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.

Superb Top Quality Sheraton Revival Inlaid China Cabinet.

1900 - 1920

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Superb Top Quality Sheraton Revival Inlaid China Cabinet.

From Pendle Antiques

£1,850

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Sheraton Revival Mahogany & Satinwood Inlaid Corner Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Sheraton Revival Mahogany & Satinwood Inlaid Corner Cabinet

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,050

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Fine Quality Edwardian Single Door Satinwood Inlaid Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Fine Quality Edwardian Single Door Satinwood Inlaid Display Cabinet

From E W Cousins and Son

£3,400

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1900 - 1920

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Fine Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£995

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19th century

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19th Century Kingwood and Marquetry Serpentine Vitrine

From Shackladys Antiques

£2,875

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19th century

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French Kingwood Vitrine Cabinet

From Georgian Antiques

£4,250

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Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet, in the Francois Linke Manner

19th century

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Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet, in the Francois Linke Manner

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£8,500

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19th century

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19th Century Display Cabinet

From Dean Antiques Ltd

£2,400

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Edwardian Mahogany Satinwood Hand Painted Display Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Mahogany Satinwood Hand Painted Display Cabinet

From FB Antiques

£1,495

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19th century

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George I Style Walnut Corner Cupboard

From Georgian Antiques

£1,450

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The earliest dated vitrine on Sellingantiques carries the year 1750. Eighteenth-century Dutch marquetry cabinets are the oldest well-represented type.

1900 - 1920

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An Edwardian Mahogany Corner Cupboard

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

£425

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Art Deco Stylish Display Cabinet, English, 1930s

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Stylish Display Cabinet, English, 1930s

From Art Deco World

£2,150

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Shapland and Petter Inlaid Mahogany Side Cabinet

1900 - 1920

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Shapland and Petter Inlaid Mahogany Side Cabinet

From Camden Antiques

£1,195

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19th century

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French Limed Oak Vitrine 18thc.

From Deja Vu St Leonards

£1,800

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Art Deco Octagonal Walnut Display Cabinet, C1930

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Octagonal Walnut Display Cabinet, C1930

From Art Deco World

£2,350

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19th century

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Antique Oak Cabinet.

From Cavers Antiques

£950

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Antique Vitrines

Superb Top Quality Sheraton Revival Inlaid China Cabinet.

Sheraton Revival Mahogany & Satinwood Inlaid Corner Cabinet

Fine Quality Edwardian Single Door Satinwood Inlaid Display Cabinet

Fine Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet

19th Century Kingwood and Marquetry Serpentine Vitrine

French Kingwood Vitrine Cabinet

Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet, in the Francois Linke Manner

19th Century Display Cabinet

Edwardian Mahogany Satinwood Hand Painted Display Cabinet

George I Style Walnut Corner Cupboard

An Edwardian Mahogany Corner Cupboard

Art Deco Stylish Display Cabinet, English, 1930s

Shapland and Petter Inlaid Mahogany Side Cabinet

French Limed Oak Vitrine 18thc.

Art Deco Octagonal Walnut Display Cabinet, C1930

Antique Oak Cabinet.

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