What is the difference between a vitrine and a display cabinet?

In practice the two words cover the same object, a case with glass doors and shelves. Vitrine tends to attach to the French version, smaller and more decorative, with mounts and painted panels. Display cabinet does the heavier lifting in English titles. Of the 871 listings on Sellingantiques, 462 use the phrase display cabinet outright.

Which timbers turn up most?

Mahogany leads, named in 260 titles, and it carries the English Edwardian and Victorian block, commonly inlaid or with satinwood banding. Kingwood is the signature timber of the French group, in 85 titles. Walnut concentrates in the 1930s Art Deco cabinets, and plainer oak and pine examples sit at the lower end.

How old are most of these cabinets?

The dated field runs from 1750 to 1930, and decade labels bunch hard on 1880 to 1910. Nothing in the archive is dated after 1930. The commonest label is also the vaguest. A hundred and sixty-nine listings are dated only to the 19th century, more than any single decade, and Victorian and Edwardian are used just as loosely.

Were vitrines made for shops as well as homes?

Yes. Shop fittings are a persistent minority, with 27 titles mentioning shop, including countertop and bow-end counters. Samples cover haberdashery, apothecary, jeweller's, confectionery and museum cases. One Edwardian cabinet was later sign-written with perfume brand names.

Why are some Art Deco cabinets round or octagonal?

The odd shapes all cluster in the 1930s block, which runs to 56 listings and is almost entirely walnut. Circular, oval, octagonal, hexagonal, clove-shaped, cathedral and rocket forms all appear there. Everything earlier keeps to rectangular, bowed or serpentine outlines. The shaped fronts before 1930 are curves rather than geometry.

Where do these cabinets come from?

The category splits mainly between France, England and the Netherlands. Eighteenth-century Dutch marquetry vitrines are the earliest well-represented type, and one carries the archive's earliest date of 1750. Other origins appear once or twice each: Swedish, Danish, Italian, Belgian, Japanese, Chinese and American showcase work.

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A vitrine is a glazed display cabinet, made with glass doors and shelves so that china, silver, jewellery or curios could be seen without being handled.

19th century

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Hardwood Display Cabinet

From Georgian Antiques

£2,250

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Antique Edwardian Quality Inlaid Mahogany Wall Hanging Corner Display Cabinet

19th century

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Antique Edwardian Quality Inlaid Mahogany Wall Hanging Corner Display Cabinet

From London City Antiques

£985

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Terry’s of York Chocolate Confectionary Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Terry’s of York Chocolate Confectionary Display Cabinet

From Elmgarden

£2,100

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1900 - 1920

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Danish Glazed Corner Cabinet.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£185

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Late Victorian Mahogany Serpentine Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Late Victorian Mahogany Serpentine Display Cabinet

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£850

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19th century

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Pair Satinwood Pier Cabinets, Circa 1880.

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£12,000

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany China Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany China Display Cabinet

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£590

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Edwardian Display Cabinet Mahogany Vitrine 1910

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Display Cabinet Mahogany Vitrine 1910

From Canonbury Antiques

£950

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Early 20th Century Walnut 2 Part Corner Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Early 20th Century Walnut 2 Part Corner Display Cabinet

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£145

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Display Cabinet

From Hingstons of Wilton

£2,350

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Two sedan-shaped vitrines have passed through, built to the outline of a sedan chair. The 1930s also brought clove-shaped, cathedral and rocket cabinets.

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Satinwood Display Cabinet

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£950

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19th century

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A Fine Late 19th Century Edwards & Roberts Serpentine Display Cabinet

From Mark Buckley Antiques

£7,495

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Outstanding Mahogany Inlaid Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Outstanding Mahogany Inlaid Display Cabinet

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£995

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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1910s F. Sage & Co. London Countertop Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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1910s F. Sage & Co. London Countertop Display Cabinet

From D and A Binder Ltd

£900

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Antique Burr Walnut Bow Front Display Side Cabinet

1920 - 1940

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Antique Burr Walnut Bow Front Display Side Cabinet

From The Antique Shop

£585

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Antique Vitrines

Hardwood Display Cabinet

Antique Edwardian Quality Inlaid Mahogany Wall Hanging Corner Display Cabinet

Terry’s of York Chocolate Confectionary Display Cabinet

Danish Glazed Corner Cabinet.

Late Victorian Mahogany Serpentine Display Cabinet

Pair Satinwood Pier Cabinets, Circa 1880.

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany China Display Cabinet

Edwardian Display Cabinet Mahogany Vitrine 1910

Early 20th Century Walnut 2 Part Corner Display Cabinet

Edwardian Inlaid Display Cabinet

Edwardian Satinwood Display Cabinet

A Fine Late 19th Century Edwards & Roberts Serpentine Display Cabinet

Outstanding Mahogany Inlaid Display Cabinet

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet

1910s F. Sage & Co. London Countertop Display Cabinet

Antique Burr Walnut Bow Front Display Side Cabinet

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