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Japanese Taishō Period Red Lacquered Tiered Food Box with Black Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Taisho period tiered food box from the early 20th century with red lacquer and calligraphy. Created in Japan during the early years of the 20th century, this red lacquered...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
EDWARDIAN 1910 Rectangular Cards Case With Round Clock In .800 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Edwardian card's case with round clock.
This is a very unusual antique rectangular case to store presentation cards. This box is dated back to the 1900's and was masterfully craf...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
A Russian lacquered box with a portrait of a beautiful young woman circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
This superb small box most likely intended for jewellery, rings or cufflinks was made in Russia, circa 1920. It is in remarkable original condition and it has been precisely made in...
Category
Russian Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Felt Bowler Hat in Original Hat Box from Blois
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French felt bowler hat in original hat box from Blois,
The hat is Chapeau Melon ancien EIRARD and it comes from Blois, both the hat and the card box are labeled, the hat is in ver...
Category
Art Deco Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
1905 Edwardian Leather, Tortoiseshell and Silver Mounted Letter Box
Located in Morristown, NJ
1905, England, Unusual and striking Edwardian letter box with leather sides. The curved top and base are mounted with scrolling sterling silver. T...
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Glass Golf Dish with Raised Golfer in the Lid
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage glass golf box
cover.
An Art Deco glass Jewelry box, dish, of rectangular form with lid. The pressed lid moulded with relief golfer in full backswing. We have had a 'Golf Baccarat...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
French Boite à Sel or Salt Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French boite à sel, or salt box, made of solid walnut with hinged lid and small drawer. A rustic hand-crafted box with dark waxed finish. This box was used to s...
Category
French French Provincial Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Japanese Gilt Tabako-Bon with Mountain Landscape, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the tradition...
Category
Japanese Edo Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Gorham Athenic Cigar Box with Cecil Aldin Enameled Plaque and Silver Decoration
By Gorham
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This fabulous circa 1902 cedar lined cigar box was made by Gorham as part of the company's Athenic range, introduced at the turn of the 20th century. The 3 pound 10 ounce rectangular mixed metal box has a copper body and bears decorative sterling silver ornamentation. The box rests on four silver pad form feet. The piece has a hinged lid which features a colorful inset enameled plaque at the center. The charming scene depicts an image after well regarded British artist and illustrator Cecil Aldin's 1830 work "The Oxford Coach". The underside is fully hallmarked and bears a Gorham date symbol which corresponds to 1902.
This unusual collectible box...
Category
American Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Copper, Enamel
Art Nouveau casket with a portrait of a lady
Located in Hamburg, DE
Introducing our exquisite Small Rectangular Box, a beautiful relic from the turn of the 20th century that showcases a captivating blend of artistic styles. This charming box is a tes...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Bakelite, Wood, Paper
$265 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Hand Painted Four Drawer Jewelry Casket or Decorative Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique four drawer wooden jewelry or decorative box is unmarked, but believed to date to the early 20th century. The top and sides of the box are ornately painted with borders ...
Category
Unknown Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood
Arts
Crafts Studded Brass Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Arts & Crafts era studded brass box.
Category
Arts and Crafts Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century American Hand Carved Two-Tier Collector
s Chest
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand carved decorative box / collector's chest, circa early 20th century. Features a hinged-top that opens to reveal two, stacked, sliding trays (one lidded and removable, one open)....
Category
American Rustic Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Red Lacquer Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In many southeast Asian cultures, offering guests a betel quid to chew was the fundamental symbol of hospitality. A blend of leaves, nuts, seasonings, and sometimes tobacco, betel was kept in finely worked and decorated boxes. This round betel box...
Category
Southeast Asian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
"Sur le Pont D
Avignon", Charming Art Deco Box Celebrating Traditional Song
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although it has endured many scuffs and indignities, this extremely rare Art Deco box still charms, the figures on its lid playing the violin and dancing to the old children's tune of "Sur le Pont D'Avignon." The ancient bridge in Avignon, Provence has been the subject of song since the 16th century, but the song that is beloved today was first published in the mid-19th century. Here, the artist depicts a central fiddler flanked by two couples with elongated limbs, wide-brimmed hats and elegant dress. The sides of the box depict the wide arches of the bridge, with fish swimming in the water below. The exterior is covered with a paper printed in color lithography, and the interior is painted candy apple red. The scene is signed "Tolmer," perhaps Roger Tolmer...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
Edwardian 1905 German Enameled Round Box In .900 Silver Imported Into France
Located in Miami, FL
An enameled round box made in Pforzheim.
Beautiful German enamel box, created in the city of Pforzheim in the early 20th century, between the 1900-1...
Category
German Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique George V Sterling Silver Engine Turned Box by Finnigans Ltd., 1913
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1913 by Finnigans Ltd., this antique, George V, sterling silver box is decorated with engine-turned engraving and scattered fleur-de-lis motifs, and features ...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian sterling silver jewellery box made in 1901 by William Hutton
Sons
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1901 by William Hutton & Sons Ltd., this charming, Antique Sterling Silver Box, is ornate in design, with chased detailing throughout.
The box measures 3...
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1920
s TEAL COLOURED LOCKABLE MACHINIST WORK TOOL BOX WITH LOCK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this original, stunning condition teal coloured machinist work tool box in all steel with period lock and lo...
Category
English Industrial Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique American Gilt
Inset Glass Decorative Dresser Box or Vide Poche
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique decorative box was made by the Apollo Manufacturing Company of the United States in approximately 1920 in an Anglo-Indian style. ...
Category
American Anglo-Indian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Spelter
Antique French Enamel Covered Bomboniere Signed by Gamet
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Exceedingly Rare and Fine French enamel covered bombiniere signed by Gamet for A La Marquise de Sevigne (finest Paris Chocolatier).
Signed "Gamet" on top lid. Commissioned for "A ...
Category
French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
$2,635 Sale Price
41% Off
Moroccan Ceramic Flask Bottle from Fez with Silvered Filigree
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Early 20th century antique Moroccan ceramic from Fez, adorned with silver nickel filigree handwork.
Great one of a kind handcrafted urn with lid ...
Category
Moroccan Moorish Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Hardstone and Gilt Silver Filigree Peacock Box, 1920
s, China
Located in Austin, TX
An exquisite Chinese export peacock from hardstone and gilt silver filigree canister box, Republic Period, circa 1920's, China.
The graceful and elegant hardstone container of cyli...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Silver, Enamel
American Antique Woven Straw Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Rare American antique handwoven tri color straw box in great condition. Great decorative piece and collectible.
Category
American American Classical Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
Austria 1922 Art Deco Polychrome And Blue Enamel Round Box .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box made in Austria.
Beautiful enamel round box, created in Vienna Austria during the art deco period, back in the 1922. This beautiful antique piece wa...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$798 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorated Box with Overlays
Located in Nantucket, MA
Stained pine with hinged top, decorated with geometric design out of recycled piano keys. The interior with a removable organizing drawer. Illegible names with numbers are faintly wr...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Vintage Century French Circular Cut Glass Box
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a very simple French circular cut glass box with brass trim, early 20th century.
Category
French Other Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Asian Burmese Carved Wood Temple Offering Lidded Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Burmese bamboo temple offering lidded box, basket.
This kind of wooden basket is used to transport and display offerings to Buddhist temples, in Asia....
Category
South Asian Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
1900s Austro-Hungarian Silver Spice Tower
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austro-Hungarian silver spice tower; an addition to our silver Judaica collection.
This exceptional antique Austro-Hungarian silver spice box has been modelled in the form of a tower.
The cuboid shaped spice box is ornamented with exceptional silver filigree work within a plain arched frame.
This impressive vessel is fitted with a hinged door embellished with contemporary engraved initials.
The upper portion of this impressive antique silver spice tower is embellished with four articulating flag designs encompassing a tapering paneled chute.
The tower's chute is ornamented with further filigree and rope twist decoration and terminating with a scalloped knop to an undulating guidon shaped flag.
The spice compartment surmounts a plain wirework style pedestal, accented with a further scalloped knop.
The square shaped foot is ornamented with filgree decoration and supported by four plain semi-spherical feet.
The hallmarks struck to the surface of this Austro-Hungarian silver spice tower include:
Maker's mark: EE (untraced)
Silver quality/purity mark: Dianakopf mark (.800, 800/1000)
Assay mark: A6 (Brno/Brünn - Czech Republic)
A spice box is used to hold sweet-smelling herbs/spices and can be fashioned in many forms. As of the 16th century a very common form is that of a tower, influenced by developments in architecture. The spice tower is used to bring comfort to a Jew as they transition through Sabbath to their new week, receiving their extra soul...
Category
Hungarian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Stunning Part Ebonized Egyptian Revival Jewellery Box, France, circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative Egyptian Revival jewellery box or trinket box, the hinged & part ebonized lid featuring a finely detailed brass bust of ...
Category
French Egyptian Revival Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Export Silver Bridge
Pavilion Card Case
By Wing Nam
Co
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver card case, ca 1910. Rectangular with hinged push-button cover. Chased ornament on stippled ground. On recto, a blossoming prunus branch and birds with armorial ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Oval Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Hukin
Heath Birmingham, 1927
By Hukin
Heath
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1927 by Hukin & Heath, this handsome, Art Deco, sterling silver biscuit box, is oval in shape, plain in style and features a hinged lid and reed borders. ...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bliss Brothers 1925 Art Deco Guilloche Yellow Enamel Round Box In .925 Sterling
By Bliss
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box made by Bliss Brothers.
Beautiful enamel round box, created during the art deco period, back in the 1925. This beautif...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$798 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Folk Art Tramp Art Box With Mirror Detail
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage folk art Tramp art box featuring hand-carved geometric layers from reclaimed cigar box wood. The front displays a circular mirror framed in intricate relief work. The interio...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Chinese Pewter Trinket Dish, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
For one short decade, from around 1910 to 1920, pewter was all the rage in China’s bustling commercial centers of Shanghai and Canton. Drawn to pewter’s soft, silvery glow, artists t...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Silver and Enamel Box, E.F. Caldwell, New York, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Silver and enamel box, E.F. Caldwell, New York, circa 1920.
Depicting the golfer Bobby Jones.
Category
American Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Ceramic and Silver Plate Biscuit Box, Art Deco Period, circa 1920, Signed G.A.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Ceramic and silver plate biscuit box. Art Deco period, circa 1920. Probably German, signed in the silver plate G.A.
Category
German Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Burl Wood Dome Letter Writing Treasure Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Burl Wood Dome Letter Writing Treasure Box. The wood looks like maple and has some Birdseye maple on the inside. Nice brass or bronze mounts. Original i...
Category
English Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Burl
Attractive antique sterling silver jewellery box with pierced lid made in 1918
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1918 by S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd., this attractive, Antique Sterling Silver Box, or Jewellery Box, features a pierced top, and is oval in shape.
The box ...
Category
English Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Silver and Enamel Box, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
French silver and enamel box, circa 1920.
Category
French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Antique oval box veneered in segments of various woods, English circa 1910
Located in Central England, GB
This beautiful small oval box is a very complicated piece of English cabinet making. It has been very precisely made with a perfectly fitted lid. The box sits on an ebonized moulded ...
Category
English Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1912 Continental Sterling Silver and Transfer Printed Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique continental sterling silver and transfer printed box; part of our continental silverware collection
This antique continental ste...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Jewelry Casket
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver jewelry casket made in the Art Nouveau style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional Edwardian sterling silver jewelry casket has a rectangular form onto four cushion feet.
The surface of this antique jewelry casket...
Category
English Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Boarding Student Suit Case Napoleon III Style Pine, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French pupil suitcase in pine.
This kind of suit case was used by the boarding students to transport their school equipment.
In the style of Napoleon III
Shipping:
L 39,5 P17 ...
Category
European Napoleon III Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$464 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chinese Longevity Relief Scroll Cases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Delicately carved of dense hardwood, these 19th-century scroll cases were an essential accessory for the esteemed Qing-dynasty scholar. The perfect size for a rolled-up scroll, the cases were once used to store and protect works of traditional calligraphy and landscape painting.
The matching cases are hand-carved in low relief with all-over scrollwork and borders of geometric meanders. Each case is carved with repeated Shou characters, symbols of longevity and a blessing for a long and complete life. Amid the scrollwork flourishes are ribbon-clad objects known as the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism, including the eternal knot...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Edwardian sterling silver playing card box for 2 packs of cards - made in 1908
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1908 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this handsome, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Playing Card Box, will hold 2 packs of playing cards, and is very pla...
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Dutch Tin Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Black, red, and gold painted tin charity box, The Netherlands, circa 1915.
Used for collecting funds for the Jewish hospital.
Decorated with Stars of ...
Category
Dutch Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Porcelain Gilt Box Signed
Wagner
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Porcelain box signed 'Wagner' with elaborate jewelled gilding and hand-painted romantic scene.
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Atkin Brothers Antique 1920 Sterling Biscuit Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver biscuit box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique sterling silver biscuit box has a plain oval form.
The body of the antique silver biscuit box...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Round Grain Container with Offering Fruits, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-crafted wood container dates to the early 20th century and was used to store rice and other grains. The lidded container has a rounded body with a short footed base, constr...
Category
Chinese Rustic Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Anna Petrus, Pewter box, Firma Svenskt Tenn, 1929
Located in Stockholm, SE
Box with decor of a lion, brass and pewter. Designed by Anna Petrus for Firma Svenskt Tenn. Marked C8 = 1929.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Edwardian 1910 Pforzheim Guilloche Enameled Round Box In .900 Sterling Silver
By Pegau/Pforzheim Silberwarenfabrik
Located in Miami, FL
A guilloche and enameled bombe round box.
This is a superb and fabulous enameled box, created in the city of Pforzheim Germany in the early 20th ...
Category
German Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$2,236 Sale Price
20% Off
German Modern Silver and Shagreen Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
German Modern 800 silver box, ca 1920. Rectangular with straight sides and crisp corners. Cover hinged with tapering tab; cover top gently curved and inlaid with shagreen in geometri...
Category
German Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
VIctorian Era Sterling Silver Humidor Box
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is an elegant rectangular Victorian-era forged sterling silver box that has a carved wood compartment in the interior. It can be used as a humidor for cigars, or for jewelry ...
Category
English Late Victorian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver and Enamel Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver and enamel box in the Art Nouveau style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Edwardian sterling silver box has a plain circular form.
The box is fitted with a subtly domed, hallmarked push fit cover, embellished with an exceptional hot enameled panel depicting a female character in the form of a water nymph, gazing through ripples and water lilies, all in the iconic Art Nouveau style; this is a highly desirable and collectable scene.
The sides and underside of this Art Nouveau box are plain and unembellished.
This impressive box was crafted by the London silversmiths Walter...
Category
English Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
American Craftsman Gothic Sterling Silver Casket Box
Located in New York, NY
American Craftsman Gothic sterling silver casket, ca 1920. Plain rectangular with straight sides and flat hinged cover. Hand-hammered scalloped mounts folded around corners and termi...
Category
American American Craftsman Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pine Measure
Located in London, England
Metal bound cylindrical wooden measure.
U.K circa 1900
H 32cm x W 36cm x D 32cm
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$236
Thirty Six Silver Miniatures of Vintage Cars, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Thirty six silver miniatures is an original decorative collection realized in the 20th century in Italy.
The group includes thirty six small silver miniature in a blue velvet box....
Category
Italian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Austrian Secessionist Brass Carved Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a wonderful antique box from the Vienna Secession period. Adorned with elegant carved details and a wood veneer interior.
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Era William Moorcroft Pomegranate Lidded Dresser or Vanity Jar or Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This art pottery dresser jar or box was made by the Moorcroft Pottery company of England in circa 1935 and done in their pomegranate glaze pattern. This circular jar has a hinged lid...
Category
English Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery
