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Period: 1980s
Buccellati Sterling Silver engraved box
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sterling Silver engraved box by Buccellati Signed M. Buccellati and 925 523 grams In perfect condition
Category

Italian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Maitland-Smith Ivory Shagreen and Fluted Stone Rectangular Fluted Box
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a refined Maitland-Smith decorative box featuring a genuine shagreen lid paired with a sculptural fluted stone base. The natural shagreen displays beauti...
Category

Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Marble

Japanese Kazaribako Glass Box Kyohei Fujita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Kazaribako "Ornamented Box" made of glass by Japanese artist Kyohei Fujita (1921-2004) circa 1980s. The hand-blown glass box with fitting lid is of an oval shape, slightly irregula...
Category

Japanese Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Maitland Smith Oval Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Maitland Smith attributed oval jewelry decorative box made of tessellated black and pink stone in the form of a bowtie ribbon with brass accents and velvet interior.
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Snuff Box hand engraving, black “niello” type Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box rectangular in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand engraving, black fired enameled “niello” type, in early 19th century “Rococo” style. Snuff Box measurements cm. 4.5 x...
Category

Italian Rococo Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Jewelry Box by Michael Elkan in Burl
Located in Hudson, NY
This is the grandfather of Michael Elkan boxes. Retaining it's original surface and the rarely seen or found interior boxes of which this group is intact. All made from the same bloc...
Category

American American Craftsman Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Burl

Maitland Smith Decorative Box
Located in Houston, TX
Maitland Smith Decorative Box. Offered is a handsome cork box by Maitland Smith. This good sized well made box if felt lined makes a great table or bookcase accessory. A great spot ...
Category

Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Cork

Maitland Smith Tessellated Pink Stone Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated pink / salmon stone decorative box with brass trim and velvet interior.
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

HOLIDAY GIFT- Vintage Villeroy Boch Lidded Box of the Series Faces, 1980s
Located in Bochum, NRW
This is a gorgeous and hard-to-find sculptural porcelain box with a lid. It is shaped like a woman's head with a hat; the top of the hat forms the lid. It is not only a highly decora...
Category

French Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Midcentury Chrome Glass and Briar Wood Pocket Emptier in Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury chrome glass and briarwood pocket emptier. This fantastic piece was designed in Christian Dior Style during the 1980s. The...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Porcelaine de Paris Décor, Chasses Royales , Two Small Lidded Boxes
Located in København, Copenhagen
Porcelaine de Paris (Décor - Chasses Royales). Two small lidded boxes with brass inserts hand-decorated with cheetahs and gold decoration. Approx. 1980s...
Category

French Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Karl Springer Chic Lidded Box with Green Shagreen Lacquer Top 1980s (Signed)
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Artisan box in black lacquer with hand-lacquered shagreen top and interior in green shagreen printed suede by Karl Springer, American 1980's (signed “Karl Springer” on brass label on...
Category

American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Bjorn Wiinblad Rosenthal Lidded Box, Quatre Couleurs
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bjorn Wiinblad Porcelain box, Quatre Couleurs, designed for Rosenthal, Germany, 1981 A white porcelain lidded box, decorated with a liquid gold painted motif, in four shades of gold....
Category

German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Box Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Silver Christian Dior Style, Italy, 1980s
Located in Rome, IT
Squared decorative jewelry box in tortoiseshell-effect lucite and Silver in Christian Dior style. Made in Italy in the 1980s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Silver

Pumpkin Shape Tessellated Stone Storage Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pumpkin shape life size tessellated storage box with brass stem and leaf attributed to Maitland-Smith.
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Maitland Smith Seated Monkey Signed Box or Humidor with Removable Lid
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Maitland Smith seated Monkey Signed Box or Humidor with removable lid Signed with an original Maitland Smith label and factory label.
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Striking Pair of Tessellated Bone Decorative Lidded Boxes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Striking pair of tessellated bone decorative boxes having wonderful unusual shape, black ink embellishments with birds and foliage against creamy beige and white background. Lids co...
Category

Indian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone

Signed Exotic Wood Peter Petrochko Canister Set
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Hand crafted from North American Black Walnut, White Oak, South American Guanacast, African Padoub and Bubinga Wood. Signed Peter M. Petrochko, July 1981. Canister Set...
Category

Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Oak, Walnut

Elegant and Rare Maitland-Smith Spirits Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful distressed pickled wood spirits box with brass details having four handblown bottles inside topped with corks.
Category

American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Lacquered Exotic Fish Skin Jewelry Box in the Style of Karl Springer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lacquered exotic fish skin jewelry box in the style of Karl Springer
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Animal Skin

Etched Glass and Gold Leaf Decorative Box by Salvatore Polizzi
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Etched glass and gold leaf decorative box by Salvatore Polizzi. It is made of heavy 3/4" thick glass and gold leaf interior. There is a long internal crack on bottom edge which is al...
Category

American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass

Bill Long Wood Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautifully crafted box, signature below.
Category

American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse s Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 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

Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Johnson and Marcius Bone and Mica Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large scale box exotic materials and form Lined interior.
Category

American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone

Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn and Penshell Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Maitland Smith tessellated polished horn and penshell jewelry box with brass trim.
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Horn

Giant Plastic Phone Stashbox
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive black oversized phone. Marked "Poynter Products Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio." Made in Japan. Date stamped 1980. Made of plastic. Top and bottom pieces twist off and can be used as ...
Category

Japanese Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plastic

Penshell and Horn box style of Karl Springer
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A beautifully proportioned arched-top box, expertly crafted and clad in tessellated penshell and horn inlay, arranged in a pattern that evokes the warm, organic elegance of tortoises...
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Horn, Shell

XX Century Italian Sterling Silver oblong decorative box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Decorative oblong table box in 925 sterling silver. The bottom of the box was hand-shaped from a sterling silver sheet and hammered and then finished with a flat edge. The hinged and...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pillbox Queen Victoria English style Shaped Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fired enameled miniature. Queen Victoria English style second half of the 19th century. Measurements cm. 2.2 ...
Category

Italian Queen Anne Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Tessellated Stone Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated salmon color stone jewelry / decorative box with brass accents by Maitland Smith .
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Ceramic Box by Gustave Tiffoche (1930-2011)
Located in London, GB
A stoneware circular box by Gustave Tiffoche (1930-2011) France, Guérande, Circa 1980
Category

French Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

1980s Post Modern Memphis Style Lacquered Handmade Box by Hollis Fingold, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastic postmodern Memphis style handmade, hand-painted wood box with distinctive rounded flat feet and sculpted wavy handle by artist Hollis Fingold. The inside of the box has a...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint, Fabric

Leather Book Box - Receipts #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings. Looks perfect on your shelf. Add some classic old English leather ...
Category

English Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with translucent fired enamel on hand engraving similar to wood grain. On t...
Category

Italian Queen Anne Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Michael Elkan Burl Spalted Birdseye Maple Free Live Edge Craft Box 1983
Located in Forest Grove, PA
An organic modern Birdseye, burl and lightly spalted studio box by artist Michael Elkan. The hinged top opens to reveal two covered compartments for jewelry or whatnots.
Category

American Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Table Box portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
More than a kilo of sterling silver was needed to create this stunning rectangular tabletop box. Worked with the very complicated guilloche technique, it was then enamelled at high heat with translucent enamel to make the superb workmanship shine through. The fine rectangular miniature cm. 7.5 x 10.7 on vegetable ivory. The small masterpiece handmade by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproduces the famous portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, by the painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The unenamelled sterling silver parts were then gilded with a 24-carat galvanic bath. In Art Nouveau style, with a “lost” zip, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 15 x 18 x 3.5. Weight gr. 1095. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous enamelling firings at around 800° Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales known as Eugénie de Montijo was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the fall of the Emperor on 4 September 1870. From July 28 to September 4...
Category

Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Jon Sauer California Modern Studio Exotic Woods Betel Nut Lidded Box
By Jon Sauer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Zig zag patterned cocobolo, blackwood and betel nut lidded box created by Jon Sauer of San Francisco, California. Box measures 7" in height by 3" in diameter. In excellent vintage co...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Cocobolo

Striking Decorative Rattan Box in Shape of Bull
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Masculine sculptural rattan box that has an opening at the top so it can function as a box.
Category

Indonesian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rattan

1980s Tessellated Stone Box with Black Tessellated Stone Inset
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Tessellated Stone Box with Black Tessellated Stone Inset Interior covered in velvet/fabric
Category

Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stoneware

Two-Tone Wood Jewelry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Studio craft rosewood and mahogany jewelry box c.1987, features a mahogany casing with contrasting rosewood base and drawers. Each drawer has an elongated drawer pull and is lined wi...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood, Mahogany

Tommaso Barbini 1980s 3 Piece Smoking Set
Located in Montclair, NY
Tommaso Barbi group of 3 1980s ceramic smoking objects of 1 box and 2 ashtrays. All signed in white glaze B. Ceramiche. Box. 6.88 W 4.25 D 2.75 H Round 6.25 D 1.75 H...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
This rectangular table box is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. Crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and gold-plated, it features a hand-painted fire-enameled miniature by Beatrice Me...
Category

Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

1980s Tesellated Stone and Brass Inlayed Tall Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Tesellated Stone and Brass Inlayed Tall Box is covered in contrasting marble Brass trim lines the lid's rim This hinged lid opens to a beautifully finis...
Category

Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Brass

Table Box Octagonal Light Blue Fired Enamel and Miniature Madame Drouais on Sali
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and beautiful hand-painted enamelled miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the portrait of Madame Drouais painted by her husband Francois Hubert in 1785 and conserved in the Louvre Museum. Fine hand-engravings on the sides. French Empire style. Measure cm. 8x8x3.7. Weight gr. 285. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1989 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous eamelled firings at high heat at about 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...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Italian New Old Stock 1980s Decorative / Jewelry Silver Art Nouveau Box
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing the Exquisite 1980s Black Lacquered Wooden Box by Ottaviani: A Timeless Treasure of Elegance and Craftsmanship! Are you in search of a truly unique and stunning piece th...
Category

Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate, Enamel

Vintage Stanley Szwarc Stainless Steel Rectangular Large Box With Designs
By Stanley Szwarc
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous long and unusual rectangular box is polished satin stainless steel. The dimensions of the work on top have flower like bursts in Industrial and floral forms. It is not ...
Category

American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stainless Steel

Brass and Black Lacquer Trio of Nesting Boxes
Located in Miami, FL
A set of 3 nesting boxes.
Category

Italian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

1980s Tessellated Stone Box With Wood Ribbon
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Tessellated stone box by Renoir Designs made to look like a present. Wood ribbon. Made in the Philippines
Category

Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Round Box with Painted Porcelain
Located in VALENZA, IT
Smooth round 925 sterling silver box. The lid was modeled to be able to apply a Limoges porcelain, subsequently hand painted in polychrome with a female figure picking flowers. On ...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

1980s Tessellated Stone With Brass Inlay Pyramid Shaped Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s tessellated stone with brass inlay pyramid shaped box.
Category

Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

20th Century Sterling Silver Gilted Enameled Table Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round shaped box Made in Italy Silver Gilted 925/1000 with translucent enamels on guilloche with hand painted floral miniatures and gold paillons The Miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Brass and Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Round Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant round decorative box featuring a brass frame with intricate mother-of-pearl inlay arranged in a diamond pattern across the lid and sides. The luminous iridescence of the shel...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

20th Century Italian Solid Silver Warmer with Wooden Handle
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round conical shape warmer in 800 solid silver. The silver sheet is hammered. The hinged lid has been pierced by hand with holes in the shape of a rhombus and triangle. The wooden handle is fixed to the body of the warmer with a silver support reproducing the classic fixing nails. The item can be used as a home fragrance...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Artist-made vintage onyx / agate walnut lidded vessel box, signed dated 1984
Located in Hastings, GB
This beautifully tactile sculptural onyx lidded box is a unique artist-made piece...unfortunately I've been unable to identify the maker's mark. We sourced it in Phoenix, Arizona, al...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Onyx

Artist-Made Vintage Onyx / Agate Walnut Lidded Vessel Box, Signed Dated 1986
Located in Hastings, GB
This beautifully tactile sculptural onyx lidded box is a unique artist-made piece...unfortunately I've been unable to identify the maker's mark. We sourced it in Phoenix, Arizona. B...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Onyx

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver, Natural Horn Oval Table Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver box with natural horn body. The box has been completely handmade. The hinged smooth lid, the ring and the base with feet have been shaped by hand on the shape of th...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Round Box with Natural Horn Body
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver box with natural horn body. The box has been completely handmade. The hinged smooth lid, the ring and the base with feet have been shaped by hand on the shape of th...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Harman Bros. in Birmingham in 1982. Excellent condition. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged. Engine-turned wave ornament in plain frames...
Category

English Art Deco Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Tessellated Marble Box by Maitland Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Tessellated with black and white marble jewelry box; velvet lined interior by Maitland Smith.
Category

American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble

Pair of Square Ceramic Trinket Boxes in Black and White
Located in London, GB
Two leaning square Studio Pottery boxes glazed in black and white with oxide green added in the geometric pattern on top. Sculptural decorative and ...
Category

European Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic