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LINE VAUTRIN "I Am God..." silvered bronze box
By Line Vautrin
A silvered bronze "Rebus" (word-play) box: "I am God, master of the 3 virtues", signed Line Vautrin
Category
French More Jewelry
Playing cards boxes , handmade by Laura G Italy
Located in Sarezzo, Brescia
Playing cards boxes are a very nice and funny present for
collectors who love playing cards
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
European Silver Gilded Interior Antique Dutch Playing Cards Scene Oval Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dimensions: 5 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 3 in.
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Victorian Novelty Silver Sedan Chair Twin Pack Playing Card Box, S Jacob, 1900
By Samuel Jacob
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A rare late Victorian novelty silver miniature twin pack playing cards box modeled in the form a
Category
20th Century English Victorian Tableware
Materials
Silver
GUCCI Never used authentic vintage playing cards
By Gucci
Located in Lugano, CH
GUCCI Never used authentic vintage playing cards with original box as shown.
Category
20th Century Games
Aldo Tura Music Box Carafe
By Aldo Tura
Located in Princeton, NJ
sensor stops music when object is set down. Music box plays the theme song from Lawrence of Arabia. Made
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Barware
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Volupte Gold Complete Compact Music Box in Original Box and Carrier-c. 1940
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
puff, slide out lipstick case, Cigarette Holder behind mirror, and novel wind Music Box playing
Category
1940s American Novelty Bags
LINE VAUTRIN gilded bronze box
By Line Vautrin
A beautiful "Rebus" (word play) enameled and gilded bronze box entitled "Inspira Le Retour Vers Toi
Category
French More Jewelry
19th Century Music Box Amboyna Brass
Located in Brighton, GB
19th century amboyna and brass inlaid music box
Playing two tunes per revolution
European, circa
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss International Style Musical Instruments
Inlaid Personal Liquor Cabinet with Music Box
Located in Cookeville, TN
slots to secure the necks of bottles. Upon opening, the music box begins to play "Some Enchanted Evening
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mission Barware
Materials
Glass, Wood
LINE VAUTRIN "All Or Nothing" gilt bronze box
By Line Vautrin
A "Rebus" box (word play) entitled "TOUT OU RIEN" signed Line Vautrin. Ceritficate of Authenticity
Category
French More Jewelry
1930
s Art Deco Bakelite Musical Powder/Vanity Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
butterscotch bakelite. A tin receptacle inside holds the puff, and the box plays music when the cover is
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Vanity Items
Croquet Set
Located in New Orleans, LA
Croquet set with wooden storage box. Original playing manuel included.
Category
20th Century English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
$295
18ct Yellow Gold Vermeil, Verdigris Brass and Onyx Flower Bud Earrings
By Tessa Packard
Located in London, GB
spring. The round bead at the centre is a whimsical and imagined play at topiary and the box ball, one of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Stud Earrings
Materials
Onyx, Gold Plate, Vermeil, Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass
Andrew Szoeke Art Deco Mid Century Modern mixed wood Marquetry Pieces
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Dallas, TX
.
Amazing marquetry work.
Playing card or cigarette box and desk-top weight. Paper weight.
BOX: 9" x 4.5
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Foil
18 Carat Yellow Gold Vermeil, Verdigris Brass and Agate Flower Bud Earrings
By Tessa Packard
Located in London, GB
turn of spring. The round bead at the centre is a whimsical and imagined play at topiary and the box
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Stud Earrings
Materials
Agate, Gold Plate, Vermeil, Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass
Monkey Musician Sculpture
By Christophe Fratin
Located in London, GB
An inspiring mid-19th century French bronze study of a whimsical monkey sat on a box playing a lute
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian, Neoclassical Painted Panels
Located in Charleston, SC
above each head. Putti archers are playing in the boxed grisalle of one panel and instruments in the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Art
Gottlieb Hit-a-Card, Vintage Pinball Machine 1967, Fully Restored
By Ed Krynski, Art Stenholm
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
makes the pinball machine play even faster than it played coming out of the box.
Category
Vintage 1960s North American Games
Quai De Brancas Music Clock Painting
By Louis Vincent Fouquet
Located in Vancouver, BC
dated 'Borel jeune a Paris 1837' the repetition is signed ‘Montaudon 1837', the principal music box
Category
19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bauhaus Children
s Play Boxes Attributed to Alma Siedhoff-Buscher, circa 1925
By Alma Siedhoff-Buscher
Located in Berlin, DE
Bauhaus children's play boxes attributed to Alma Siedhoff-Buscher and executed at the carpentry
Category
Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Vintage Playing Box with Cards, 1930s
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage wooden box with playing cards, 1930s
This game box contains three sets of playing cards
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Games
Materials
Fruitwood
Ottaviani Card Playing Box 1960 Sterling Silver, Enamel and Wood Italy
By Ottaviani
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wooden game box with enameled sterling silver top including game items by Ottaviani (1945) a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cartier Playing Cards Box
By Cartier
Located in Paris, FR
Cartier playing cards box featuring one deck plus joker, poker, bridge playing cards in Cartier red
Category
1970s French Boxes
Japanese Lacquer Playing Card Box
Located in valatie, NY
decorated stacking trays, and a compartment for chips, markers and four decks of playing cards. Each box
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes
1970s Steel Playing Card Box
Located in London, GB
A brushed steel playuig card box.
France, Circa 1970.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
19th Century Japanese Lacquer Playing Card Box
Located in valatie, NY
19th Century Japanese Lacquer Playing Card Box with Chinese subject matter in faux shagreen, the
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes
English Victorian Sterling Silver Playing Card Box, 1899
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous late Victorian playing card box made from solid sterling silver fully hallmarked for the
Category
Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Sterling Silver Playing Card Box, Chester, 1901
By Grey
Co, Birmingham
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and rare example of an English playing card box by the silversmith's, Grey & Co
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French Satinwood Ecarte playing card box 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A very fine antique French satinwood "Ecarte" playing card box, circa 1870 in date.
The slightly
Category
Antique 1870s French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Enamel Playing Cards Box
Located in New York, NY
19th century French gilt bronze playing cards box of the highest quality, with fine engine turned
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1960s Piero Fornasetti Mid-Century Modern Enameled Playing Card Box
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An iconic playing card box designed by Piero Fornasetti for Atelier Fornasetti Milano, the enameled
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique English Sterling Silver Playing Card or "Bridge" Box, 1912
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart and elegant playing card box, lovely quality finished and lined in red morocco leather
Category
Vintage 1910s English George IV Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Royal Doulton Art Deco Mottled Glazed Pottery Playing Card Box
By Royal Doulton
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Unusual Royal Doulton Art Deco pottery playing card holder in mottled blue and yellow glazes dating
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery
Art Deco Playing Cards Casket Box, Rosewood, France/Paris, circa 1920
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful Art Deco playing cards casket / box.
The wood is palisander/rosewood in- and outside
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood, Paint
Playing Cards Casket Box, Rosewood with Paintings, Paris, France, circa 1920
Located in Regensburg, DE
Playing cards casket box, rosewood with paintings, Paris, France, circa 1920
Rosewood
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Russian Solid Silver Playing Cards Box, Moscow, c.1869
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Russian silver & champlevé enamel card box with the queen of diamonds on the
Category
Antique 19th Century Russian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Italian Art Deco Amboyna
Silver Playing Card / Games Box c.1935
By CORI ITALO F.lli ADOLFO
GINO
Located in Bath, GB
expensive and highly sought-after burls in the world.
The box is mounted with a suite of playing cards made
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Antique French Lacquered Playing Cards Games Box, Early 20th Century Gaming
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique gaming casket with gaming tokens
An unusually white lacquered wooden box with decorative
Category
20th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Cribbage Game Case, English Gaming Box, Playing Cards, Edwardian, C.1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
vintage playing cards and concealed scoring pins contained within an elegant box. Delivered polished and
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Boxwood
1920s French Burl Wood Box With Plaque Of Carved Cherubs Playing Music
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s French burl box with carved bone plaque of 2 cherubs playing music. 2 pieces of small trim
Category
Vintage 1920s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl
Art Nouveau Ceramic/ Tobacco Box With Playing Card Symbols, Austria circa 1900
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
extraordinary worked box from around 1900 showing the playing cards symbols "hearts", "spades", "diamonds" and
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
19th bronze dore large table box
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful impressive 19th bronze dore large Jewelry box with Clodion cherubs at play all around the
Category
French Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Hand Painted Decorative Box with Krishna
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Hand painted wooden box.
Incredibly intricate, highly detailed and colorful handcrafted wooden box
Category
1990s Indian Agra Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Untitled
Music Box
by Christian Marclay
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Limited edition
This music box by Christian Marclay incorporates a sly triple word play: “Silent” on
Category
Early 2000s North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mandolin Singing Bird Automaton Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
floral and musical motifs, the music box plays six airs, listed on the inside lid, producing a pleasing
Category
Antique 19th Century European Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
Columbia Six Airs Swiss Cylinder Music Box, circa 1894
Located in Evergreen, CO
In good working condition, this Swiss music box plays six songs, which are listed under the
Category
Antique 1890s Swiss Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Guangxu Box
Located in Dallas, TX
depicts Chinese people singing and playing. The elegant box is in excellent condition with rich colors in
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Gold Box, Empire Period
Located in Paris, FR
embellished with acanthus leaves on a matte gold background. This snuff box presents remarkable plays of light
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold
$13,553
1950s Alhambra Palace Granada Spain Handmade Footed Moorish Music Box
By Ole Victor
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
marquetry with an inlaid geometric Moorish pattern in various colors.
When opened, the music box plays, and
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine Antique Micro Mosaic Indo Persian Moorish Inlaid Trinket Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
miniature hand painted scene.
Fine Antique handcrafted precious box micro mosaic inlaid in geometric design
Category
Early 20th Century Lebanese Islamic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage Spanish Inlaid Marquetry Decorative Music Box Inlaid with White Bone
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
plays whenever the box is opened and stops upon closing, there is a metal key for winding to the base of
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
Antique 10 Air Rosewood Music Box by BH Abrahams c.1880
Located in London, GB
butterfly strikers and a beautiful tune indicator. The box plays ten airs, unfortunately there is no music
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Spanish Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Music Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
.
When you open the box, the music plays.
Very good condition Middle Eastern style music box.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
1950s, Italian Blue Jewelry Music Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
with a mandolin, clarinet and a music sheet.Upon opening, the music box begins to play "Torna a
Category
20th Century Italian Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Dunhill Chrome Dice and Playing Cards Cigarette Dispensers
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage Post War Dunhill chrome dice and playing cards cigarette dispensers holding up to 22
Category
Vintage 1930s French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Cigarette Box
By Bucciarelli, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
playing card or a jewelry box.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
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Playing Box For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal playing box for your home. Each playing box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and silver. Find 51 options for an antique or vintage playing box now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a playing box — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A playing box, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Victorian or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made playing box over the years, but those crafted by Cartier, Ottaviani and Fornasetti are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Playing Box?
Prices for a playing box start at $55 and top out at $7,984 with the average selling for $857.
Questions About Playing Box
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The box that plays music is called a music box in the U.S. and a musical box in the UK. Early versions date back to the 19th century, and many of them came from factories located in Switzerland. Shop a large selection of antique and vintage music boxes on 1stDibs.