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.

Antique Edwardian Display Case with Bowed Glass Doors C1901-11

1900 - 1920

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Antique Edwardian Display Case with Bowed Glass Doors C1901-11

From Mews Antiques

£625

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Late C19th Chippendale Revival Mahogany Astragal Glazed Cabinet-on-stand.

19th century

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Late C19th Chippendale Revival Mahogany Astragal Glazed Cabinet-on-stand.

From M Lees and Sons

£1,250

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19th century

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A Large 19th Century Parcel-gilt and Ebonised Vitrine

From Country Homes Antiques Stirling

£1,850

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Victorian Yew Vitrine or Display Cabinet

19th century

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Victorian Yew Vitrine or Display Cabinet

From Georgian Antiques

£6,750

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Edwardian Sheraton Revival Display Cabinet, Circa 1900

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Sheraton Revival Display Cabinet, Circa 1900

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£8,500

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Quality French, Ormolu-mounted Mahogany Display Cabinet

19th century

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Quality French, Ormolu-mounted Mahogany Display Cabinet

From Georgian Antiques

£3,300

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Art Nouveau Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Art Nouveau Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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19th century

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Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet with Ormolu Mounts, Maison Krieger, France, 19th Century

From H & H Gallery

£12,500

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19th century

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Antique French Giltwood Cylindrical Pedestal Display Cabinet 19th Century

From Regent Antiques

£2,850

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Antique Large Vernis Martin Bombe' Display Cabinet 19th C

19th century

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Antique Large Vernis Martin Bombe' Display Cabinet 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£8,750

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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.

19th century

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Late 19th Century Satinwood Display Cabinet

From Shackladys Antiques

£9,450

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1900 - 1920

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French Mahogany Vernis Martin Vitrine

From Shackladys Antiques

£3,495

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Superior Fine Quality Edwards and Roberts Mahogany Marquetry Inlaid Serpentine Shaped Fronted Standing Double Height Corner Cupboard Display Cabinet. C1900.

1900 - 1920

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Superior Fine Quality Edwards and Roberts Mahogany Marquetry Inlaid Serpentine Shaped Fronted Standing Double Height Corner Cupboard Display Cabinet. C1900.

From CJ Antiques

£2,500

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1900 - 1920

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Bow Fronted Display Cabinet

From Shackladys Antiques

£895

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French Inlaid Vitrine or Bijouterie Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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French Inlaid Vitrine or Bijouterie Cabinet

From John Hubbard Antiques

£995

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1900 - 1920

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Quality Edwardian Mahogany Display Case

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£1,150

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Antique Vitrines

Antique Edwardian Display Case with Bowed Glass Doors C1901-11

Late C19th Chippendale Revival Mahogany Astragal Glazed Cabinet-on-stand.

A Large 19th Century Parcel-gilt and Ebonised Vitrine

Victorian Yew Vitrine or Display Cabinet

Edwardian Sheraton Revival Display Cabinet, Circa 1900

Quality French, Ormolu-mounted Mahogany Display Cabinet

Art Nouveau Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet

Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet with Ormolu Mounts, Maison Krieger, France, 19th Century

Antique French Giltwood Cylindrical Pedestal Display Cabinet 19th Century

Antique Large Vernis Martin Bombe' Display Cabinet 19th C

Late 19th Century Satinwood Display Cabinet

French Mahogany Vernis Martin Vitrine

Superior Fine Quality Edwards and Roberts Mahogany Marquetry Inlaid Serpentine Shaped Fronted Standing Double Height Corner Cupboard Display Cabinet. C1900.

Bow Fronted Display Cabinet

French Inlaid Vitrine or Bijouterie Cabinet

Quality Edwardian Mahogany Display Case

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