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English Sunderland Pottery Pink Lustre Vanity Pot, Spring
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A transfer printed vanity or chemists pot, made by Grey’s Pottery, England, circa early 20th Century.
A. E. Grey operated between 1912 – 1920, on Mayer Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Tren...
Category
English Edwardian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Earthenware
Octagonal Box in Lucite Wicker Wood and Brass Christian Dior Style, France 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Octagonal box in Lucite, wicker and wood with a brass knob in Christian Dior style. Made in France in the 1970s.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fred Zimbalist Thorens Silver Plated Music Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Fred Zimbalist Thorens silver music box shaped as an old phonograph with trumpet horn. All the silver panels that make the box and the hor...
Category
American Anglo-Indian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk Art Geometric Inlaid Wood Small Hinged Box
Located in West Chester, PA
Hand made geometric inlaid wooden hinged xox with red enameled interior.
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish Mosaic Marquetry Inlay Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish wooden jewelry box inlaid with marquetry.
Middle Eastern box handcrafted in very fine Moorish micro mosaic diamonds,...
Category
Asian Moorish 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage Red Onyx Stone Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular vintage jewelry or trinket box crafted from richly colored red onyx stone, known for its deep crimson tones, intricate veining, and natural variations of amber and cream....
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Danish Modern Teak Desk Organizer Box by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
A super cool and very hard-to-find Danish modern teak desk organizer box by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, circa 1970s. The box has a removable lid and three compartments for storage. G...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides and erotic miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides has fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the ...
Category
Italian Romantic Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Puzzle by Line Vautrin – Box in gilded bronze
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
Puzzle by Line Vautrin – Box in gilded bronze
Large and wide box in gilded bronze whose lid is carved with a puzzle by Line Vautrin.
The chiselled puzzle p...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Judith Leiber Hardshell Purse/Handbag
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Great form, signed inside.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Lovely Round Lidded Maitland Smith Red Lacquer
Giltwood Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Gorgeous round jewel of a red laquered lidded box having gold Asian inspired decoration with dragons and birds.
Category
Vietnamese Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Unique Antique Book Letter Box – 19th-Century Leather-Bound Spines
Located in Hamburg, DE
This exceptional antique letter box is a one-of-a-kind piece crafted in the 20th century from genuine 19th-century leather-bound books. The richly d...
Category
French Belle Époque Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Moorcroft Pottery Hibiscus Heart Shaped Box with Lid, England
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming vintage ceramic box with lid features the Hibiscus pattern decor, with a striking red flower and yellow-green leaves hand-painted over a slightly raised relief. The soft sha...
Category
British Arts and Crafts 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Marble Lidded Box with Brass Accents and Dolphin Handle
Located in Hamburg, DE
This cylindrical marble box with a lid is a sophisticated decorative piece that blends vintage charm with historical design influences. Crafted in the 1970s, it features a lightly pa...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE 1915 Hungary Cigars Double Box In .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Austro-Hungarian Empire cigars box in silver
This is an amazing antique cigars box with wonderful eye appeal created in Europe during the Austro-Hungarian Empire period between t...
Category
Hungarian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$3,762 Sale Price
30% Off
Art Deco Shagreen Covered Box with Bone Edges, Marked "London Made"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco shagreen covered cedar box with bone edges, the snug fitting lid attached at the back with a single long stop hinge to prevent the lid falling back when open. The leather co...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Italian Agate Jewelry Box with Gilt Brass Hardware, Circa 1960
s
By Fratelli
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage Hollywood Regency Agate Gilt Brass Jewelry Box Circa 1960's, Italy
Brass rectangular jewelry box from Italy. Wonderful piece standing alone on a vanity table, dressing area or perfect addition to any home displayed on a coffee table. This piece is marked Fratelli Alinari...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
$360 Sale Price
44% Off
Nathalie Du Pasquier Gravieux Accueil Box from Objects for the Electronic Age
Located in Chicago, IL
Memphis Milano designer, Nathalie du Pasquier, Gravieux Accueil Box for Arc 74, 1983. Signed with decal studio label to lid: [Objects for the Electonic Age Mi...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Extremely Rare Austrian Cigarette Box or Tin Signed by Walter Bosse, circa 1951
By Walter Bosse
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
An extremely rare brass box or tin designed by Walter Bosse for storing cigarettes or tobacco in.
We have yet to find this example in any publication on Bosse's work although simila...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Blue Lapis Lazuli and Marble Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli and Carrara marble stone jewelry box. Created from genuine blue Lapis Lazuli, this box is low in profile and rectangular in form. This lovely jewelry or trinket box features a lid that fits onto its base. Both of which are completely covered in this beautiful blue stone.
The interior of the box's base and lid, are created using Carrara marble. The lid features stays, which retrofit into the base, and allow the top to hold to the base without sliding or moving.
The exterior is flanked with the gorgeous richly hued blue lapis lazuli.
How we would style it:
This blue stone box...
Category
Indian Agra 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Attractive Edwardian antique sterling silver card case hallmarked in 1904
By Adie
Lovekin
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1904 by Adie
Lovekin, this attractive, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Card Case, opens like a purse and is engraved on both sides with swirled a...
Category
English Edwardian Antique 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lidded Bronze Box by Hans Bergstrom for Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
An extremely rare, possibly unique, bronze jar with amazing patina. The lid adorned with a knob in the shape of a fish.
Designed by Hans Bergström for Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, ...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
"Wedgewood" Blue Jasperware Biscuit Box by Huntley
Palmers, circa 1900
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A "Wedgewood" blue jasperware tole biscuit box by Huntley & Palmers. Good color & condition, circa 1900.
Category
Greek Revival Antique 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
$65 Sale Price
31% Off
French Green Majolica Money Bank Typewriter Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Green Majolica Money Bank Typewriter Circa 1950.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Southeast Asian Painted Offering Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This footed offering box from southeast Asia brings vibrant color and folk charm to modern interiors as a vide-poche or catch-all dish. The vintage box is shaped of hand-turned wood ...
Category
Southeast Asian Folk Art 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Silver Plate Hand Hammered Lidded Box with Rounded Corners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful and simply designed Hammered silver plate lidded box with rounded corners.
A compliment to any space as a decorative item, storing everything from notes, to candy, and office or work space supplies... also a great place for 420.
The box is large and in great condition.
We have found the price guidance...
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Moroccan Coffer, Trunk or Box
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Moroccan coffer, trunk or box. This stunning large Moroccan box is inlaid with a variety of woods including an interior storage compartment wit...
Category
Moroccan Islamic Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique French Tin Box, 1890 – Chest Shape with Watercolor Medallion
Located in Hamburg, DE
This antique French tin box from circa 1890 captures the elegance of 19th-century craftsmanship with its unique design and charming details. Shaped like a wooden chest, the box has a...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Green Opaline Glass Box
Located in Savannah, GA
A vintage green opaline glass box.
4 ¾ inches wide by 4 inches deep by 2 inches tall
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Opaline Glass
WMF German Art Deco Round Silver Plated Box 1910s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
WMF German Art Deco Round Silver Plated Box with Lid.
A small Art Deco delicate silver plated box with nice details. Made in Germany.
Silver-plated Art Deco WMF box...
Category
German Art Deco 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Chinoiserie Gilt-Metal Glass Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinoiserie Gilt-Metal glass box
19/20th century
painted with a Chinese Figure gilt border,
Provenance:
Formerly in a French collection.
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Brass and Walnut Pocket Emptier by Tommaso Barbi, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous vide poche in walnut wood and solid brass. This elegant item was designed by Tommaso Barbi in Italy in the 1970s.
This lovely item is made in the shape of a crate combining...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pill Box Yellow floral miniature in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Yellow floral miniature in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.Round pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Pair of Brass Lidded Boxes by Ivar Alenius Bjork for Ystad Metall, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
A pair of beautiful brass jars with amazing patina. Inside with glass inserts. The lid adorned with a knob in the shape of a lily (just like the famous 'Liljan' candle holders).
De...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Ceramic
Brass Box Tommaso Barbi for B Ceramiche, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Oval box in ceramic with marble effect borders and brass handle by Tommaso Barbi for B Ceramiche made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original label is stil...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pillbox white fire enamel hand painted dog
s head miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square rounded pill box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fire enamel, above and below, with miniature dog's head hand painted by the painter Roma...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Jewelry Box, Small Chest, Silver Ornament, circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful box with silver ornament plate at the top.
The wood box ist painted black and the colour is in a good condition.
Category
Unknown Antique 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metallic Thread
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone and Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
Large 1980s Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone and brass box.
Measurements for just the box without the design.
height 4.75'' depth 12.25'' depth 8.25''
Category
Philippine Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Ceramic Trinket Box by Giovanni Desimone
By DeSimone
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful and colorful Giovanni Desimone hand painted lidded trinket box, circa 1970s. The handcrafted ceramic box was made in Italy and measures 4.4"W x 4.5"D x 3"H; it is in exce...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique Tin Box, Cookie Tin Box With Flower Decor, France
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Tin Box with beautiful Flower Decor, France, early 20th century.
Category
French 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Vintage Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Box, Birmingham, 1931
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent large box made from a hefty piece of English crystal with a variety of intricate cutting creating an impressive and truly glamorous piece.
The hinged rims are made f...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$985 Sale Price
20% Off
Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings at around 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...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box shaped tiles of the Baptistery of Florence Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone and beautiful miniature hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver Chest, After 17th Century Models, circa 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Arquette inspired by 17th century models. Silver, Spain, 20th century
Rectangular casket made of silver in its color, with four legs in the corners in the form of roll and finished ...
Category
European Other 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Other
Italian Round Red Opaline Glass Hinged Trinket Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small round red Italian opaline trinket box. In a rich deep ruby red, this vintage box will be glamourous on a dresser, nightstand, or coffee table. Large enough to hold bobby pins...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Opaline Glass
$412 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Sterling Silver Table Snuff Box from 1911 by D.
J. Wellby
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1911 by D. & J. Wellby, this exceptional, Antique, sterling silver table snuff box, is rectangular in shape, and features a cast border, gilt interior, and en...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill Box shaped Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted striped Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent 2-color striped fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings in Viennese Art Nouveau style, second half...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box fired enamels and round cameo Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Behold the epitome of elegance and craftsmanship: a square table box, meticulously crafted from gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver. This masterpiece features exquisite engravings a...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century American Primitive Wooden Tool Box
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th century American Primitive wooden tool box measuring 33" in width, 11" in depth and 14" in height.
Category
American American Colonial 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood, Pine
Midcentury Decorative Box in Travertine by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Cylindrical box in travertine marble by Fratelli Mannelli.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
Old Wooden Camel On Wheels Box Trinket Toys
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful old camel on wheels, trinket or spice box, vintage toy from the second half of the 20th century, made of solid red-colored wood, probably from India.
The object has a beau...
Category
Indian Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Modern Specimen Hardwood Carved Conch Shell Motif Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern Specimen Hardwood Carved Conch Shell Motif Box
France, Later 20th Century
Realistically carved and modeled of book-matched hardwood as...
Category
French Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Chrome Streamlined Car Trinket Box 1930s
Located in Dereham, GB
Art Deco Chrome Streamlined Car Trinket Box 1930s
Brass casting
Good Art deco Streamlined shaped car
Chrome Plated
Hinged top trinket box/desk tidy
Enamel badge on top Reads WESTON.S...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
$495 Sale Price
20% Off
Hollywood Regency Mark Cross Luxurious Vintage Wood Box Italy
By Mark Cross
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Mark Cross Italian wood yellow box. Stamp present.
Made in Italy.
Dimensions: 2.25" H x 8" W x 6" D.
Please visit take a look at our listings, we have ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Decorative Box in Brass and Plexiglass
70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Born in 1922, Gabriella Crespi studies architecture at the Politecnico in Milan, where her work is permeated by her perspective on Le Corbusier’s and Frank Lloyd Wright’s design expe...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modernist Vellum Hued Textural Box Signed "Allessandro"
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated and highly usable Mid-Century Modernist Vellum Hued Textural Box Signed "Allessandro" originates from Italy, Circa 1970. Features a clean rectilinear profile with ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Midcentury Vintage Lacquer Wood Cylinder tin Metal Tea Canister Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and Minimalist tea canister box from Japan. This rare beauty is a unique box or decorative box that brings midcentury shape with organic beauty. Constructed of wood panels ...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Set of Three Box Vase Ceramic
Wood by Franco Pozzi Gallarate, Italy 1970s
By Franco Pozzi
Located in Rome, IT
Set of three box vases in ceramic with wooden cover by the Italian designer Franco Pozzi.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original signature is still visible on the bottom of...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Pewter Jar by Estrid Ericson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant pewter jar by Estrid Ericson, with beautiful matte patina. Rim and lid decorated with a subtle pattern. Handle wound with blonde rattan for a nice contrast.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, C 1960, Orange with Gold Decoration
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Decorative ceramic box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, circa 1960. Signed at the bottom, 79/11, Italy.
Organic designs on the lid with gold decorations.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
