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antique boxes: dispatch boxes
Dispatch boxes are cases or boxes used to hold valuables or documents, especially official state documents
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#10223 A Victorian Black Leather Clad Despatch Box
gerald mathias fine antique boxes, chiswick, united kingdom
A Victorian Black Morocco Despatch Box, The bevelled top with gilt lines and a recessed brass handle, flanked by twin gilt embossed Royal cyphers, the initials C.R. forward displayed above the rhomboid key escutcheon. The...
£1,850.00
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#10218 Lord Curzon Red Leather Despatch Box
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JOHN PECK & SON : NELSON SQUARE : BLACKFRIARS : MANUFACTURERS TO H.M STATIONERY OFFICE A Full Size Red Morocco Grained Leather Despatch Box the bevelled top, with central recessed handle, embossed with the royal...
£3,500.00
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#10220 A Small George III Red Leather Despatch Box with Davis’s Patent Lock
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A Small Early 19th Century Red Morocco Leather Despatch Box with a central swing handle. The bevelled top is embossed with a coronet of an earl with fan spandrels within an inner frame. The word...
£850.00
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#10215 A Victorian ‘Wickwar’ Black Morocco Leather Despatch Box with Two Handle
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Wickwar & Co., 6 Poland St. Manufacturers to H.M Stationery Office A Black Morocco Leather clad Despatch Box with matching swan neck swing handles at the centre and rear, the bevelled top gilt embossed with...
£1,850.00
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#10219 A 1920’s Red Leather Covered Documents Writing Box
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A 1920's Red textured Leather Box with Bramah lock & key, the top with an inset brass handle ,the black interior with a full size removable full tray, pen tray, leather cased inkwell* and light...
£850.00
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#10178 Sir William Scovell Savory (Bart.) A Victorian Black Canvas Covered Dispatch Box
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A Black Canvas clad Dispatch Box, the bevelled top, with a central swing handle, is stamped with the Royal insignia of Queen Victoria and inscribed with the name of the former owner Sir Wm. S....
£1,250.00
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#10214 A Small Georgian Burgundy Leather Despatch Box with Davis’s Patent Lock.
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A Georgian pebble Grained Leather Despatch Box C1830, the bevelled & tooled top mounted with a swan neck brass handle, the green velvet lined interior with raised sides. The Davis's Patent lock* is fronted by...
£895.00
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#10217 A Large QEII Red Despatch Box
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Barrow, Hepburn & Gale Ltd. Grange Mills S.E.1 A Large Mid Century QEII Canvas bound Despatch Box with a central swan neck swing carrying handle, the bevelled top embossed with the insignia of Queen Elizabeth...
£5,500.00
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#10211 George V Father & Son Investitures Sir William Hannay Raeburn & Sir William Norman Raebur...
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The investiture Decorations of father & son Sir William Hannay Raeburn (born 1850 died 1934) & Sir William Norman Raeburn (born 1877 died 1947 ) comprising: A Red Morocco Leather clad investiture Box with lock...
£7,995.00
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#10136 THE RT. H0N. STANLEY BALDWIN, PILGRIM TRUST Despatch Box.
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A Black Morocco Leather Despatch Box C1930, the bevelled top gilt embossed 'PILGRIM TRUST*' and 'THE RT. HON. STANLEY BALDWIN*. A rare feature for a despatch box is that it has a recessed brass handle...
£3,000.00
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#10155 A George V Red Leather Despatch Box + A George VI Tan Cowhide Attach Case, Property Of Sir...
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#10155 A George V Red Leather Despatch Box + A George VI Tan Cowhide Attach Case, Property Of Sir William Strang GCB GCMG MBE Ref: 10155 £3,500.00 ADD TO BASKET DETAILS DELIVERY ASK A QUESTION...
£3,500.00
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#10177 Early 19th Century Despatch Box John Wilson Croker.
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An Early 19th C the bevelled top, with a central brass swing handle, is embossed 'The Rt. Hon. John Wilson Croker' above the word Private. The lock, stamped Davis's Patent with GR, retains its originally...
£995.00
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#10209 A Victorian Grained Leather Despatch Documents Box
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A Large Victorian grained Leather Document Box with central brass handle, the cover gilt stamped with the name of the original owner Major H.S Marshall, and decorated with a half moon repoussé brass plaque with...
£950.00
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#10102 Milne Edinburgh Pebble Grained Leather Documents Box
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W & J Milne Makers 126 Princes St. Edinburgh An Early 20th Century Pebble Grained Leather Documents Box by this eminent maker/retailer, the top bordered with inpressed decoration and a brass handle and with initials...
£465.00
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#10205 An Early 20th Century Brown Leather Despatch Box with Postal Slot
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A.W DEAR +MAKER+ HYDE PARK CORNER An Early 20th Century Brown Leather Clad Documents Box by this maker, with central recessed handle opening on a full width piano hinge, with quadrant stays, to a green...
£595.00
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#10204 EIIR Red Canvas Despatch Box ‘Home Secretary’
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BARROW HEPBURN & GALE, Grange Mill S.E.1. Mid Century Red Canvas Covered Despatch Box with rear brass swing handle, the bevelled top embossed with the insignia of Queen Elizabeth II and stamped 'Home Secretary. Secure...
£12,500.00
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#10199 An Early 20th Century ‘Wickwar’ Red Leather Investiture Box
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A Fine Early 20th Century Red Leather bound Investiture Box, the chamfered top embossed with the United Kingdom Royal Coat of Arms, the burgundy velvet lined interior has raised sides and is stamped WICKWAR MANUFACTURER...
£975.00
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#10194 A Victorian ‘Wickwar’ Black Leather Despatch Box – Spencer Horatio Walpole.
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A Black Morocco Leather Dispatch Box, the bevelled gilt tooled top bearing the royal insignia of Queen Victoria and stamped S.Walpole Esq*. with a central brass swing handle. The interior stamped Wickwar & Co. 6...
£1,880.00
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#10186 1st Manchester Rifle Volunteers. Viscount Grey de Wilton Despatch Box C1860
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A Mid 19th Century Asprey Black Morocco Leather Despatch Box embossed with a Viscount's coronet above the initials G de W (Viscount Grey de Wilton) above the title 'lst Manchester Rifle Volunteers'. With a central...
£550.00
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Victorian, Coromandel, Box circa 1875
frank craig antiques, torquay, united kingdom
The beautifully selected grain and brass inlay of this Coromandel box, gives it such appeal. The hinged lid with a fold down handle with fine floral engraving, complete with a working key and lock. For...
£280.00
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#9710 WICKWAR & CO. A Large Victorian Black Leather Dispatch Box
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WICKWAR & CO, 6 POLAND STREET, MANUFACTURERS TO H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE A full size Black Leather Dispatch Box C 1880, with central brass swing handle and with the Royal Cipher of Queen Victoria, and bearing...
£895.00
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#9386 An Asprey Victorian Black Leather Documents Despatch Box
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ASPREY MANUFACTURER 166 BOND STREET A Victorian Black Morocco Leather clad Documents or Despatch Box with central leather handle, vacant brass presentation plate, Bramah lock & key, the leather lined interior with raised sides. Asprey's...
£595.00
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