mother of pearl - card cases
Chest of drawers. Until the mid-19th century, the standard chest had either four long, or three long and two short drawers. Rarely were there any exceptions to this rule. A chest with three drawers, or a series of small upper drawers, purporting to be Georgian, will probably have been converted from a chest-on-chest or tallboy. It is true that the 18th century commode often contain two long deep drawers, but this was a much grander and more decorative piece altogether, intended for drawing rooms, not bedrooms, and in any case was usually made to stand on legs. The standard chest of drawers continued to be made throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries (some Edwardian pine chests even had bracket feet), but variations were introduced during the mid-Victorian period, with some chests having seven or more drawers usually a deep hat drawer and smaller glove compartments. Chests with barley-sugar twist or split bobbin-turned supports date from the mid-19th century.
27 item(s) found:
Tortoise shell and mother of pearl card case. Length 10.5 cm
A Victorian period mother-of-pearl card case, the front decorated with flowers and a silver panel with monogrammed initials. 11 x 7.5 cm
A Victorian period mother-of-pearl card case, the exterior decorated with engraved floral patterns. 10.5 x 7.5 cm.
A collection of four antique card cases and change purses, comprising a rectangular late Victorian card case, Brimingham 1887, 10.…
Victorian tortoise shell and mother of pearl inlaid card case. Height 10.5 cm
A Victorian mother o? pearl visiting card case
Victorian tortoiseshell and mother of pearl card case
Antique tortoiseshell lady's card case with mother of pearl inlay
Victorian tortoiseshell and mother of pearl card case
Mother of pearl card case featuring Arabic scene and a wooden Souvenir box
Victorian tortoise shell and mother of pearl card case
A mother o'pearl visting card case Victorian 4 incheslong
Victorian mother of pearl and shell card case
Victorian mother of pearl engraved card case and an Islamic style card case with fine marquetry
A Victorian papier-mache gilded and mother of pearl inlaid visiting card case 4 inches x 3 inches
A Victorian mother of pearl and paua shell card case (slight a/f)
A fine Japanese shibayama card case, Meiji Period, (1868-1912), the front inlaid with hard stone and mother of pearl depicting a pheasant on a flowering cherry branch, the reverse with a flowering branch with insects and butterflies, minor hairline cracks,…
Victorian tortoiseshell and mother of pearl inlaid card case with English Empire motif
Victorian mother of pearl carved card case
Two Victorian mother of pearl silver card cases
i) 19th century tortoiseshell card case inlaid with mother-of-pearl in the shape of flowers, (Some damage) ii) A USA Gold, $1 Coin, dated 1851 Made as a stickpin weight 2g (approx) iii) An 1889 Souvenir Token For an ascent of the Eiffel Tower
A mother of pearl and paua shell card case, opening from the top with a press button, the interior lined red fabric
An Australian carved mother of pearl card case, the carved case depicting a standing kangaroo beside a tree in grassland setting with a carved lyrebird to the hinged lid
Late Victorian tortoiseshell card case with ivory lining, profusely inlaid all over with mother of pearl (MOP), with an unengraved silver insert on the top for initials of the owner, some minor losses to the design,…
