Early 20th century Victorian antique tin hat box, amazing colour and condition for year. Could be used for storage or just a lovely decorative item. The blue colour interior is amazing 45 cm long 37 cm wide 28 cm depth. The hat box (also commonly hatbox and sometimes hat bucket, hat tin or bandbox) is a container for storing and transporting headgear, protecting it from damage and dust. A more generic term for a box used to carry garments, including headgear, is a bandbox. Typically, a hat box is deep and round in shape, although it may also be boxlike and used as an item of luggage for transporting a variety of hats.