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Individual vintage Ice Cream Scoops Framed
Located in Houston, TX
Everyone likes ice cream so this cannot help but put a smile on the face of the viewer. Each vintage scoop is carefully framed. A whimsical addition to a kitchen, eating area, fami...
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Early 20th Century American Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Aluminum

English Framed Cork Castle, Circa 1870
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A castle landscape carved from cork and laid with glass and wood details against a painted sky. Signed by the artist and dated 1867
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19th Century English Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Cork, Wood, Glass, Paint

Collection of Antique Civil War Letters in Dual Sided Frame, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Collection of antique Civil War letters in dual sided frame include poems and songs, 19th century Measures: 10.5" H x 15" W x 1" D, frame; 7.5" H x 12.25" W, sight.
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19th Century American Antique Shadow Box

Framed Intaglio s Mounted on Silk
Located in Charleston, SC
Framed Intaglio's mounted on silk.
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Late 19th Century European Antique Shadow Box

Framed Intaglio s Mounted on Silk
Located in Charleston, SC
Framed intaglio's mounted on silk. Intaglio's were small tourist items depicting scenes or figures from history.
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Late 19th Century European Antique Shadow Box

Walnut Framed Collection of Bronze and Silvered Crosses, 19th Century or Earlier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Framed in an Italian walnut frame; the crosses are suspended and recessed on a green fabric ground.
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19th Century Antique Shadow Box

Set of 4 Antique 19th Century Japanese Hand-Painted Fans in Shadowboxes.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 4 antique 19th century Japanese hand-painted fans in shadowboxes.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Antique Framed Display of Shotgun Cartrridges, Circa 1920
Located in London, GB
This is a decorative display of shotgun cartridges and rifle shells to include Eley, Purdy and others, in a glazed walnut frame, C1920 in date. Condition: In excellent condition ...
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1920s Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Antique Wax Seal Collections Framed
Located in East Hampton, NY
A very nice collection of early 19th-late 18th century wax seals mounted on paper and set in contemporary frames.
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Early 19th Century Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Paper

Set of 8 Antique 19th Century Japanese Hand Painted Fans
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a beautiful collection of antique fans mounted in fan-shaped frames. Each fan is lovely in its own right. The colors and images on the fans are bright and clear.  
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique Taxidermy Tropical Bird Diorama
Located in San Francisco, CA
Highly unusual heart-shaped glass dome diorama containing one parrot and four hummingbirds.
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19th Century Antique Shadow Box

Antique Framed English Miniature Wax Profile Cameo "Lord Jeffreys", circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique English miniature wax profile cameo "Lord Jeffreys", circa 1890. Enverso label reads "The Rowley Gallery Framemakers Gilders Colourmen, 115 Kensington Church S...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Shadow Box

Early 20th Century Flapper s Woolen Swim Suit, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 20th Century Flapper's woolen swim suit, circa 1920s, a Roaring 20s period woolen one-piece woman's bathing suit with classic Art Deco stripes The suit has muted black, green, ...
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wool

Collection of 29 19th Century Plaster Intaglios
Located in East Hampton, NY
Modern arranged collection of 29 antique plaster intaglios framed on linen....
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Late 19th Century Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Linen, Plaster

Antique French Convex Glass Frame with Dominoes Decoration
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden frame with convex glass from France, circa 1860. Elegantly painted in black, an evocative worn patina creates the distinguished presence of time enchanted, visually amplifie...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Glass, Hardwood

Chinese Scroll, Monumental Size Encoded in Lucite Frame of Cherry Blossom
Located in Houston, TX
The scroll is on a cream paper set Gainst a gray background and the whole has been cased in a Lucite framework. Branches of cherry blossoms in white and a dark rose hue artistically...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Parchment Paper

Set of 9 Pressed Botanical Specimens
Located in Doylestown, PA
A collection of 9 framed and matted botanical specimens from the early 20th Century, each with hand-written notes detailing genus, species, locality etc. Dated 1916 and signed by Cor...
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Early 20th Century American Other Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Paper

Set of Six 19th Century French Framed Bronze Monarch Medals
Located in Queens, NY
Dating to the second quarter of the 19th century, a set of six Empire framed bronze medals depicting French monarchs.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Bronze

Antique Wooden Spinning Top Collection Custom Display
Located in Manhasset, NY
A collection of 104 antique wooden toy spinning tops in a custom made white painted maple shelved display. Tops can be moved to any configuration you wish. These date from the late 1...
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1910s American American Classical Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wood

Dutch School House Science Class Scroll of Frog Anatomy, c.1930-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
About A vintage Dutch science class scroll of a frog's anatomy. The piece is shadowboxed in a black matte frame and the scroll has been set back in the frame. The frames were cust...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Industrial Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Wood

Dutch School House Science Class Scroll of Turtle Anatomy, c.1930-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
About A vintage Dutch science class scroll of a turtle's anatomy. The piece is shadowboxed in a black matte frame and the scroll has been set back in the frame. The frames were cu...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Industrial Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Wood

Dutch School House Science Class Scroll of Hedgehog Anatomy, c.1930-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
About A vintage Dutch science class scroll of a hedgehog's anatomy. The piece is shadowboxed in a black matte frame and the scroll has been set back in the frame. The frames were ...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Industrial Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Wood

Dutch School House Science Class Scroll of Insect Anatomy c.1930-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
About A vintage Dutch science class scroll of an insect's anatomy. The piece is shadowboxed in a black matte frame and the scroll has been set back in the frame. The frames were c...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Industrial Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Wood

English Silk Needlework, 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
Silk needlework, English, 18th century, with two figures, birds, and animals set in a shadowbox frame.
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18th Century Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Silk

Antique Victorian Mourning Hair Wreath in Giltwood Shadowbox Frame, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian mourning hair wreath mounted in deep giltwood shadowbox frame, circa 1880 Measures: 24" H x 20" W x 5" D, sight 19" H x 15" W.
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Antique Folk Art Diorama With Hand Carved Wooden Figures, Circa 1850 s
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Folk Art diorama depicts carriage house with glass panels in wood frame and having upstairs living quarters with hand carved wood miniature furniture and lower room with h...
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Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Chateau des Tuileries Sevres Porcelain Portrait Plate French Framed
By Chateau des Tuileries
Located in Dayton, OH
Framed antique 19th century sevres porcelain plate by Chateau des Tuileries featuring a portrait of a noblewoman framed by pink and gold torches and flowers. Measures: 15.75” x 2....
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19th Century Louis XVI Antique Shadow Box

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Porcelain, Giltwood

Antique Victorian Inlaid Writing Table Desk Manner of Edwards Roberts 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely late Vicorian Gonçalo Alves and Marquetry writing table / desk, Circa 1880 in date and in the manner of Edwards & Roberts. The rectangular top has a moulded edge an...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique Handpainted Osborne China Plate Mounted in Gold Gilt Carved Wood Frame
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning antique handprinted Osborne China 24K gold plate, mounted in a custom framed shadowbox lined with silk.
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Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Antique Handpainted Osborne China Plate Mounted in Gold Gilt Carved Wood Frame
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning antique handprinted Osborne China 24K gold plate, mounted in a custom framed shadowbox lined with silk.
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Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Framed White Wax Seals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White wax seals in silver frame
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19th Century Italian Antique Shadow Box

Framed Red Wax Seals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Red wax seals in silver frame
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19th Century Italian Antique Shadow Box

18th Century French Diorama, View of Rouen Cathedral
Located in Stamford, CT
Charming French 18th century diorama with copper plate engraving, hand colored. In original shadowbox and gold leaf frames. Titled on the reverse "Vue de Rouen et le Eglise St Ouen" ...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Paper

C. 1900 English Shadowbox Hunt Scene Panel
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1900 shadowbox hunt scene panel, English. Chromolithograph cut-outs on panel creating a diorama effect as they are floated off the black ground. 23.75" w., 11.25" h., 1" d.
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Shadow Box

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Paper

19th Century East European Crystal and Mineral Grotto Shrine
Located in Greenwich, CT
Most unusual crystal and mineral grotto shrine in original grain painted gothic case, with sliding door front enclosing specimen stone interior.
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19th Century Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Quartz

A 19th Century Shadowbox Featuring A Collection of Antique Dice
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century Ebonized Wood Octagonal Shadowbox Featuring a Collection of Vintage and Antique Dice

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19th Century French Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wood

Framed Collection of Twenty-One Arrowheads
Located in Chicago, IL
An exceptional set of twenty-one obsidian and flint arrowheads, discovered in Wisconsin's Waukesha County and framed within a 19th-century ebonized Eastlake shadowbox, these arrowhea...
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15th Century and Earlier American Tribal Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Stone

Pair of Still Life Shellwork Dioramas, Italian, circa 1875
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of three dimensional Still Life Dioramas. Beautiful and scarce, depicting floral motifs made of shells, in gilded wooden vases, The effect recalls the concept of mimesis, the...
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Late 19th Century Italian Aesthetic Movement Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Fabric, Shell, Silk

Louis XV Period Wall Hanging Vitrine
Located in Doylestown, PA
A wonderful 18th century French Louis XV Period wall hanging cabinet in walnut with carved cornice and pierced shelf and apron, (probably from Nimes or Arles). The piece retains an ...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Walnut

French barometer 19 th c, in fine giltwood frame
Located in Houston, TX
This spectacular 19 th century French barometer is a beautifully Crafted antique weather instrument housed in an octagonal Frame, the aged patina of the gold leafed frame is origin...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Giltwood

Antique English Presentation of Two Starfish
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fascinating 19th century English Victorian naturalist presentation of two starfish specimens with their iconic form, under hand blown convex glass in a wood and gesso gilt frame.
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Shell, Glass

Framed Collection of Thirteen Native American Arrowheads
Located in Chicago, IL
This captivating set of thirteen Native American arrowheads tells a story of history and craftsmanship, each piece meticulously flaked and shaped by hand. Discovered in Wisconsin’s W...
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15th Century and Earlier American Native American Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Stone

Italian Red Wax Grand Tour Intaglio Medallions Mounted on Engraving, Shadowboxed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A collection of fifteen red wax Grand Tour Intaglio medallions, Italy, circa 1840. The medallions are affixed to a classical motif engraving and presented under glass in a giltwood s...
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1840s Italian Grand Tour Antique Shadow Box

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Organic Material, Wood

A Diorama of Ship at Sea, Circa 1860
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An English Painted Diorama of a ship at sea painted and decorated with multiple sails and flags on a wavy sea with a small sail boat near by.
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19th Century English Antique Shadow Box

Collection of 64 Antique Grand Tour Intaglios in Two Fruitwood Frames
Located in East Hampton, NY
Collection of 64 antique grand tour intaglios in two fruitwood frames set on green velvet.
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19th Century Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Glass, Plaster, Fruitwood

Large Gold Framed Grand Tour 19th Century Intaglio Collection with Oversize Mat
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Vertical Italian collection of three framed intaglios on light gray silk background. This oversized portrait piece is framed in a gold rectangular frame. Inside, are three oval-shape...
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19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Metal

Antique Sailors Valentine with Niagara Falls
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming antique sailors or honeymoon valentine with an unusual horse shoe form ambitiously decorated with exotic seashells around a convex glass lens decorated on the inside with sh...
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Shell

Museum-Quality Pair of ANTIQUE Silk IKAT Fragments Central Asian Textile Art
Located in Delray Beach, FL
This is a truly exquisite and unique pair of framed antique textile art, combining the mesmerizing, centuries-old craft of Central Asian silk ikat with the timeless elegance of han...
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Early 1900s Uzbek Antique Shadow Box

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Bamboo, Silk

Hand-Painted Mother of Pearl Framed Fan
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Antique mid-19th century hand-painted French fan with pierced mother of pearl spokes. Beautifully presented in a custom gilt wood frame.
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Shadow Box

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Glass, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Womans Bathing Suits, circa 1920s
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Antique woman's wool bathing suit from the 1920s professionally mounted and framed. The colors are fantastic and look amazing as a unique bit of color in a beach house or add a litt...
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Early 20th Century American Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wool

Antique Woman s Bathing Suit, 1920
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Antique woman's wool bathing suit from the 1920s professionally mounted and framed. The colors are fantastic and look amazing as a unique bit of color in a beach house or add a litt...
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Early 20th Century American Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wool

Antique Bathing Suits, circa 1920
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Antique woman's wool bathing suit from the 1920s professionally mounted and framed. The colors are fantastic and look amazing as a unique bit of color in a beach house or add a litt...
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Early 20th Century American Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Wool

Framed Peruvian Woven Coca Leaf Carry Bag
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Vintage framed coca leaf carry bag mounted on burlap in a giltwood frame. Subtle time worn colors of pale salmons, tans and brown. Old custom framing includes a grass cloth backing. ...
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17th Century Peruvian Primitive Antique Shadow Box

Materials

Burlap

Set Of Red Wax Intaglios Framed
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of Italian red wax intaglio seals in a silvered wood frame. Forty seals showing scenes from antiquity. Early 19th century.
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19th Century Italian Antique Shadow Box

Antique Gilt Indian Prayer Book
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Comprised of eight gilt and red lacquered scripted panels including seven pages with cover; all mounted in a custom shadowbox frame. Very good condition.
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Early 20th Century Indian Tibetan Antique Shadow Box

19th Century Paper Cut Silhouette of Gentleman in Front of a Table
Located in New York, NY
Silhouette of a military gentleman with sword in front of a table with candle and tea cup.
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19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Shadow Box

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Vintage Cigarette Collection
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual vintage collection of cigarettes, together with the other framed example here, possibly unique. Most likely a sales man's sample display, with a large variety of domestic and...
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Early 20th Century American Antique Shadow Box

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Antique Shadow Box For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique shadow box for your home. An antique shadow box — often made from wood, glass and fabric — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique shadow box, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique shadow box is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Folk Art and Industrial styles are sought with frequency. Jules Etienne Carot, Mark Indursky and Chateau des Tuileries each produced at least one beautiful antique shadow box that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Shadow Box?

Prices for an antique shadow box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $275 and can go as high as $19,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,595.
Questions About Antique Shadow Box
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    A shadow box is a shallow enclosed case, usually with a glass front, in which something, often a sentimental object, is set for protection and display. 

  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    On 1stdibs, shadow boxes displaying items like dioramas, memorabilia and collections of natural and man-made items cost between $100 and $21,500.

  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    Antique ice boxes can be worth up to $2,000 - $3,000. Depending on its condition, an antique ice box can be a highly coveted item.

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