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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Porcelain Peint a la Main Vintage Grand Piano Trinket Box by Limoges
By Limoges
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful porcelain peint a la main (hand painted) vintage grand piano trinket box by Limoges, circa 1980s. This unusual piece is in very good vintage ...
Category
20th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany American Modern Sterling Silver Box
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1912. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with gently curved top and molded rim. Box interior cedar lined....
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arthur Espenet Wooden Box 1961
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Exotic Walnut Box, 1961
A finely crafted wooden box by celebrated California studio furniture maker Arthur Espenet Carpenter, dated 1961. Made from richly fi...
Category
1960s American American Craftsman Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tilcara Medium Bottle, Cream Onyx
Alpaca Silver
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
These unique Tilcara bottles are made with silver alpaca, giving them a sophisticated and elegant look. The lids are adorned with beautiful onyx stones, adding a touch of luxury to t...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
French Neoclassical Lidded Pill, Trinket or Small Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful handcrafted lidded pill, trinket, or small jewelry box.
Intricately designed brass bottom, amber and quartz top.
Makes a lovely gif...
Category
20th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Brass
$225 Sale Price
23% Off
Leo Sewell Trash/Waste Can
By Leo Sewell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Leo Sewell Trash Can.
Made of an accumulation of found objects
Signed and Dated on the bottom.
Category
1980s American Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
Inlaid Table Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
Inlaid table cabinet with six compartments and two handles. This is a beautifully decorated crafted box reflecting the craftsmanship and cultural influences of Goa during the colonia...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
$1,885
Antique Austrian Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Pill Box, circa 1900
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning large antique Viennese sterling silver pill box made from a hefty gauge of Austrian silver.
All sides are decorated with a white guilloche enamel showcasing...
Category
1890s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,529 Sale Price
20% Off
1750 Venezia Italy Blue Lacquered Wooden Box with Flowers and Figures
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a large and extraordinary lacquered wooden box, with floral decoration and polychrome drawings that represent a man collecting red coral on the beach, on blue background. Made in precious fir wood, Swiss pine, lacquered and engraved.
This blue lacquered box...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Petite Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming petite antique Anglo Indian lidded box handcrafted in indigenous hardwoods clad in tortoise shell and decorated with elaborate lacy bone designs, featuring an etched and pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Pale Green Onyx Box
Located in Clearwater, FL
This elegant box is carved from pale green onyx, beautifully accented with natural brown and white inclusions that give it a distinct, organic character. Smooth to the touch with sub...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Copper and Brass Box
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautifully made and decorated box in brass and copper. Key is present.
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Painted Marriage Trunk Bride
s Box, Dated 1813
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely Swedish folk art footed trunk / box in Nordic pine with original blue paint from Hälsingland, Sweden, dated 1813. It has a domed top, hand painted initials and decorative fl...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Signed Alessandro Mandruzzato for Design Guild Murano Sommerso Faceted Glass Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Signed Alessandro Mandruzzato for Design Guild Murano Sommerso Faceted Glass Box, 1970s
A striking sculptural Murano glass box signed “Mandruzzato for Design Guild,” showcasing the celebrated faceted-block technique perfected by the Mandruzzato family in the 1960s–80s. The heavy, optic-clear crystal form contains a dramatic sommerso core, rendered in deep black glass infused with shimmering micro-granulated 24k gold. The internal composition appears to float within the thick, architectural walls, magnified by the sharply cut and hand-polished geometric facets.
The hinged lid opens to reveal a molded black-glass interior well, its glossy surface contrasting with the jewel-like radiance of the glass block. The original brass piano hinge and frame remain intact. This design was produced as a special commission for Design Guild, a luxury American importer, and is far scarcer than the unsigned Mandruzzato vases and blocks commonly encountered.
A powerful example of Murano Brutalist...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Cigarette Case black and red lines Art Deco style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pocket cigarette case with long rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver with red and black fire-enamelled stripes. With button and spring opening. Measurements cm. 10.3...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bronze Mailbox with Lions Face
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Bronze, heavy mailbox with lions face. The piece is great for storing to-go menu's, place at the door for others to leave messages... the box is well made and The lion and d...
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Customizable Color USM Inos Drawer by Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer
By Usm Haller
Located in New York, NY
This smart solution for storing smaller items fits in perfectly with USM Haller furniture. A range of 14 colors allows you to add stylish touches to your office or home. Includes a s...
Category
2010s Swiss Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
19th century hand painted Scandinavian oval strong box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century hand painted Scandinavian oval strong box circa 1850.
Good quality piece of rustic Swedish craft work, which still functions as a practical storage solution for today.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Lalique Crystal ‘Duncan’ Square Trinket Box
By René Lalique
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Lalique Crystal, a square shaped covered box in the ‘Duncan’ pattern, France, circa 1980s.
The Duncan Line by René Lalique was designed in 1931. The pattern was inspired by th...
Category
1980s French Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Beautiful Pincushion Needle Stand Bird Figurine 19th C. 1890s, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This listing features a beautiful late 19th-century Austrian metal needle stand in the form of a bird figurine, complete with its original pincushion top. Dating to the 1890s, this c...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Japanese Lacquered Box Signed, Late 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty Japanese lacquered box decorated with birds and foliage.
signed
Lacquered inside and outside
Late 19th century
Without key
Nice lock
Ideal for storing jewelry.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$190 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Box Lucite Ice effect and Brass Chrome Willy Rizzo Style, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular box in lucite ice effect and brass chromated in the style of Willy Rizzo.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Japanese Antique Black Lacquered Box 1860s-1900s / Tansu Sideboard Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This box is made in Japan and coated with black lacquer.
The furniture was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s) and is made of cedar wood. The metal fittings are made of copper...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
$720 Sale Price
52% Off
French Octagonal Cut Crystal Box with Brass Closure Detaling
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful octagonal box acquired in France. The box, similar to Baccarat, glistens in the light and is. compliment to the dressing table, or vanity. The perfect piece for small and special jewelry items, or for knick / knacks
Also works on a desk or work station for office supplies.
We have found the price guidance...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Emanuel josef Margold, a secessionist box for the Bahlsen cookie factory c. 1915
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A rare rectangular shaped box with a hinge cover; tinplate, gilt and with beautiful colourful abstract floral motifs.
The bottom is embossed with ‘H. Bahlsens Keks-Fabrik Hannover Königl-Preuss-Staatsmedaille Weltausstellungen - 1904 1910 Grosser Preis 1911 1913 Baltische Ausstellung Malmö 1914 Die Königl. Medaille’
Bahlsen's new designs for ornamental giftware packaging were shown at the exhibition held by the Deutsche Werkbund...
Category
20th Century German Vienna Secession Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Antique German Sterling Silver Owl Sugar Box 1907
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique German cast sterling silver owl sugar box; part of our continental ornamental silverware collection.
This magnificent and large antique cast German silver sugar box, in sterling standard, has been realistically modelled in form of an owl.
This antique silver box has been embellished with fine details reproducing the plumage, in addition to the bird's anatomical features.
This exceptional antique silver sugar box is fitted with the original push fit head/cover, retaining the original bead eyes.
The hallmarks struck to the sleeve of the cover and body of this large sterling silver owl box include:
Maker's mark: MS (untraced)
City mark: Wertheim City, Germany*
Importer's mark: GB (George Bedingham)
Silver quality/purity mark: .925 (sterling, 925/1000)**
Assay mark: Acorn (London, England)
Date mark: G (1907)
Such large examples are rare to the market; this magnificent box is the finest of its type you could hope to acquire.
This antique silver owl...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Brass Owl Lidded Box with Spiral Eyes
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This charming Mid-Century Modern brass owl box is a delightful decorative object that combines whimsy with clean, sculptural design. Crafted in solid brass with a warm, naturally age...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Burmese Gold and Black Lacquer Owl Boxes, Set of 2
Located in Stamford, CT
1960s hand-painted gold and black lacquer owl nesting boxes. Larger box is signed on the underside "handmade in Burma".
Category
1960s Burmese Chinoiserie Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
1870s-1900s wabi sabi Japanese antique mid tansu chest of drawers
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese antique mid size Tansu (chest of drawers), product of circa 1870s - 1900s, late Edo to Meiji era, estimate from the style
conditions.
Remaining original paint gives a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$600 Sale Price
36% Off
Large Vintage Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Box
By Capodimonte
Located in Houston, TX
Large vintage Italian Capodimonte Porcelain box.
Stunning large vintage Italian Capodimonte porcelain box. This lovely...
Category
1940s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Alhambra Palace Granada Handmade Jewelry Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Handmade Alhambra Palace Moorish Jewelry Box – 1950s Granada, Spain
Bring the grandeur of Islamic architecture into your home with this stunning vintage jewelry box, handcraf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Art Deco Red Bakelite Box of Cylindrical Form, Black Bakelite Ball Feet and Knob
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco cherry red Bakelite desk or vanity box of cylindrical form with a stepped molded base and conforming lid with a black Bakelite ball knob and raised on three black Bakelite b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Decorated Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese for the English market, 19th century.
A fine quality antique Chinese export tea caddy decorated with beautiful gilding surfaces, a hinged lid which opens to reveal a tooled ...
Category
19th Century English Chinese Export Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Antique Buddhist Shrine Box "Zushi", Edo Period
1603-1868
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This antique Buddhist shrine box was crafted in the Edo Period (1603-1868).
Known in Japan as a “Zushi,” it served as a small sanctuary to enshrine Buddhist figures, scriptures, or ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cedar
Snuff Box Black enamel Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling.
Snuff Box Silver has black fired enamels on guilloché.
Snuff Box Silver has a lid with geometric design ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Hand Blown Murano Glass Box with 24 Karat Gold Flecks and Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This stunning and angular square shaped, hand-blown Murano glass box is a treasure to behold. Handcrafted on the historic island of Murano, this box exemplifies the artistry and skil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Tessellated Faux Horn Covered Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful tessellated faux horn decorative box made in France. Gorgeous detail work inside and out. Add some French style to you design project.
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Resin
Enameled silver pill box with applied floral motifs and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Enameled silver pill box with applied floral motifs and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 66.65 grams. Dimensions: 5cm x 5cm. Con...
Category
19th Century European Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box
By Palais Royal
Located in Northampton, GB
Internal Music Box Playing Two Aires
From our Writing Box collection, we are delighted to bring to the market this exceptional French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box. The Writing ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century, Bohemian Barfatan or French Blue Opaline
Gilt Enameled Glass Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 19th-century glass box represents the pinnacle of decorative glasswork, either originating from the Bohemian Barfatan tradition or crafted from French blue opaline gla...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Opaline Glass
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage MCM Small Brass Chinoiserie Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful MCM small brass lidded coffret style trinket box with chinoserie detail. The box depicts engraved scenes with a main motif of a sea ship on the upper lid and other scenes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Silver Plated Repousse Tobacco or Jewelry Box
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau silver plated repousse tobacco or jewelry box
The top, front, sides and back are beautifully cast and feature panels
with images of birds...
Category
1930s German Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Jewelry Box Covered with Blue Moroccan Leather Napoleon 3 Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty wooden box covered with blue green leather decorated bookbinders, enhanced with gold leaf. On the lid of the box is represented a wise man in meditation holding a pilgrim...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Leather
$837 Sale Price
20% Off
Large French Art Deco Wooden Jewelry Box with Marquetry Inlay
Located in Miami, FL
A large and very good quality French Art Deco style jewelry box made of walnut with fruitwood inlay. Hand-crafted with an eye to details. Grea...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
$1,260 Sale Price
30% Off
Set of Antique Wooden Geometric Shapes
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
circa 1940. We offer this set of 16 vintage wooden geometric shapes. These wooden models were used in teaching solid geometry and mathematics.
Category
1940s Mexican Industrial Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$1,200 / set
Modernist Burl Wood Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
An unusual and streamlined burl wood trinket box, circa 1990s. The box has a movable lid and is in great vintage condition. Incredibly beautiful pi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl
Fred
Marilyn Buss Redwood Burl Box with Sliding Lid
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage carved wood box features Modernist abstract organic form and striking choice of solid wood. Asymmetrically sculpted box is covered with a rounded lid, lined with felt fabric ...
Category
20th Century American Organic Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Burl
1930s Art Deco Gold, Brown and Yellow Ceramic Luxury Box by Galvani
By Galvani 2
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a luxurious ceramic box from the 1930s, crafted in the Art Deco style. It has been manufactured by Galvani Ceramiche , famous manufacturer of the period. The exterior of the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Swedish Grace Pewter Box by Ystad Tenn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1930s, Sweden. Pewter box with an Art Deco forest relief of an archer and deer. Wood-lined interior and the manufacturers mark on its underside.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Vintage 1950s Murano Glass Glass Box with Brass Detail Made in Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage and rare murano glass box with brass detail. These beautiful glass boxes are treasured objects that stand the test of time with their incredible beauty and craftmanship. Cr...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Carved Mahogany Coal Box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Carved Mahogany Coal Box, having the original brass ornate carrying handles to the sides. The quality carved mahogany door has an unusual ornate bra...
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 5 French Ceramic Kitchen Canisters – 1970s Vintage Floral Design
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Set of 5 French Ceramic Kitchen Canisters – 1970s Vintage Floral Design
Description:
This charming set of five French ceramic kitchen canisters dates from the 1970s. Each container ...
Category
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Georgian Mahogany Pair of Knife Boxes
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality, 18th century, George III Period, Mahogany Pair Of Knife, Or Cutlery, Boxes Of Typical Shape With Serpentine Fronts And Superbly Figured, Inlaid And Crossbanded Sloped Lids, Revealing Later Fabric Lined Interior Compartments.
Cutlery boxes, or as they are now more commonly referred to, Knife boxes, were of course originally made with the purpose of housing the homes most precious and valuable cutlery and enable it to be locked away when not in use. This was very important as generally the cutlery used...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
1950s Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1950s Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box.
DIMENSIONS: 7ʺW × 7ʺD × 2.5ʺH.
Indo Persian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid.
Intricate inlaid Anglo ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
Enrique Zavalo Box
Located in Tampa, FL
Enrique Zavalo box by the Mexican artist, featuring a long, narrow form. This sculptural box is signed by the artist and reflects Zavalo’s distinctive artistic sensibility and crafts...
Category
Early 1900s Mexican Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Table Snuff Box, 18th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box.
With a pink ground and white enamel latticework decoration thro...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Round Favor Box with Lid in 925/1000 Sterling Silver Green Enamel Art Nouveau St
Located in Firenze, FI
Round favor box with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a bouquet of flowers in Art Nouveau style. B...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Boho Chic Moroccan Inlaid Bone Jewelry Chest or Box with Brass Inlay
Located in Plainview, NY
A decorative handmade orange bone and black tribal design chest or jewelry box. The chest interior is leather and features gorgeous brass inlay design with natural decorative stones.
Category
1980s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Export Silver Box Circa 1880
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver box; an addition to our collection of Chinese silverware.
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) box has a plain rectangular form.
The surface of the body is encompassed with exceptional chased oriental Chinese dragon designs amidst clouds, all on a matte background; each panel bears a plain and unembellished border.
This antique silver box is fitted with a hinged silver cover, bearing a continuation of cloud ornamentation to the side panels.
The upper plateau of the cover is ornamented with two further dragon designs accented with impressive emanating whiskers, incorporating a circular vacant cartouche to the centre.
By virtue of its size this versatile box could be used for a multitude of functions.
The box features a solid silver base which is plain and unembellished, apart from the feature hallmarks; a solid silver base is a sign of quality.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this antique Chinese box...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique, New and Vintage Decorative Boxes
Antique, vintage and new decorative boxes will safely store items while adding a splash of color or texture to a corner in any room. They have had a range of purposes over the years — from trinkets to serving as useful receptacles, such as snuff boxes, jewelry boxes and more. Boxes have also been designed in a range of forms and styles.
Box making is a craft dating back thousands of years. Early boxes as decorative objects were regularly designed and decorated both inside and out, ranging from minimal looks to more flashy styles. Decorative boxes have been constructed from different materials, with wood and metal being the most common. Wood is widely available and versatile, with woodworkers able to carve complex designs or showcase its natural grain.
Some antique jewelry boxes were made with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory and even porcupine quills, such as those created by the Anishinabe in Canada and the United States. In Sri Lanka, well-crafted boxes were inlaid with porcupine quills and ivory discs between ebony bands. Chinese sewing boxes and tea boxes made of black lacquer were popular in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These often featured gold-painted designs or landscape scenes. Silk, paper and velvet frequently enhanced these boxes’ interiors.
Any style of decorative box can be a nice tabletop or desktop decor, whether to hold candy or tea in the living room or paper, pencils and other business supplies in the office. They can also act as jewelry boxes. Sewing boxes can be a lovely touch to any space while storing magazines or other trinkets.
You can find metal, wood and silver antique boxes on 1stDibs. The collection includes mid-century modern, Victorian and Art Deco styles that can add elegance to any home.