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.

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Corner Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Corner Cabinet

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£350

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18th century

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Dutch Painted Vitrine

From Arcadia Antiques

£4,600

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Art Deco Rare Hexagonal Walnut Display Cabinet, C1930s

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Rare Hexagonal Walnut Display Cabinet, C1930s

From Art Deco World

£2,750

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany China Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany China Display Cabinet

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£350

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Edwardian Chinoiserie Lacquered Display Cabinet

19th century

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Edwardian Chinoiserie Lacquered Display Cabinet

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£395

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French Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet, Circa 1890

19th century

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French Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet, Circa 1890

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£8,500

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Mahogany Serpentine Cabinet

From FB Antiques

£425

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Fine French Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Vitrine Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Fine French Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Vitrine Display Cabinet

From John Howkins Antiques

£2,850

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19th century

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19th Century Mahogany and Inlaid Display Cabinet

From Martlesham Antiques

£1,950

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George II Mahogany Glazed Corner Cabinet

18th century

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George II Mahogany Glazed Corner Cabinet

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,795

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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.

French Ormolu Mounted and Painted Panel Vitrine Display Cabinet

19th century

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French Ormolu Mounted and Painted Panel Vitrine Display Cabinet

From H & H Gallery

£9,500

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19th century

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French Kingwood Vernis Martin Cabinet

From Georgian Antiques

£4,750

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1920 - 1940

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Queen Anne Style Walnut Display Cabinet

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£950

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19th century

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English Narrow Cupboard

From Arcadia Antiques

£2,200

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19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Bijouterie

From Brookside Antiques

£395

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Exceptional Pair of Mahogany Glazed Show Cases

1900 - 1920

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Exceptional Pair of Mahogany Glazed Show Cases

From Georgian Antiques

£5,750

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Antique Vitrines

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Corner Cabinet

Dutch Painted Vitrine

Art Deco Rare Hexagonal Walnut Display Cabinet, C1930s

Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany China Display Cabinet

Edwardian Chinoiserie Lacquered Display Cabinet

French Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet, Circa 1890

Edwardian Mahogany Serpentine Cabinet

Fine French Kingwood & Ormolu Mounted Vitrine Display Cabinet

19th Century Mahogany and Inlaid Display Cabinet

George II Mahogany Glazed Corner Cabinet

French Ormolu Mounted and Painted Panel Vitrine Display Cabinet

French Kingwood Vernis Martin Cabinet

Queen Anne Style Walnut Display Cabinet

English Narrow Cupboard

Victorian Mahogany Bijouterie

Exceptional Pair of Mahogany Glazed Show Cases

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