A Selection of (17) Antique Continental Boxes

mostly 19th century, including: an oval, chest, and book form tin box, each with remnants of paint decoration; one shield form in rosewood with light and dark wood inlays; turned wood box with light and dark inlay to lid and painted child portrait to interior; (2) carved book form boxes; a carved Lion of Lucerne rectangular burlwood box; (2) rectangular wood boxes; cylindrical box with silver metal mounts; (2) shell boxes, largest in rectangular form with raised gilt monogram, the smaller a round box with inlaid designs; Wedgwood Ulysses and the Chariot jasperware heart shaped trinket box, stamped to underside; a polished agate stone and white metal box; a light wood Niagara Falls transfer souvenir box.
longest 4 1/2 in.
From the Collection of Keil Wurl, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Some scratching and areas of handling wear to each; some with areas of loss to lined interiors; rubbing and loss to paint and leather veneers; some cracks and loss to shell boxes.