Dear all, We hope this finds you well. Herewith an example of something exceptional that we have managed to find: A Remarkable English Queen Anne Period Burr Walnut Tallboy, ca 1710 From a private Scottish estate.…
A General Overview For Collectors of Fine Furniture
It is unlikely that you will come across many Elizabethan period items, so your research will most probably start with the English Commonwealth (1649-1660). These periods do have a specialist (if somewhat limited) following. Always…
Earth Day – Shop Sustainably, Shop Antiques
A message from John and Winnie: Hardly a day goes by without media references to the causes and effects of Global Warming. The latter gets its fair share with graphic coverage of colossal chunks of…
Learn How To Preserve Your Antiques
One of the most overlooked aspects of collecting is the ambient conditions of the rooms into which you place your newly-acquired antiques. Often previous prevailing conditions will differ from yours. Naturally any antique will have survived…
Our Passion For Export Lacquer And Japanned Items
A brief message from John: My earliest interest in antiques revolved around weekly visits (in 1946) to huge piles of dumped Japanese bronzes left outside their cities to be melted down for their war effort.…
Various properties for which Box House Antiques has supplied pieces
To respect our clients’ discretion we only show a sample below. A semi-derelict Palladian country house set in beautiful Hampshire parkland. It had been used as a shooting lodge for many years, so we had…
A personal message from Alex and John Maas of Box House Antiques
A personal message from Alex and John Maas of Box House Antiques: Most of you will already be aware of the tremendously good value – and investment potential – in purchasing antique furniture. More often…
Antique dealers with flair and good taste
Antique dealers with flair and good taste: Over the last 60 plus years we have seen many antique dealers come and go. This is inevitable for any small business, but particularly where a successful dealership…
English Chinoiserie, japanning & lacquering.
The lacquered objects and screens brought back to Europe by the East India Company in the late 17th century created a demand for larger, more practical objects which shared the same colourful and highly decorative surfaces of…
Antique walnut furniture
“Queen Anne period English furniture epitomises the highest pinnacle of sophistication and good taste”. I heard this time and time again from many long time friends, collectors and dealers in antiques.Furniture of this period was…
