-top cabinets sit at one end, floor-standing banks of forty, fifty-six, sixty and seventy-two at the other.

What were collectors cabinets made to hold?

Insects above all: entomological is the commonest stated purpose among named specimen cabinets. Eggs, coins, medals, microscope slides and minerals follow. The stated uses read like a survey of Victorian collecting. Oological, geological, fossil, shell, butterfly, moth and jewellery cabinets all appear by name in the titles.

Which timbers turn up most?

Mahogany, in 258 titles, with solid mahogany named in 25 and Honduras mahogany in 16. Stained and polished deal is the other constant, in 24 titles, frequently with mahogany drawer fronts on a softwood carcase. Burr walnut, figured veneers, amboyna and satinwood appear at the upper end of the range.

Are collectors cabinets a common find?

Around 43 are listed a year on Sellingantiques, and 124 different dealers have handled one. That spread means it is a form almost every furniture dealer meets sooner or later rather than a specialism.

Do cabinets ever come with the collection inside?

Occasionally. Sampled titles record cabinets sold with two hundred tropical insects, a collection of British moths, and fossils, butterflies and beetles. One case came with 280 microscope slides. Cabinets still holding their contents sit higher in the range than empty ones.

Can you find matching pairs?

Yes, more often than you might expect. Nineteen titles offer a pair. Among them are matched pairs of sixteen-drawer and twelve-drawer specimen cabinets.

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A chest of shallow, close-fitting drawers, built to hold specimens - insects, eggs, coins, medals, minerals, microscope slides - with the drawer count stated first in the title.

19th century

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Large Mahogany Collectors Cabinet

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£2,650

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1900 - 1920

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Exceptional Quality Vitrine Circa 1890.

From Frank Craig Antiques

£3,950

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19th century

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Mahogany Collector’s Cabinet

From Shackladys Antiques

£2,495

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Flemish C17th Ebony, Tortoishell and Bone Cabinet on Standb

17th century

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Flemish C17th Ebony, Tortoishell and Bone Cabinet on Standb

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

£2,850

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1900 - 1920

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Inlaid Mahogany Bijouterie Cabinet

From Athey Antiques

£795

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Mahogany Shop Display Cabinet with Mirrored Interior

1900 - 1920

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Mahogany Shop Display Cabinet with Mirrored Interior

From D and A Binder Ltd

£900

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19th century

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19th Century Collectors Cabinet

From Oliveri Antiques Ltd

£1,750

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18th century

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18th Century Georgian Oak Spice Cabinet

From In A Nutshell Antiques and Interiors

£395

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Antique Victorian Amboyna & Ebonised Pier Display Cabinet 19th C

19th century

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Antique Victorian Amboyna & Ebonised Pier Display Cabinet 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£1,550

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Early 20th Century Oak Countertop Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Early 20th Century Oak Countertop Display Cabinet

From D and A Binder Ltd

£840

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Some cabinets arrive still holding their collections: two hundred tropical insects in one, British moths in another, and a case of 280 microscope slides.

Late Victorian Mahogany Slim Size Cabinet

19th century

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Late Victorian Mahogany Slim Size Cabinet

From James R Millington Antiques

£450

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Arts and Crafts Pine Collectors Cabinet Filing Drawers

19th century

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Arts and Crafts Pine Collectors Cabinet Filing Drawers

From Elmgarden

£1,250

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1900 - 1920

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1920s Oak Countertop Display Cabinet

From D and A Binder Ltd

£420

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Antique Display Cabinet Bijouterie - French Empire Glass Case

19th century

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Antique Display Cabinet Bijouterie - French Empire Glass Case

From Canonbury Antiques

£1,350

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A Classic Late Period Brady 40 Drawer Collectors Cabinet Circa1910/1920

1900 - 1920

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A Classic Late Period Brady 40 Drawer Collectors Cabinet Circa1910/1920

From Atropos Antiques

£3,750

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1900 - 1920

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1900s Mahogany Tabletop Cabinet

From D and A Binder Ltd

£540

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Antique Collectors Cabinets

Large Mahogany Collectors Cabinet

Exceptional Quality Vitrine Circa 1890.

Mahogany Collector’s Cabinet

Flemish C17th Ebony, Tortoishell and Bone Cabinet on Standb

Inlaid Mahogany Bijouterie Cabinet

Mahogany Shop Display Cabinet with Mirrored Interior

19th Century Collectors Cabinet

18th Century Georgian Oak Spice Cabinet

Antique Victorian Amboyna & Ebonised Pier Display Cabinet 19th C

Early 20th Century Oak Countertop Display Cabinet

Late Victorian Mahogany Slim Size Cabinet

Arts and Crafts Pine Collectors Cabinet Filing Drawers

1920s Oak Countertop Display Cabinet

Antique Display Cabinet Bijouterie - French Empire Glass Case

A Classic Late Period Brady 40 Drawer Collectors Cabinet Circa1910/1920

1900s Mahogany Tabletop Cabinet

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