The late 17th century passion for collecting Chinese porcelain and the later European porcelain, (a passion that has not abated), led to the design of various forms of cabinets for displaying the collection. There are various forms, and collectors can find pieces in the Sheraton, Queen Anne and Rococo revival manner dating from the Edwardian and later Victorian periods. Glazed china cabinets or bookcases were frequently made in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco style. The half-round lead lighted china cabinets popular in the 1920s and 1930s, are not all as common as they used to be. Collectors should be careful of 'china cabinets' that have made up by a conversion from a bookcase, armoire or wardrobe.

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A French Japonoiserie stained beech display cabinet attributed…

French Japonoiserie Stained Beech Display Cabinet by Gabriel Viardot

A French Japonoiserie stained beech display cabinet attributed to Gabriel Viardot, late 19th century, the raised shaped and moulded top above an asymmetrical arrangement of glazed compartment, open shelves, small drawer, and cupboard, on shaped feet, the…

A Victorian mahogany Homeopathic medicine display and…

Victorian Homeopathic Medicine Cabinet with Contents

A Victorian mahogany Homeopathic medicine display and Dispensing cabinet, including early contents, last quarter 19th century, a counter-top display cabinet to the front with an integral sloping desk behind, the front comprising a pair of glazed doors…

A very good Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted vernis-martin…

Louis XV Gilt-Bronze Vernis-Martin Display Cabinet

A very good Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted vernis-martin bombe display cabinet, French 19th century 195 cm high, 83 cm wide, approx 46 cm deep. Provenance: Adam Galleries Melbourne, 1987

Maple & Co. fine antique English bow front vitrine, flame…

Antique Flame Mahogany Bow Front Vitrine by Maple & Co

Maple & Co. fine antique English bow front vitrine, flame mahogany with astragal glazed doors and finely reeded columns and legs, 19th century, bearing maker's plaque 'Maple & Co., London, Paris & Buenos Aires, By Appointment', 184 cm high, 155 cm wide,…

An antique Australian cedar bound countertop display cabinet,…

Antique Cedar Countertop Display Cabinet

An antique Australian cedar bound countertop display cabinet, late 19th century, 92 cm high, 56 cm wide, 58 cm deep

An antique Museum display cabinet, Australian cedar and glass,…

19th Century Australian Cedar Glass Museum Display Cabinet

An antique Museum display cabinet, Australian cedar and glass, 19th century, 175 cm high, 103 cm wide, 103 cm deep

German Biedermeier mahogany pier cabinet, 19th century, the…

19th Century Mahogany Pier Cabinet

German Biedermeier mahogany pier cabinet, 19th century, the stepped top above a frieze drawer, with a bowed cupboard door below enclosing shelves, flanked by a pair of engaged columns, on a moulded plinth base, visible hairline to door, height 138.5 cm…

A Colonial cedar retail display cabinet, having scrolled…

Colonial Cedar Display Cabinet with Scalloped Cresting

A Colonial cedar retail display cabinet, having scrolled cresting centred by a scallop shell, above a moulded cornice and incised frieze with slender turned column angles, enclosing three adjustable glass shelves, and a pair of glazed doors on a deep…

A cedar display case with Examples of fret carved work, by Miss…

Fret Carved Display Case by Eveline Whiting

A cedar display case with Examples of fret carved work, by Miss Eveline Whiting, the glazed case with red felt lining, displaying a decorative frame, various cotton winders and silhouettes of Sydney characters and two news clippings, late 19th century,…

An Australian cedar display cabinet with two drawers in the…

19th Century Australian Cedar Display Cabinet with Drawers

An Australian cedar display cabinet with two drawers in the base, 19th century, 78 cm high, 52 cm wide, 24 cm deep

A Victorian mahogany vitrine, four shelves, some fine breaks to…

Victorian Mahogany Vitrine with Provenance

A Victorian mahogany vitrine, four shelves, some fine breaks to back, glass panels. Provenance: The Residual of the Hutcheon's Estate. The Hutcheons lived in Shanghai & Hong Kong in the early & mid 20th century before moving to Sydney. 160 x 55 x 48 cm

19th century cedar display cabinet with multi paned doors and…

Cedar Display Cabinet with Unique Columns & Multi-paned Doors

19th century cedar display cabinet with multi paned doors and unusual columns, 102 cm wide, 34 cm deep, 175 cm high

A wall mounted display cabinet, walnut and cedar, 19th century,…

19th Century Walnut and Cedar Wall Display Cabinet

A wall mounted display cabinet, walnut and cedar, 19th century, 100 x 70 cm

An Henri II oak display cabinet, late 19th century, with a…

Henri II Oak Display Cabinet, Late 19th Century

An Henri II oak display cabinet, late 19th century, with a projecting cornice and extended corners with relief carved vegetal, decoration above a pair of glazed cupboards with three shelves, the lower, register having carved embellishments, with fluted…

A Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted bombe vitrine, 19th…

Louis XV Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine

A Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted bombe vitrine, 19th century, 75 cm high, 62 cm wide, 38 cm deep. Provenance: The Collection of Sir Leon and Lady Trout, Christies, Brisbane, 6 June 1989, lot 796, Private collection Queensland

A large antique walnut display cabinet, 19th century, with a…

Antique Walnut Display Cabinet with Arched Glazing

A large antique walnut display cabinet, 19th century, with a broken arched pediment with an urn finial above an extended cornice with volutes to a pair of doors with arched glazing and fielded panels, flanked by ionic fluted columns, turned and carved to…

An antique cedar slope top glass display cabinet, 19th century,…

19th Century Cedar Glass Display Cabinet

An antique cedar slope top glass display cabinet, 19th century, the generous cabinet with a large sloping glazed display section above a pair of framed cupboards and recessed panel sides, raised on a plinth base. Height 126 cm. Width 110 cm. Depth 83 cm.

A small Victorian burr walnut display sideboard, later 19th…

Victorian Burr Walnut Display Sideboard

A small Victorian burr walnut display sideboard, later 19th century, of undulating semi circular form with a central drawer and a two door glazed display cabinet below flanked by curvaceous open display shelving supported by fluted, carved and knopped…

A late 19th century Dutch walnut and marquetry astragal glazed…

Dutch Walnut Marquetry Vitrine with Glazed Panels

A late 19th century Dutch walnut and marquetry astragal glazed vitrine, with an arched cornice above a glazed panel door and canted glazed sides, with two serpentine fronted doors, square baluster supports and cross-stretchers, 134.5 x 210 x 26 cm…

Victorian rosewood display cabinet. Pierced gallery top with…

Victorian Rosewood Display Cabinet with Observatory Provenance

Victorian rosewood display cabinet. Pierced gallery top with storage cupboard under. Ex. Sydney Observatory c.1880s. Height 107 cm. Width 57 cm. Depth 40 cm

A glazed Australian cedar display case and a small Australian…

Australian Cedar and Specimen Wood Display Cases

A glazed Australian cedar display case and a small Australian specimen wood display case, 19th century, the cedar case of rectangular form with glass panels, the specimen wood case inlaid with fiddleback blackwood, Huon pine and possibly musk wood, the…