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Restored Tiger Bamboo Tortoise Pedestal W/ Storage Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique tiger bamboo pedestal side table with rice mat top with flip-open lid storage and a secondary bottom shelf.
1950, United States
We only purchase and sell the best and fine...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Late Victorian Linen Presses
Materials
Bamboo
$812 Sale Price / item
35% Off
Vintage Faux Tortoise Wood Waste Basket and Tissue Box Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage faux tortoise waste basket and matching tissue box. Very good condition.
Category
20th Century Decorative Baskets
Materials
Wood
Restored Tiger Tortoise Bamboo Pedestal Side Table Storage Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique tiger bamboo, also known as tortoiseshell bamboo, pedestal side table with flip-open lid storage, and a secondary bottom shelf. The flat surfaces are covered in rice mat cove...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American End Tables
Materials
Bamboo
$1,682 Sale Price
35% Off
Faux Tortoise Finish Hand Painted Decorated Campaign Style Trunk Box MINT
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Faux Tortoise Finish Hand Painted Decorated Campaign Style Trunk Box MINT
Category
20th Century Blanket Chests
Materials
Hardwood
Aesthetic Movement Tiger Tortoise Bamboo
Grassmat Pedestal Table Storage Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique tiger bamboo, also known as tortoiseshell bamboo, pedestal side table with flip-open lid storage, and a secondary bottom shelf. The flat surfaces are covered in rice mat cove...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Late Victorian Side Tables
Materials
Bamboo
$1,682 Sale Price
35% Off
A Exceptional Canton carved faux tortoiseshell snuff box. Qing Dynasty
Located in London, GB
A Exceptional Canton carved faux tortoiseshell snuff box. Qing Dynasty.
A Canton carved
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Scholar s Objects
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Gold piquet small tortoiseshell box with lover’s eye. France circa 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Small round box with lid, made of blond tortoiseshell with 18K gold intaglio finishes. On the lid
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold
19th Century French Boulle / Napoleon III Liqueur Cave Box
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique French liqueur cave box with inlaid brass and and tortoise shell marquetry decor, a lift
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Dry Bars
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Brass
Rare Asprey London Sterling Silver 1917 Jewelry Box Charles
Richard Comyns
By Charles
George Asprey, Asprey International Limited, Asprey
Garrard Limited
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Jewellery box with a faux tortoiseshell top made by the amazing Charles and Richard Comyns
A fantastic
Category
Vintage 1910s English Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Tortoise Shell Jewelry Box with Sterling Medallion
Located in Larkspur, CA
This beautiful box has a cedar interior which is separated into two compartments for jewelry. It
Category
Antique 1890s Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Faux Tortoise Shell British Cigar or Trinket Box W/Ivory Framing
Original Key
Located in Larkspur, CA
Faux tortoise shell British cigar or trinket box w/ivory framing & original key.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Faux Tortoise Box
Located in Sausalito, CA
Faux Tortoise Box. Late 20th Century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
1970s Funny Tortoise Box
Located in Paris, FR
Tortoise box, in bronze.
In the style of F.X Lalanne, no mark.
Heavy and quality.
Category
Vintage 1970s Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$2,373 / set
Sterling Tortoise Box by William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Mexico City, DF
A rare impressive sterling box adorned with tortoise shell, an element that Spratling used
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1960s Large Faux Tortoise Lacquered Box by Alessandro
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning large lacquered faux tortoise box. Mid-Century Modern with brass stepped feet and black
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Antique Chinese Decorative Tortoise Shell Overlay Boxes
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair Of Antique Chinese Decorative Tortoise Shell Overlay Boxes With Embossed Floral/Fruit Motif.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
William Spratling Diamond Pattern Tortoise Shell Box of Two
By William Spratling
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Sterling silver dots set the diamond cut tortoise shell that create the lid. Both boxes feature a
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Anglo Indian Tortoise Shell Box
Located in Charleston, SC
Tortoise strapwork box on carved paw feet.
Category
Antique 19th Century Boxes
Tortoise Shell Box with Gold Ferrule and Micromosaic, 18th Century
By Reverenda Fabrica Sancti Petri
Located in Rome, IT
A rare tortoise shell pill box with gold ferrule. The lid features a micromosaic depicting the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Exquisite French Tortoise Shell Sewing Box
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
An exquisite 19th century, French tortoise shell sarcophagus-form sewing box with lion-mask ring
Category
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
19th century round tortoise shell box with silver plate surround and feet.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Round tortoise shell box with stamped silver plate surrounds and feet. Top bears wreath crest
Category
Antique 1890s English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
French Tortoise and Leather Box, c. 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
French Tortoise and Leather Box. Probably used for sewing. Has inserts.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Boxes
Materials
Wood, Leather
Tortoise Shell and Gold Box with Micromosaic by Raffaelli, Rome, 18th Century
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in Rome, IT
Tortoise shell pill box with gold ferrule. The lid features a micromosaic depicting two doves on an
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Tortoise Shell and Gold Box with Micromosaic, Temple of Vesta, 18th Century
By Reverenda Fabrica Sancti Petri
Located in Rome, IT
Tortoise shell pill box with gold ferrule. The micromosaic depicts Temple of Vesta in Rome. From
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Tortoise Shell and Gold Box with Micromosaic by Raffaelli, Rome, 18th Century
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in Rome, IT
Tortoise shell pill box with gold ferrule. The lid features a micromosaic depicting a dog sitting
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Indo-Portuguese 17th Century Tortoise Shell Veneer Coffer
Located in Lisbon, PT
Indo-Portuguese 17th c. tortoise shell veneer coffer
Tortoise shell veneer wooden coffer
Silver
Category
Antique 17th Century Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Collection of Tortoise Items
Located in Washington, DC
first is a Tortoise with Mother-of-Pearl inset and ivory feet domed snuff box 2" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/8
Category
Antique 19th Century British Decorative Boxes
$1,650 / set
"Tarantella, " Tortoise Shell and Gold Snuff Box, with Micromosaic, 18th Century
By Reverenda Fabrica Sancti Petri
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular snuff box in tortoise shell with gold and enamel framing.
From the Vatican school
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco B...
Materials
Enamel, Gold
"Brandenburg Gate, " Tortoise Shell, Gold Snuff Box and Micromosaic, 18th Century
By Reverenda Fabrica Sancti Petri
Located in Rome, IT
Gold snuff box, with micromosaic depicting Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
By the Vatican "Reverenda
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
"Military Scene" Tortoise Shell and Gold Snuff Box with Micromosaic 18th Century
By Reverenda Fabrica Sancti Petri
Located in Rome, IT
Snuff box in tortoise shell, with refined gold framing.
Micromosaic by Michelangelo Barberi,
St
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Russian Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
1850
s Tortoiseshell Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small Silver and Tortoiseshell jewellery box, with the top of the lid and the bottom of the box
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
$2,900
1905 Tortoiseshell Card Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small 1905 Tortoiseshell card box, with gilded gold lining and floral decoration. The dates 1860
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
Large Faux Tortoise Mid Century Cellarette
By Maitland Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Dramatic in scale and proportion and fitted with 4 fine decanters in the style of Maitland Smith. The cellarette is further decorated with silvered filigree
applied accents.
Stellar...
Category
Vintage 1980s Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
1924 Boulle Card box
By Ecole Boulle, J. C. Vickery
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Card Box in the style of École Boulle by JC Vickery with tortoiseshell and brass inlay, engraved on
Category
Early 20th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$2,300
English Tortoise and Yew Wood Lap Desk
Located in Hollywood, FL
The hinged top revealing a fitted interior, the exterior in yew wood and tortoise.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Yew
1900
s Boulle Cigar box
By Ecole Boulle, J. C. Vickery
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cigar Box in the style of École Boulle by JC Vickery with tortoiseshell and brass inlay, on the lid
Category
Early 20th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$4,300
Very nice Anglo Indian Vizagapatam box.
Located in Brussels, BE
Very nice Anglo Indian Vizagapatam tortoiseshell box overlaid with ivory fretwork with paintings
Category
Vintage 1930s Indian Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Ivory, Sandalwood
1893 Silver And Tortoiseshell Heart Shaped Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Silver and Tortoiseshell jewellery box in the shape of a heart with floral decoration on the lid
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Art Deco Silver Box with Tortoiseshell Lid
By Collett
Anderson
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
Silver box with tortoiseshell lid by Collett & Anderson London 1928.
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Very Rare Ottoman Table Box, circa 1600
Located in GB
A very rare ottoman table box, the fall front opens to reveal an arrangement of 7 drawers
Category
Antique 16th Century Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
1906 Oval Tortoiseshell Dressing Table Box with Silver Hinges
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Very fine Tortoiseshell box, mounted with a virgin silver plaque, hallmarked silver hinges. Lined
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Tortoise Shell 19th Century English Tea Caddy with Brass Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century, Blonde color, English tea caddy with original lids small repaint on top right corner. Please note of wear consistent with age.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell
1900
s Tortoiseshell and Silver Pique Work Letter Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
An early 20th century tortoiseshell and silver piqué work Letter Box. The sloping front is inset
Category
Early 20th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell Box with Silver Mounts Dated London, 1905
Located in London, GB
In excellent condition and with silver catch and hinges dating from 1905, London.
Measures: Height 2 inches
Width 6 inches
Depth 4 1/2 inches
£1500.
Category
Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Art Deco Tortoiseshell Oval Box with Silver Hinges
By Collett
Anderson
Located in Singapore, SG
A large oval tortoiseshell box. The rounded lid and the curved sides all finely worked in excellent
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Tortoise shell tea caddy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tortoise shell tea caddy with ivory feet.
Red velvet lined top. Circa 1830
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tea Caddies
$7,950
1900
s Tortoiseshell Box in the shape of a Book
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tortoiseshell box in the shape of a small book, with silver hinges and locks. A small silver round
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
18th Century French Boulle Vanity Box with Four Perfume Bottles
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. There are initials appearing to be FAB engraved in calligraphy on the top of the box.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Bone Walnut Tortoiseshell Italian-Spanish Box
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
Neoclassical style box with a wild boar hunting scene. The scene is inside a frame of Tortoiseshell
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Walnut
1903 Tortoiseshell Jewellery Box with Silver Edges
By Grey
Co., Chester
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Beautiful Tortoiseshell jewellery boxes with silver Edges and curved silver cable legs
The
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell and Silver Jewelry Box by Mappin
Webb
By Mappin
Webb
Located in London, GB
A delightful Tortoiseshell lidded box which is square with cut corners, standing on four shaped
Category
Vintage 1920s English Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Singing bird box by Jacques Bruguier tortoiseshell case with enameled lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very rare singing bird box by Jacques Bruguier, made in Geneva circa 1850.
When activated, the lid
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel, Other
Antique Tortoise Shell Inlay Tea Caddy, 2 Well - Tortoiseshell
Located in South Coast, CA
Mid-1800s, perhaps earlier, the breathtaking old early Victorian tortoise shell tea caddy you see
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood, Ivory, Mother-of-Pearl
Large Antique Victorian Tortoise Shell 7" Double Well Tea Caddy
Located in South Coast, CA
Mid-1800s, perhaps earlier, the fabulous old early Victorian faux tortoise shell tea caddy you see
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tea Caddies
1900
s Tortoiseshell Cigar Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tortoiseshell cigar holder, with Japanese inspired decoration. Painted and inlaid with some losses. On one side it represent a bird on a branch in the middle of nature and on the oth...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Anglo-Japanese Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
1920
s Blond Shagreen Cigar Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cigar box lined in cedar wood with adjustable compartments. Rectangular in shape with an elegant
Category
Early 20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Shagreen, Wood
Spanish Colonial Tortoiseshell Casket
Located in Bewdley, Worcestershire
An extremely rare Spanish Colonial tortoiseshell casket, late 16th or early 17th century; approximate 8 1/2 inches wide, 5 inches tall and 3 1/2 inches deep. The casket is intricatel...
Category
Antique 16th Century Spanish Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
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Tortoise Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of tortoise boxes available for sale. The range of distinct tortoise boxes — often made from bone, tortoise shell and metal — can elevate any home. Tortoise boxes have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Regency, Georgian and Mid-Century Modern tortoise boxes are consistently popular styles. Maitland Smith, Gabriella Crespi and Hermès each produced beautiful tortoise boxes that are worth considering.
How Much are Tortoise Boxes?
Prices for tortoise boxes start at $125 and top out at $97,679 with the average selling for $2,900.
Finding the Right Boxes for You
From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.
The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.
Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.
Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.
Questions About Tortoise Boxes
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