Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Victorian and

A Collection of Victorian and Vintage Wooden and Metal Decorative Boxes - An assortment of decorative boxes comprising wooden and metal examples from the nineteenth century and later. The group features a Victorian oak stationery box with a stepped lid, brass swing handle, decorative escutcheon, and bracket feet. Also included is a domed tea caddy finished in burr wood veneers with elaborate pierced brass strapping and mounts. A rectangular dark grey metal box features Neoclassical relief-moulded scenes and contains an internal red oval label. Further wooden items include a box with intricate floral carving and a foliate bone or shell inlay to the lid, an octagonal trinket box with inlaid brass heart and dot motifs, and a rectangular box with brass corner plates and a heart-shaped keyhole surround. The collection is completed by a small finger-jointed wooden box with a red fabric-lined interior and a silver-toned metal box with an embossed peacock design on the lid. Largest box width: 21.5 cm.